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A day after the RBI raised the repo rate to 5.50%, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and Tamilnad Mercantile Bank raised their repo-linked lending rates by 0.25%. Our tables list the new rates and the EMI impact.

Narendra Modi completed 25 years as head of an elected government on October 7, 2026: 12 years and 7 months as Gujarat chief minister and more than 12 years as prime minister. Our tables cover the dates, election results, major decisions, controversies and challenges ahead.

The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% and shifted its stance to “calibrated tightening”. We list the RBI’s forecasts, the repo rate’s path since 2023 and our EMI calculations for home loans.

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on a dharna for hours at Akashvani Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday, demanding to meet the Chief Election Commissioner. At night police removed them to Kingsway Camp and later let them go. The full timeline.

The IOC confirmed that seven countries, including India with Ahmedabad, are in talks to host the 2036 Olympics. A shortlist comes in March 2027 and members vote in 2029. Our tables list the bidders and the timeline.

India summoned Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires Saad Warraich over cross-border infiltration after the BSF shot two men on the Punjab border. Pakistan, which summoned India’s envoy first, says the dead were unarmed civilians.

Aradhana Mishra ‘Mona’ is the new Uttar Pradesh Congress president. Born in Prayagraj, she is a three-time MLA from Rampur Khas and the daughter of Pramod Tiwari. Her family, education, election record, assets and the challenges ahead.

Gross GST collections rose 14.7% to ₹2,03,521 crore in September 2026, the third straight month above ₹2 lakh crore. Import-linked collections grew 25.9%, far faster than domestic collections at 10.1%.

A decade after Indian special forces crossed the LoC on September 28-29, 2016, PM Modi calls the surgical strikes the start of a zero-tolerance approach. We look at how India's response has escalated since, and the risks that come with it.

In the 138th episode of Mann Ki Baat, PM Narendra Modi said 32 crore households had been counted in the first phase of the census, recalled the 2016 surgical strikes, and spoke about Poshan Maah and young people’s pledge against drugs.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar used India's address to the 81st UN General Assembly on September 26 to warn that finance, technology and supply chains are being weaponised, and that countries far from conflict are paying for wars they did not start.

India's reply at UNGA called Pakistan 'a regime of the army, by the army, and for the army' after Shehbaz Sharif raised Kashmir and credited Trump for the 2025 truce.