RBI likely to cut repo rate by 0.25 pc to 5.25 pc in Dec: Report

IANS | November 19, 2025 2:04 PM

Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Leading global financial services firm Morgan Stanley expects the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent at its monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, scheduled for the first week of December.

Mamata Banerjee’s deft, analytic politics behind the emotive front

IANS | November 19, 2025 1:42 PM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Bihar election results have come as a dampener for the Congress and its ally, the Left parties, where the respective leaders are preparing to work out a strategy for at least a re-entry into the 294-member West Bengal Legislative Assembly when the state goes to polls next year.

Leaders hail gangster Anmol Bishnoi's extradition from US

IANS | November 19, 2025 1:29 PM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) As gangster Anmol Bishnoi, a key accused in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, is being deported to India from the US, political leaders have hailed the development as a major breakthrough in the fight against organised crime.