The Biggest Stories Of October 04, 2019

Reserve Bank of India slashes growth forecast for the current financial year from 6.9 to 6.1 per cent, Lending rate also cut by 25 basis points to 5.15%; BJP and the Shiv Sena announce seat sharing formula ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Elections, BJP to contest 164 seats, Sena 124; Bombay High Court refuses to stop tree cutting in Mumbai's Aarey for metro carshed, activists claim tree felling has already begun; Indian Air Force chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria says the IAF shot down it's own chopper on February 27, was a big mistake; Supreme Court advances the deadline for completing arguments in the Ayodhya land dispute by October 17; Nationalism not a negative sentiment, world becoming more nationalistic, India too is more nationalistic, says S Jaishankar; Sedition case is filed in Bihar against nearly 50 celebrities, including Ramachandra Guha, Mani Ratnam and Aparna Sen, for an open letter to the Prime Minister against lynchings