RBI may pause repo rate cut amid surge in GDP growth: SBI report

IANS | November 30, 2025 5:40 PM

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Expectations built till a few days back of a shallow rate cut of 25 basis points (bps) by the RBI appear to have faded as finer readings of the strong Q2 growth print and the evolving playbook make the choice tilted in favour of a pause in December policy, according to an SBI Research report released on Sunday.

Bengal SIR: ECI identifies 18.70 lakh dead voters in current list

IANS | November 30, 2025 9:45 AM

Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) As the first stage of the three-level Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal is coming to a close, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has already identified 18.70 lakh dead voters still existing in the current voters’ list, till November 29 evening.

‘Millions of poor losing right to vote’: Sachin Pilot raises alarm over SIR

IANS | November 29, 2025 10:29 PM

Jaipur, Nov 29 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Saturday accused the Election Commission of acting with unprecedented haste and creating widespread fear during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), alleging that voter deletions, especially of the poor, Dalits, tribals, and the uneducated, were happening on a massive scale.