According to an advisory from the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company, there will be a scheduled power outage this weekend for routine maintenance work. Meanwhile, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has warned of a significant water supply disruption which can last up to 60 hours.

The decision comes against the backdrop of the centre’s directive that consumer good manufacturers must pass on GST cut benefits to consumers. Earlier this month, the GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, decided to slash rates on multiple items.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, i.e., September 13, visited Manipur for the first time since the ethnic violence between the Kuki and Meitei communities that broke out two years ago, claiming more than 200 lives.