Sameera Group has entered the industrial warehousing segment with its first project, committing an estimated ₹150 crore to ₹170 crore to develop about 4.5 lakh sq ft of warehouse space across 16 acres. The move signals the company’s push into a sector benefiting from supply-chain formalisation, e-commerce expansion and rising demand for Grade-A logistics assets in India.
Indian IT shares extended their rebound for a second straight session, with HCL Technologies climbing nearly 11% over two days and TCS and Infosys rising 6% to 10%, as fears of immediate AI-led disruption eased. The Nifty IT index surged more than 2,000 points in two sessions to move back above 30,000 for the first time in nearly a month, reviving debate over whether the sector’s valuation reset has further room to run.
Actor Nana Patekar, whose career spanned theatre, parallel cinema and mainstream Hindi films, is being remembered as one of Indian cinema’s most forceful and uncompromising performers. Known for intense screen presence, precise dialogue delivery and a body of work that won him three National Film Awards, he shaped a distinct acting idiom that influenced generations of actors and filmmakers.
Beware Boiúna arrives with the instincts of a lean genre picture: it knows exactly what it wants to be, and it largely delivers. While the lack of panoramic imagery blunts some of the dread that a snake-driven horror film should generate, the film compensates with brisk pacing, sharp creature effects, and a giant, grinning serpent that keeps the tension alive.
As markets continue to swing on macroeconomic signals, investors are being reminded that concentration is not the same as conviction. In a Navratri-linked market note, Mirae Asset’s Suranjana Borthakur argues that a diversified portfolio across equities, debt and market capitalisations can help investors stay invested through volatility, avoid emotional exits and preserve the compounding process.
Fresh analysis of Delhi’s draft electoral roll indicates that Muslims were flagged at rates above their share of the electorate in several categories used by the Election Commission’s ERONET software. While Muslims account for 13.6% of electors on the draft roll, they formed 20.3% of those marked for “logical discrepancies” and 30% of those flagged under five family-size-related reasons.
The pattern has intensified scrutiny of how automated and semi-automated verification tools are being used in voter list management, especially after Bihar’s deletion exercise showed Muslim representation broadly aligned with population share in the absence of such discrepancy checks.
The Technology Development Board has approved ₹151 crore in RDI support for IdeaForge Technology to develop an autonomous aerial logistics vehicle designed for heavy payload operations. The move signals a sharper policy push toward indigenous dual-use drone capabilities, with potential implications for logistics, disaster response, and strategic mobility.
‘Reporting Live’ arrives with sincere performances, sharp observations and an earnest interest in the pressures of public life, but the film ultimately settles into a cautious, underpowered groove. What begins as a promising social drama gradually loses urgency, leaving behind a watchable but lukewarm experience.
Adani Airports has applied to the International Financial Services Centres Authority for permission to set up a treasury centre in GIFT City, marking the conglomerate’s second entity to seek a foothold in India’s offshore financial zone. The move is still at an early stage, with the planned unit expected to begin with a limited operating footprint as the company tests the regulatory and financial advantages of the IFSC framework.
RJ Mitte, the actor best known for playing Walter White Jr. in the landmark television drama 'Breaking Bad,' has died at the age of 34. Beyond his screen work, Mitte was widely recognized as a visible advocate for disability rights and representation in entertainment.
Coal India shares moved higher in intraday trade on Wednesday, drawing attention in a market that continues to weigh public-sector energy names against the broader fiscal and industrial backdrop. The stock’s upward bias reflects renewed investor interest in cash-generative state-linked companies, even as the coal sector remains tied to policy, demand trends and the pace of India’s power consumption.
The Reserve Bank of India has moved to make the Account Aggregator framework interoperable, allowing consumers to share financial data across platforms without being locked into a single provider. The change is designed to improve convenience, reduce friction in consent-based data exchange, and strengthen the digital plumbing behind India’s financial services ecosystem.
A potential Reserve Bank of India rate hike is unlikely to cause broad-based asset quality stress for non-banking financial companies, according to Nuvama Institutional Equities. The brokerage said past cycles show that higher rates alone have not typically driven widespread deterioration, while healthy capital buffers and ample systemic liquidity should help absorb pressure if borrowing costs rise further.
Kerala’s Assembly witnessed a sharp political confrontation on Tuesday as the opposition LDF accused the ruling UDF of allowing an “artificially created” power crisis to deepen in the state. Moving an adjournment motion, CPI legislator G.R. Anil alleged the situation was being used to open the door for private corporate interests in the power sector, a charge the government is likely to reject.
An Air India flight from Frankfurt to Delhi was diverted to Jaipur after the pilot transmitted Squawk Code 7500, the international transponder code indicating unlawful interference, while the aircraft was in the Mumbai Flight Information Region. Authorities are treating the alert with urgency as aviation security protocols were activated and the aircraft was moved to a safer landing point for inspection.
India is preparing to roll out a dedicated data centre policy as public scrutiny grows over the sector’s heavy demand for electricity and water. The move comes after protests in cities including Mumbai and Visakhapatnam over planned facilities linked to Amazon and Google, underscoring the political sensitivity of digital infrastructure expansion.
Indian companies are increasingly turning to banks for funding as borrowing through the bond market becomes more expensive, according to Jefferies. The shift reflects a broader repricing in corporate debt markets, while banks are seeing stronger loan demand from non-bank lenders, wholesale trade, commercial real estate, power and chemicals.
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research is preparing to hold an introductory programme and media interaction ahead of ESTIC-2026, signaling an early effort to frame the event’s policy relevance and public messaging. The move suggests a deliberate push to build visibility around the upcoming initiative and align stakeholders before the main conference cycle begins.
Amsterdam-based visual artist Angel-Rose Oedit Doebé is using pink rice, archival imagery and found objects to probe ancestry, pop culture and cultural memory in a body of work now on view in Delhi. Her latest presentation at Method positions food, colour and domestic material as tools for reconstructing the layered histories linking Indian and Surinamese identity.
The runaway success of Kannada film ‘Premada Oorali’ has jolted Karnataka’s small-town exhibition circuit back to life, drawing audiences into theatres that had struggled to stay relevant in the streaming era. While exhibitors are celebrating fuller halls and renewed footfall, filmmakers are now grappling with a more difficult question: what kind of stories can match this unexpected audience response?
Mobile gaming studio Spill Games has raised $10.5 million, or about ₹100 crore, in a Series A round led by Elevation Capital, underscoring investor appetite for AI-native consumer entertainment startups in India. The funding is expected to help the company expand its production capabilities, deepen its technology stack, and accelerate the development of mobile-first games built with artificial intelligence at the core.
S&P Global expects India’s financial sector lending to expand by 12-14% this fiscal year, supported by resilient economic activity, steady public investment and improving private capital spending. But the agency warned that a weak monsoon could weigh on rural incomes, soften demand in the countryside and create a drag on credit growth in agriculture-linked and consumer lending.
At Alpha Wealth Summit 2.0, market strategists Atul Suri and Ravi Dharamshi framed artificial intelligence as a transformative force that could reshape productivity, capital allocation and corporate earnings, while also threatening jobs, margins and business models. Their remarks reflected a broader policy and investment debate in India: whether AI will accelerate growth and competitiveness, or deepen disruption across sectors and the labour market.
The Global Trade Research Initiative has called on the government to withdraw proposed charges on UPI transactions slated for October 15, arguing that even modest fees could weaken India’s digital payments ecosystem. The think tank said keeping UPI free is essential to protect small merchants, sustain consumer spending, and preserve the broad adoption that has made the platform a national payments backbone.
Ahead of the release of 'Ranabaali', Vijay Deverakonda has offered a candid look at the discipline behind his latest period drama, including the demands of mastering a Rayalaseema dialect for a film set against the Madras Famine era. The actor also reflected on working with Rashmika Mandanna, drawing a contrast between her ability to detach from work and his own more consuming approach to performance.
India’s new merchant fee regime for Unified Payments Interface transactions is poised to deepen the market power of the country’s largest payment apps, with Bernstein estimating that PhonePe and Google Pay could together generate about $900 million a year by March 2028. The 0.4% fee on merchant payments above Rs 2,000 may also accelerate expansion into rural markets while pressuring smaller rivals to chase higher-value transactions.
The Income Tax Department has reached out to about 12,000 tax professionals after identifying those who have filed less than half of their tax audit reports for Assessment Year 2026-27 compared with the previous financial year. The move signals a sharper administrative push to improve compliance ahead of the filing deadline and reduce last-minute bottlenecks in the audit-report pipeline.
CropLife India has issued an advisory urging farmers to use crop protection products judiciously as the Rabi sowing season gets underway, framing the guidance as a way to contain input costs without sacrificing yields. The industry body said disciplined application can help farmers protect productivity while avoiding unnecessary spending at a time of tight margins in agriculture.
In Bali, the Kecak performance tradition is giving the Ramayana a strikingly modern stage life by turning dozens of human voices into a living orchestra. Led by veteran Balinese scholar and choreographer I Wayan Dibia, the form blends chant, movement and ritual discipline to retell one of South and Southeast Asia’s most enduring epics.
A group of academics and civil society activists spent the night in Telangana government schools to draw attention to the steady erosion of public spending on education. Their protest underscored a larger policy concern: education’s share in the state budget has fallen to a single-digit level and has remained there for much of the past decade. The action was designed to spotlight deteriorating school conditions and pressure the government to treat education as a fiscal priority rather than a residual obligation.
Kittur Rani Channamma University has postponed all examinations scheduled for October 14 after a protest by sugarcane farmers in Karnataka created a disruption that affected the university’s academic timetable. The move underscores how agrarian unrest can spill over into public administration and higher education operations. The university has not indicated a fresh date for the postponed papers.
Vidyut Jammwal says his Hollywood debut in the upcoming video game adaptation Street Fighter demanded more than physical discipline; it required him to translate a globally recognised character into a live-action performance with precision and restraint. The actor, long associated with martial arts-led action in Indian cinema, also reflected on his journey through combat training and on being invited by Cody Rhodes to WrestleMania 42, underscoring how his profile now extends beyond film into the wider sports-entertainment ecosystem.
Bryan Cranston has offered a deeply personal tribute to his former Breaking Bad co-star RJ Mitte, recalling the actor as his “sweet son” and reflecting on a relationship that extended far beyond the set. The remembrance highlights Mitte’s evolution from a teenage newcomer into a visible disability rights advocate, as well as the regret of plans the two hoped to make before his death.
GIFT Nifty has become a closely watched pre-open indicator for Indian markets, offering investors an early read on how the Nifty 50 may begin the session. By comparing the current GIFT Nifty level with its previous close, traders can gauge whether global cues are leaning positive or negative before the opening bell. Yet analysts caution that it is a directional signal, not a guarantee of how the market will actually trade once cash equities open.
Singer Anjana’s debut EP arrives as a compact but ambitious statement of identity, drawing on Carnatic violin, konnakol, Kannada lyrics and even the kazoo to frame questions of love, doubt and self-acceptance. The release positions her as an artist intent on translating South Indian musical inheritance into a contemporary, emotionally direct pop vocabulary.
The North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFI) reported a solid financial performance in FY 2025–26, led by higher interest income and steady profitability. Gross income rose 4.40% to Rs. 270.82 crore, while net profit stood at Rs. 92.23 crore, underscoring resilient execution in a challenging credit environment.
Johnson & Johnson shares fell as much as 6.8% after investors digested a sharp drop in quarterly profit, softer-than-expected MedTech performance and litigation-related charges, even as the company raised its full-year earnings outlook. Revenue growth and adjusted earnings beat estimates, but the market focused on margin pressure and the quality of the beat rather than the headline guidance upgrade.
Kerala is preparing for the northeast monsoon after the southwest monsoon closed with a 28% rainfall deficit, raising concerns for agriculture, water storage and local flood management. The India Meteorological Department has issued orange alerts for Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam for October 15, signalling the likelihood of intense rain in parts of the state.
State Bank of India Chairman C S Setty said deposit rates are unlikely to rise over the next three months, citing ample liquidity in the banking system. He also said recent Reserve Bank of India measures should support banks’ net interest margins, while credit growth is expected to remain in the 14% to 15% range over time.
A cluster of Nifty 500 stocks has delivered severe losses over the past 12 months, with ten names falling between 47% and 58% and nearly 50 constituents down more than 30%. KEC International, Reliance Power and KPIT Technologies are among the sharpest laggards, underscoring how uneven the market’s gains have been despite broader resilience.
Punjab National Bank has launched its 2026 festive retail loan campaign with concessions aimed at stimulating borrowing across home, car and other consumer loans. The package includes a full waiver of upfront and processing fees on home loans, a 5-basis-point rate concession, and a full fee waiver on car loans, underscoring the lender’s effort to capture seasonal demand in a competitive retail market.
Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Agomoni songs, long embedded in the Nazrulgeeti tradition, remain among the most resonant cultural expressions of Durga Puja in Bengal. Far beyond devotional music, they carry a broader message of social conscience, inclusivity and resistance that continues to shape the festival’s public meaning.
India’s digital lenders have expanded their personal-loan portfolios by 28% over the past year, even as the number of outstanding accounts edged down to 5.64 crore. The data points to a clear shift toward larger loan sizes, stronger demand for unsecured credit and a growing contribution from younger borrowers and customers with thin credit histories.
The 57th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council has been postponed by one day and will now be held on October 8 at 11 am at the Summit Room, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. An official memorandum cited unavoidable circumstances for the change, while members of the Council were informed and apologised to for the inconvenience.
The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Tennis Association and the original petitioners to file their replies in a matter concerning tennis administration, keeping the dispute active at a time when governance issues in Indian sport remain under close judicial scrutiny. The court’s direction signals that the case is moving into a more substantive stage, with the next round of filings likely to shape the contours of the legal contest.
Four films, led by Rajinikanth’s much-anticipated 'Jailer 2' and Vijay Deverakonda’s 'Ranabaali', are set to vie for attention on Telugu screens during the Dasara holiday window. The release cluster underscores how festive timing remains one of Indian cinema’s most valuable commercial battlegrounds, where star power, regional appeal and audience mood can quickly reshape box-office fortunes.
Jharkhand tightened its grip on the Ranji Trophy contest after Virat and Aditya struck commanding centuries to drive the hosts to 587 at stumps on day two. Kerala were forced to absorb a punishing day in the field, with seamer Edhen sidelined by injury and Vaisakh emerging as the visitors’ standout performer with five wickets.
PhonePe chief executive Sameer Nigam used the TechSparks 2026 stage to argue that India’s fastest-growing digital companies must pair aggressive product innovation with institutional-grade governance. He said PhonePe’s initial public offering is “hopefully not too far away,” while outlining a broader international expansion strategy anchored in disciplined execution.
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan participated in AgriVision’s 10th national convention in New Delhi, underscoring the government’s continuing emphasis on agriculture as a driver of rural prosperity. The event placed policy attention on productivity, farmer welfare, and the broader transformation of India’s agri-economy at a time of climate stress, market volatility, and rising expectations from the farm sector.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the party holds the Chief Justice of India, the Supreme Court and the wider judicial system in the highest regard, even as political and public resistance to the current climate of protest continues to intensify. The remarks came amid an anti-CEC demonstration in which actor-activist Prakash Raj criticised the arrest of CJP leaders and renewed calls to scrap the SIR, sharpening the confrontation around governance, dissent and institutional accountability.
