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October 13, 2026

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  • Rahul Gandhi led a sizeable gathering of supporters, along with Akhilesh Yadav, Tejasvi Yadav and Neha Bora to the Supreme Court. The crowd was disciplined and the large police contingent took no action against them
  • Opposition leaders and supporters marched towards the Supreme Court of India on Monday and filed a petition challenging the revision of electoral rolls, alleging large-scale voter deletions and seeking judicial intervention. The Election Commission of India has defended the revision process against allegations of political bias
  • Jantar Mantar has lost its status as a designated protest venue after Delhi Police de-notified the site on Monday. Demonstrations are now to be directed to Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground or CBD Ground in East Delhi
  • The Karnataka High Court struck down the state's increased reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, ruling that the changes breached the 50% reservation ceiling. The legislation had raised SC reservation from 15% to 17% and ST reservation from 3% to 7%, taking total reservation to 56%
  • The Supreme Court directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to constitute a Special Investigation Team headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police to investigate allegations that lawyers protesting outside the Bar Council of India office in August were assaulted by fellow lawyers. The Court also said the petitioners should be given access to relevant CCTV footage
  • The Free Speech Collective filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court alleging that Delhi Police detained and forcibly removed journalists covering protests over Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar despite a court order protecting their professional work
  • Government admitted in the Supreme Court that margins of some non-patented drugs reached 1000%, SC asked it to cap these prices
  • The Supreme Court questioned the Centre on Monday over why limits on medicine trade margins could not be extended across the pharmaceutical market rather than applying to selected categories. The government argued that drug-pricing policy must balance affordability with availability; hospital shares fell by as much as 6.5% following the hearing
  • India's consumer price inflation rose to 5.54% in September from 4.83% in August, according to data reported on Monday. Food inflation accelerated to 7.74% from 5.97%, adding to concerns about household costs and the outlook for interest rates
  • The rupee rose by about 1% on Monday to close at approximately ₹95.77 against the US dollar, marking its strongest single-day gain in six months
  • Indian equities ended lower on Monday, with the Sensex falling about 548 points to 71,925 and the Nifty 50 dropping around 157 points to 22,363. Banking shares came under pressure following RBI measures affecting liquidity, while hospital stocks weakened after a Supreme Court hearing on medicine pricing
  • ISSF World Cup: Indian shooters have a bad day at Cairo as none of them make the podium un any event
  • Ranji roundup: Abhishek Porel (114 not out) and Sudip Gharami (122 not out) take Bengal to 304 for 3 and put in in command versus Delhi who scored only 240 in their first innings
  • Ranji roundup: At stumps on Day 2, Mumbai pacer Tushar Deshpande had taken a hat-trick and finished with 5 for 17 as Chandigarh were bowled out for 78. Elsewhere, Ravindra Jadeja scored 102 for Saurashtra and Rinku Singh made 112 for Uttar Pradesh, which reached 540 in its first innings against Bihar
  • NorthEast United FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant 1–0 in their Indian Super League opener in Guwahati on Monday. Jithin M.S. scored the winner in the second minute of stoppage time to secure all three points for the home side
After being released from detention, CJPs Abhijeet Dipke says, "Modi, as PM, is an embarrassment to India. Never has this country seen a bigger coward and bully"

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