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Banks open on Anant Chaturthi, closed on second Saturday
Banks will remain open across most of India on September 25 for Anant Chaturthi, NDTV Profit reports. Only banks in Gangtok will be closed due to the Indrajatra Festival.
Banks will remain open across most of India on September 25 for Anant Chaturthi, NDTV Profit reports. Only banks in Gangtok will be closed due to the Indrajatra Festival.
The Economic Times reports that on September 26, the second Saturday of the month, banks across India will remain closed as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar. Customers must wait until September 27, when public sector banks will open branches on a Sunday ahead of a proposed three-day bank strike from September 28 to 30.
State Bank of India has said its branches will remain open on Sunday, while bank unions have questioned the decision. Private sector banks are not part of the strike and are likely to stay closed on Sunday.
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Both sources cover different dates with neutral reporting. NDTV Profit focuses on the September 25 holiday schedule, while The Economic Times details the September 26 second Saturday closure and the special Sunday opening before the strike. The combined picture shows two separate banking events in late September: a normal holiday exception for Gangtok on the 25th, and a weekend closure followed by a disputed Sunday opening on the 27th. The RBI holiday calendar remains the controlling document for branch closures.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): ndtvprofit.com (neutral report), economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
