Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday urged the people of Meghalaya and Nagaland to give change a chance as polling in the two northeast states was underway.

"People of Meghalaya and Nagaland are looking towards progressive, welfare-oriented governments," Kharge said in a tweet.

Amid widening losses and a fall in profitability, Zomato has approached several restaurant chains seeking a rise of 2-6 per cent in commissions, a report by the Economic Times (ET) said. The restaurant operators have, however, refused to accept the hike.

Anurag Katriar, the founder of Indigo Hospitality, which runs Indigo Deli and Neel restaurants, told ET, "Various restaurant chains have been approached in multiple cities including Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata by Zomato to increase commissions.

Shares of digital financial services firm One97 Communications, which owns Paytm, rallied 5 per cent to Rs 655.30 on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade amid heavy volumes on report that telecom tycoon Sunil Mittal is eying stake in the company.

In the past two trading days, the stock of the fintech company has surged 8 per cent in an otherwise weak market.

Centre may ask Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) to consider options, other than cash, like share swaps, rights issues or warrants for the $2.98 billion acquisition of Vedanta's zinc assets, a report by Mint said. The Centre believes that the cash reserves must not be used for the party-related transaction.

"We understand that the company needs to acquire mines to grow its business, but that should not be done through a cash acquisition. There are these options which the company can exercise.

Aam Aadmi Party to hit roads and stage protests across the country on Monday against the arrest of Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor excise policy case.

AAP's national General Secretary Sandeep Pathak said that they will protest across the country on Monday.

Highly leveraged Indian tycoons are having a rough time. Gautam Adani’s $236 billion infrastructure empire has shrunk by more than three-fifths in a month. But while his relentless rise and spectacular fall hog headlines, a smaller storm may be brewing for another well-known magnate. Anil Agarwal’s once-London-listed Vedanta Resources Ltd. has a pile of debt, including a $1 billion bond due January. Yet, his most recent attempt to trim the load has upset the one partner he can’t afford to annoy: New Delhi.

MCD House in Delhi witnessed chaos on Friday as BJP and AAP members resorted to punches, jostling and rained blows at each other over the results of the election to six-member standing committee. The unruly scenes erupted after Mayor Shelly Oberoi declared one vote invalid.

It was the third day of commotion in the House.

India reported 180 new cases of coronavirus infections while the active caseload increased to 2,090, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

The death toll stands at 5,30,764, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The total tally of Covid cases was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,85,799).

Gold prices remained unchanged on Saturday with ten grams of 24 carat gold selling at Rs 56,510, the same as yesterday, according to the GoodReturns website. Silver prices, however, fell Rs 500 to Rs 68,300 per kg from yesterday's close of 68,800.

The price of ten grams of 22 carat gold declined Rs 100 to Rs 51,700.

Ant Group Co. is considering selling some of its shares in the operator of Indian financial technology firm Paytm to keep its holding within a required threshold, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Chinese fintech giant has been discussing options to reduce its stake in One 97 Communications Ltd. after its share percentage increased passively due to share buybacks, the people said, requesting not to be identified because the matter is private.

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