The National Investigation Agency on Sunday carried out fresh raids across Jammu and Kashmir in a case involving terror funding meant to fuel unrest in the valley.
NIA raids continue against Hurriyat leaders, at three locations of Srinagar and one in Jammu, news agency ANI reported on Sunday.
According to ANI, separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's close aide Azaz Akbar's house was raided on Sunday morning.
On Saturday, NIA chief has said that 22 locations, including 14-15 in Kashmir and seven in Delhi, were raided.
The raids follow days after NIA converted a preliminary enquiry into the terror funding, allegedly involving Hurriyat leaders, into a regular case.
"Since the GST will be operational from July 1, 2017, banks have to make lot of changes in their systems and other procedures. The preparedness of all banks for implementation of GST on July 1, 2017, is a question mark," the IBA has conveyed to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance.
The IBA further said that several services by banks to customers are centralised while several others are localised. Banks will have to make changes in the existing infrastructure which would be a huge challenge for the banks.
The IBA had taken up the case for central registration, the association added.
Touted as the biggest taxation reform since independence, the GST will subsume central excise, service tax, VAT and other local levies to create a uniform market.
The new indirect sales tax is expected to boost the GDP growth by about 2 percentage points and check tax evasion.
The powerful GST Council, comprising representative of Centre and states, has recommended a four-tier tax structure -- 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent for goods and services.
The Aadhaar card has now been made mandatory for government subsidy on purchase of kerosene and benefits of Atal Pension Yojana.
Those availing kerosene subsidy or contributing for the pension scheme will now be required to furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or undergo the enrolment process to get the benefits, officials said on Sunday.
The last date to get the Aadhaar or enrolment for getting it will be September 30, in case of Kerosene subsidy.
For the Atal Pension Yojana, the deadline for getting the Aadhaar is June 15, they said, quoting an official order.
However, till an Aadhaar card is obtained, ration card, driving licence, voter identity card, Kisan passbook with photo, job card issued under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and a certificate issued by a gazetted officer or a tehsildar will be considered as proof of identity for the benefits.
It has been also decided to link the Aadhaar number with the ration card issued to households availing the benefits or with the bank account for cash transfer benefit.
The ministry of oil and natural gas has introduced Direct Benefit Transfer through which subsidy is transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries, who purchase the PDS kerosene at non-subsidised rate.
The decision to make Aadhaar mandatory for these two schemes will prevent leakages of subsidies and ensure that the beneficiaries get their due.
Security has been beefed up in Edgbaston for the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan following the terrorist attack in London, which killed six people while three attackers were shot dead.
According to reports, the two cricket associations -- the Board for Control of Cricket in India and the Pakistan Cricket Board have been briefed about the security measures by the relevant agencies.
This was the second terrorist attack in London after the blast during the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on May 23, which killed 23 people.
Calls for the Government to suspend the election have been launched in the wake of the London Bridge attack.
People have taken to social media to voice their concerns over the country going to the polls on Thursday.
A petition has also already been launched calling for the election to be suspended 'for the foreseeable future'.
Six victims are dead after three men with 12-inch hunting knives reportedly stabbed revellers after mowing down up to 20 people with a white van on London Bridge.
The attack comes less than two weeks after 22 people were killed by suicide bomber Salman Abedi at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
There was no immediate announcement whether there would be a further suspension following the latest incident - which came just days before voters are due go to the polls on June 8.
One social media user wrote: "Would be ideal to Suspend the Election can't have the risk of there being a transition in government in the middle of this."
Another said: "Never ever thought I'd say this. I think they need to call off the election. We need all concentration on this issue."
Image: A snapshot of the petition that is being circulated online asking for the General Election to be suspended.
The Indian Space Research Organisation is planning to launch a mega rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III, or the GSLV Mk III, this Monday that will take India one step closer to sending its own astronauts in space.
The vehicle will be launched from the agency's headquarters in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota at 5 pm tomorrow.
The GSLV Mk III weighs the equivalent of the weight of five fully-loaded Boeing Jumbo
Jets or as much as 200 fully grown elephants.
Former ISRO chairman K Kasturirangan, the man who conceived the GSLV Mk-III, confirms it will be India's vehicle to ferry Indians into space.
This would be the first developmental flight of the heavy lift launch vehicle GSLV Mark-III that can carry 4-ton class satellites into the 36000 kilometer geostationary orbits.
London Bridge and Borough Market have been hit by two coordinated attacks south of the River Thames.
Armed police rushed to the scene and shot dead the three male attackers in the Borough Market area near the bridge, as authorities urged Londoners on Twitter to "run, hide, tell" if they were caught up in the violence.
One eyewitness, named only as Gerard, told the BBC: "I saw a geezer lying on the floor saying he'd been stabbed
"I saw these three Muslim guys run up and started stabbing this girl. They attacked her and stabbed another guy.
"They started running up the road, stabbed the bouncer at the Tavern.
"I was throwing bottles at them, pint glasses, stools, chairs, but I was defenceless.
"They stabbed this girl maybe ten, 15 times. She was saying 'help me, help me'."
He claimed he had hit one of the attackers on the back of the head by throwing things at him, and was chased, but escaped unharmed.
09:32 PM Modi condemns London attack: "Attacks in London shocking & anguishing. We condemn them. My thoughts are with families of the deceased & prayers with the injured," PM Modi tweeted shortly after six people were killed in simultaneous terror attacks on London Bridge and Borough Market in the United Kingdom.
Modi returned to India today after completing his four-nation tour to Germany, Spain, Russia and France.
Kind Londoners are offering those caught up in the 'terror attack' in London lifts home and rooms for the night.
As details of the attack begin to emerge, #SofaForLondon started trending on Twitter and Facebook.
Some are offering accommodation to those stranded in the city, while others are giving people free taxi rides to their homes and hotels.
Witnesses also reported hotels and restaurants on the southern bank of the Thames giving people shelter and water as they tried to make their way home.
One Twitter user said: #London you cannot break humanity. Taxi drivers offering lifts to safety and hotels and business offering a safe place.
Another shared a similar story: Terrible events in London but with People offering help and free taxi rides Im Proud to be British.
Ariana Grande has reacted to the latest terror attack in London, just two weeks after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at her concert in Manchester.
The twin attacks in the capital came as the US pop star was preparing for Sunday's charity concert that she had organised to raise funds for those affected by the Manchester Arena attack on May 22.
As details emerged of the latest atrocity, Grande tweeted: "Praying for London."
The singer has been in Manchester in recent days visiting the injured and families of those killed in the attacks.
She met some of those who lost loved ones at an undisclosed location on Friday.
08:38 3 male suspects in London attack shot dead by police:
The British police confirmed that 3 male suspects in the London attacks have been shot dead by them.
Police said they believed there were no more than three attackers.
"Armed response officers then responded very quickly and bravely and confronted the three male suspects who were shot and killed on Borough Market," Mark Rowley, Britain's top anti-terrorism officer, said.
In a full statement, Mark Rowley said, "Since late yesterday evening [Saturday, June 3], the Metropolitan Police Service has been responding to incidents in the London Bridge and Borough Market areas of south London. We are treating this as a terrorist incident and a full investigation is already underway, led by the Mets Counter Terrorism Command.
You will understand that our knowledge of the incident is still growing but what we understand at the present time is:
>> At 22.08 yesterday evening we began to receive reports that a vehicle had struck pedestrians on London Bridge.
>> The vehicle continued to drive from London Bridge to Borough Market.
>> The suspects then left the vehicle and a number of people were stabbed, including an on-duty British Transport Police officer who was responding to the incident at London Bridge. He received serious but not life-threatening injuries. His family has been informed.
>> Armed officers responded very quickly and bravely, confronting three male suspects who were shot and killed in Borough Market. The suspects had been confronted and shot by the police within eight minutes of the first call. The suspects were wearing what looked like explosive vests but these were later established to be hoaxes."
US President Donald Trump touted his so-called travel ban Saturday in the wake of the London terror attacks, while also pledging assistance to Britain.
Without referring explicitly to London, Trump wrote on his personal account: "We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!"
Eight minutes later, he tweeted, "Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the U. K., we will be there - WE ARE WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!"
Cecillia Wang, the deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, quickly accused Trump of exploiting the situation.
"We need to be outraged when the president exploits a terrible violent crime to push his discriminatory and illegal policy," she tweeted.
US vice president Mike Pence also tweeted, "Our thoughts & prayers are w/ the victims, courageous first responders & all the people of London. As President Trump said: WE ARE WITH YOU."
At least 20 people were taken to hospitals across London after the terrorist attacks on London Bridge and at Borough Market, London Ambulance Service said in a statement. The injured were taken to six hospitals, while other people were treated at the scene, London Ambulance Service Assistant Director of Operations Peter Rhodes said.
Police in London were dealing with what appeared to be a coordinated terrorist attack on at least two locations late Saturday night, after a van mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and a knife attack was reported in a cafe nearby.
Eyewitnesses reported panic as the attacks unfolded, in the vicinity of a major transport hub and in an area packed with restaurants and bars.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said authorities were dealing with a "terrible incident" and London's Metropolitan Police Service said incidents at London Bridge and nearby Borough Market were being treated as terrorism.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said it was "deliberate and cowardly attack" on Londoners enjoying a Saturday night out.
It was the third terrorist attack to strike the United Kingdom this year, after a man drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in March and the bomb attack on an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester two weeks ago.
07:50 It's a terror attack in London, say cops: The metropolitan police in London tweeted: 'At 0025 hrs 4/6/17 the incidents at London Bridge and Borough Market were declared as terrorist incidents.'
Several people have been injured with one feared dead as gunfire was also heard in the area, the police said.
"From 2208 hrs (local time) officers responded to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians on #London Bridge. Officers have then responded to reports of stabbings in #BoroughMarket. Armed officers responded and shots have been fired," the metropolitan police said in a statement on Twitter. "Officers are now responding to an incident in the #Vauxhall area," the statement added.
There are reports of a number of casualties,
British Transport Police has said. "The Prime Minister is in contact with officials and is being regularly updated on the incident at London Bridge," Downing Street said.
Transport for London said the bridge has been closed in both directions due to a "major police incident".