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Festive demand lifted October 2026 car sales: Maruti sold 2,12,384 units, Tata 73,894, and Mahindra's 73,338 SUVs and Hyundai's 82,299 total were records.

From November 1, 2026, commercial LPG costs Rs 2,820 in Delhi, up Rs 10, and ATF rose for a fourth month to about Rs 138.50 a litre; domestic LPG unchanged.

OMRON Healthcare began full-scale production at its first Indian factory in Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, announced October 30, 2026, with 3 lakh monitors a year to start.

Tata Motors settled its EUR 14.40-a-share Iveco tender on October 30, 2026, taking about 89.42%; the offer reopens November 2 to 6.

Cabinet on 28 October 2026 cleared a Rs 10,000 crore scheme to raise India's container-making capacity from 70,000 to 7.5 lakh TEUs a year.

IndiGo reported a Rs 1,879.1 crore loss for July-September 2026 on October 29 as fuel costs rose 67%; CEO Willie Walsh said higher fares cannot be avoided.

Coal India's July-September 2026 profit rose 57% to Rs 6,547 crore on higher dispatches and auction prices; its shares fell about 3% on October 30.

Bihar launched the Gaya manufacturing city company and a land portal on October 24, 2026 as 12 firms signed MoUs worth about Rs 4,092-4,200 crore.

JSW Energy's September-quarter profit rose 38% to Rs 1,141 crore, results on October 28, 2026, showed, as installed capacity crossed 15 GW and the board approved raising up to Rs 11,000 crore.

Adani Enterprises' September-quarter profit fell 55% to Rs 1,492 crore against a year-ago one-time gain, while revenue rose 75% to Rs 37,216 crore, results on October 28 showed.

SAIL's Q2 FY27 standalone profit rose 315% to Rs 1,773.73 crore and revenue 20% to Rs 31,998 crore, but shares fell 4% on October 28, 2026.

Maruti Suzuki's standalone Q2 FY27 profit fell 26.9% to Rs 2,414.9 crore, results on October 27, 2026 showed, even as record sales of 6.97 lakh vehicles lifted revenue 26%.

Noel Tata told Tata Sons in an October 26, 2026 letter that N Chandrasekaran's reappointment as chairman is void and sought board records within seven days.

Pune-based Bank of Maharashtra's September-quarter profit rose 41.42% to Rs 2,310 crore, with gross NPAs down to 1.25%, results approved on 26 October 2026 show.

Tata Consumer Products' consolidated profit rose about 16% to Rs 469.30 crore in July-September 2026 as revenue grew 14% to Rs 5,661 crore, led by its India business.

Indian Overseas Bank's standalone profit rose 55.9% to Rs 1,912.42 crore in July-September 2026, with net interest income up 26.4% and gross NPAs at 1.19%.

The Bombay High Court has told EPFO it cannot reject EPS-95 higher pension claims only because an exempted firm's PF trust rules capped contributions.

Bharat Coking Coal posted a Q2 FY27 profit of Rs 123.74 crore against a Rs 52.99 crore loss a year ago, with revenue up 39%, its board said on October 25, 2026.

IDFC First Bank's July-September 2026 profit rose 196.5% to Rs 1,045 crore as provisions fell, but NRI deposit inflows pulled its margin down.

Adani Power's September-quarter profit rose 142% to Rs 7,019.32 crore on October 23, 2026, helped by about Rs 4,100 crore of one-time revenue and tax items.

Bengaluru-based Sagility's US arm signed a deal on 21 October 2026 to buy Tennessee's Chirok Health for $20 million upfront plus up to $12.35 million tied to performance.

Adani Energy Solutions' consolidated profit rose to Rs 1,363.92 crore in July-September 2026 as revenue jumped 53% to Rs 10,075.54 crore; it installed 1.3 million smart meters.

Havells India's July-September 2026 revenue rose 34.6% to about Rs 6,432 crore on a 48% jump in cables, but net profit grew only about 10% to Rs 349 crore.

KEI Industries' Q2 FY27 profit rose 29% to about Rs 262 crore on 39% revenue growth, approved on October 21, 2026; margins narrowed.

Union Bank of India's Q2 FY27 standalone profit rose about 30% to Rs 5,537 crore, with loans up 18.5% and gross bad loans down to 2.42%, in results approved on October 19, 2026.

SML Mahindra's July-September 2026 net profit fell 44% to Rs 11.70 crore though revenue rose 21% to Rs 669.79 crore, as raw material costs squeezed margins.

Tata veteran Harish Bhat resigned from the board of Trent, the Zudio and Westside retailer, effective October 17, 2026, citing other commitments; Trent's shares fell about 3%.

Jindal Ferrous commissioned a Rs 5,000 crore, 2.2 MTPA integrated steel plant at Jajpur, Odisha, on 14 October 2026; 2,000-plus jobs expected.

Piramal Finance said on October 19, 2026 its July-September consolidated profit rose about 67% to Rs 545 crore, with assets under management up 24% to Rs 1.13 lakh crore.

Nexon Geochem signed an MoU with Andhra Pradesh on October 14, 2026 for a Rs 1,250 crore, 600-tonne rare-earth magnet plant in Kakinada district.

Hindustan Zinc's Q2 FY27 net profit rose 142% to a record Rs 6,412 crore, results approved on October 19, 2026, on record output and higher prices.

HFCL's Q2 FY27 profit rose 448% to Rs 394.22 crore on a 144% revenue jump; its shares hit the 5% upper circuit on October 19, 2026.

Indian Bank's Q2 FY27 profit rose about 14.7% to Rs 3,462 crore, helped by an NSE-linked gain, and gross NPA fell to 1.61%, it said on October 15, 2026.

HDFC Bank said on 17 October 2026 that deputy MD Kaizad Bharucha will step down on 31 December, days before CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan hands charge to Anup Bagchi on 27 October.

IDBI Bank's Q2 FY27 profit fell 39% to about Rs 2,205 crore after last year's one-time NSDL gain; excluding it, profit rose 14% and NII jumped 29%.

Renault launched the Duster hybrid in India on October 17, 2026 at an introductory Rs 16.99 lakh, with three variants, a claimed 29 kmpl and deliveries from November.

Urban Company's board approved raising up to Rs 2,500 crore on October 16, 2026, as Q2 revenue rose 41% but net loss widened to about Rs 182 crore on InstaHelp spend.

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy asked Hyundai on October 16, 2026, to build cars in Hyderabad; its Rs 8,528 crore Zaheerabad R&D centre is set to break ground soon.

Reliance said it welcomes Starlink and its own Jio satellite service also awaits clearance, after Elon Musk blamed unnamed Indian 'oligarchs' for Starlink's India delay.

Yes Bank shares closed 14.5% lower on 15 October 2026 after the Supreme Court upheld the quashing of its Rs 8,415 crore AT1 bond write-off.

Nestle India's Q2 profit rose about 36% to Rs 1,010 crore on October 15, 2026, but shares fell up to 7-8% as it flagged food and commodity inflation.

Polycab shares fell up to 5% after NSE said on October 12, 2026 it will drop the stock from F&O over an insolvency case on a Rs 2.79 crore claim that NCLAT has stayed.

Bank of Baroda shares fell about 3% on October 14, 2026 after NMC Health founder BR Shetty sought $15 billion in damages; the bank says it has not been served.

The Cabinet on October 14, 2026 approved selling 60.72% of IDBI Bank to a Fairfax Financial unit for Rs 52,878 crore at Rs 81 a share.

The rupee rose 0.5% to close at 95.28 a dollar on October 13, 2026, a one-month high, as RBI curbs on forex hedges unsettled banks.

ICICI Life Insurance's July-September 2026 profit rose about 25% to Rs 374 crore and VNB grew 20% to Rs 712 crore, results showed on 13 October.

Jio-bp raised petrol by Rs 5 and diesel by Rs 3 a litre from October 11, 2026, after Nayara did the same on October 3; state-run retailers kept prices unchanged.

Bengaluru's Vimag Labs began production at its first plant in Jhajjar, Haryana, on 13 October 2026, with a phased Rs 50 crore investment plan.

The Navy commissioned INS Mangrol, a Cochin Shipyard-built anti-submarine craft with over 80% indigenous content, in Mumbai on October 12, 2026, the third of eight in its class.

RBL Bank said on 12 October 2026 its Q2 FY27 net profit rose about 2.7 times to Rs 482 crore, with NII up 37% and gross NPA down to 1.02%.

Google said on October 11-12, 2026 its $15 billion Visakhapatnam AI hub will use air cooling, as residents protest over water, land and jobs.

Suzlon will spend about Rs 550 crore on three wind blade factories in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka by 2027, co-founder Girish Tanti said on 11 October 2026.

Crisil Intelligence estimates Indian companies' revenue rose 16-16.5% in July-September 2026, with margins steady at 18.2-18.6%, in a report out on 8 October.

Bengaluru developer Brigade Group said around October 8, 2026 it will invest about Rs 40,000 crore over three years in a 40 million sq ft pipeline.

Brokerages expect Indian banks' Q2 FY27 profit to rise 15-25%, estimates released October 9, 2026 show, as FCNR(B) deposit inflows squeeze margins.

The Union Cabinet on October 6, 2026 approved Rs 10,000 crore for an SME Growth Fund to take equity stakes in growing small firms, mainly manufacturers.

Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran on October 9 asked the RBI to review the uniform 90-day NPA and SMA norms for MSME loans, citing varied cash-flow cycles.

Anand Rathi Wealth's AUM rose 18% to Rs 1,08,377 crore in Q2 FY27, results on October 9, 2026 showed; adjusted profit rose 22% but reported profit fell.