Nagpur/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Before the dust settled on Wednesday on the last day of phase 2 poll campaigning for eight seats in Maharashtra, key.
Hemant Patil of Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena is the incumbent MP here, but the party and its Mahayuti alliance have given the ticket this time to Baburao Kadam Kohalikar. The other top contenders are Nagesh Ashtikar of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) for the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance and Dr BD Chavan of Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi
RBI will announce decision on repo rate today at 10 AM. Later today, Governor Shaktikanta Das will hold press conference at 11 AM. Analysts expect India’s central bank to keep rate unchanged at 6.5%, in line with stance taken by other central banks. RBI has maintained this rate since February 2023.