Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held a series of meetings with leaders of the Congress and other opposition parties, amid buzz that the GST bill could be presented next week for the approval of the Rajya Sabha; Targeting the government over rise in prices of essential commodities, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce a date by which the prices would come down; Burhan Wani would "have been given a chance" had security forces who shot him been aware of his identity, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti told NDTV, contradicting earlier details about how the 22-year-old terrorist died.
