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Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, acknowledged the need to reconsider these boundaries, particularly in light of a video that emerged showing a man chanting «jihad» at a separate gathering from the main march. The Metropolitan Police closely examined the video and found no identifiable offenses. Sir Mark Rowley emphasized that the police are committed to enforcing the law but pointed out that it is Parliament's responsibility to define and redraw these boundaries.

Intikhab Alam was stunned into silence after hearing about the demise of Indian great Bishan Singh Bedi, his closest friend across the border. Bedi's death felt like a personal loss for Alam, who spoke to PTI over the phone from Lahore. Their friendship dates back to 1971 when Bedi toured England with the Indian team and Alam, representing Surrey, played the legendary left-arm spinner in a tour game.

Industry super fund QSuper handed back the keys to a prime New York City midtown office tower after its investment went under water just 2½ years after valuing the asset at $US540 million ($855 million) on its books.

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Mohammed bin Salman took to the stage to promise that a new era was dawning for the Middle East. “The new Europe is the Middle East,” the country’s de facto ruler, commonly known as MBS, said to applause from the crowd.

Oil prices eased on Monday as aid convoys started to arrive in the Gaza Strip over the weekend amid diplomatic efforts to contain a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from spreading to the wider oil-rich region. Brent crude futures fell 60 cents to $91.56 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost 61 cent to trade at $87.47 a barrel at 0038 GMT. For the past week, contracts rose more than 1% for a second consecutive weekly jump, on fear of potential supply disruption if the Israel-Hamas war grows into a wider confrontation in the Middle East, the world's biggest oil-supplying region. «Israel agreed to hold off its attack on Hamas following pressure from the U.S.,» ANZ Research said in a client note.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday expressed condolences over the death of two people from the Maratha community and appealed to the activists not to commit suicide. «Today I want to appeal that two people from the Maratha community committed suicide, I'm also from the Maratha community and the son of a farmer, I express condolences to those who have committed suicide. Please think about your families before taking such steps,» CM Shinde said. He further said that his government stands with the Maratha community and is committed to providing reservations to the Maratha community, adding that giving reservations is the government's responsibility. «It is the government's responsibility to give reservation to the Maratha community, and we are working towards it.

When Magellan Financial Group shows up at court on October 30, it will be flanked by two old favourites.

Navratri and Dussehra celebrations that sweep across India, there is a village that sets itself apart with its distinct traditions. Located not far from Delhi, in Greater Noida, the village of Bisrakh refuses to partake in the customary celebrations of Dussehra, a festival where effigies of the demon king Ravana are set ablaze.

Vipulbhai, the organiser of Divyang Garba Mahotsav told ANI, "I was playing Garba along with my friends at the ground about a decade ago when I spotted a disabled person at the venue. I was moved seeing him and decided that day itself that I would organise a Garba for disabled people. It's been six years and counting.

The Toronto Sun. According to the report, on one side Liberal MPs in Canada are joining calls by Muslim groups for Canada to push for a ceasefire in the region.

The battle between Magellan and activist Nick Bolton is headed to court after the fund manager decided to legally challenge Mr Bolton’s right to convene a meeting of unitholders in its closed end fund.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that the promoters of the Mahadev Book app made Rs 450 crore per month by offering illegal bets through a cache of online applications. In its prosecution complaint (PC), equivalent to a charge sheet, it said that a sizeable portion of the said amount has been invested in the Indian stock market through the Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) route. The ED, which has pegged the scam at over Rs 5,000 crore, has repeatedly summoned the main accused Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, even securing non-bailable warrants against them and writing to the nodal agency (the CBI) with a request to issue a Red Corner Notice against both.

Rishi Sunak was hoping his AI summit next month would bring heads of the most powerful nations face-to-face with executives to guard against the technology's “catastrophic” potential. With less than two weeks to go, the guest list is thin on world leaders.

Narendra Modi, while addressing the 125th Founders' Day celebrations at ‘The Scindia School’ in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior on October 21, told the gathering of students that their dream is his "resolution". “India will remove poverty and also become developed.

The Toronto Sun. According to the report, on one side Liberal MPs in Canada are joining calls by Muslim groups for Canada to push for a ceasefire in the region. In contrast, major Canadian Jewish groups have demanded Trudeau to retract an earlier comment where he lent credence to the claim by Hamas that Israel was responsible for an attack on a hospital in Gaza city.

US Senate panel's Republican lawmakers sent a letter on Friday to tech companies Meta Platforms, Google, TikTok and X, formerly called Twitter, seeking information on their content moderation policies in the Israel-Hamas war, the senators said. The Republican lawmakers of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said they asked the companies «to commit to fully preserving a documentary history of Hamas's atrocities.»

Left Wing Extremism and insurgency in the Northeast, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday.He also asserted that the country's «three hotspots — LWE (Left Wing Extremism-hit states), the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir — are becoming peaceful.» The Narendra Modi government has made strict laws while maintaining a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism, the home minister told a gathering after paying homage to martyrs on Police Commemoration Day at the National Police Memorial here. The government has also worked towards making the best anti-terrorism force in the world by setting up the «Police Technology Mission» for modernisation of the police force, he said.

A major Midwestern carbon dioxide pipeline project has been canceled

Israel's bombardment of Gaza after nearly two weeks of intense air and artillery strikes that authorities there say have killed 4,100 people. Israel is gearing up for a ground war in the tiny, crowded Palestinian enclave aimed at eradicating Hamas, the militant Islamist group that rampaged into Israeli towns on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 people and seizing hostages.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, believes that the couple can miss traditional Christmas celebrations, which could mean King Charles can not have a traditional family get-together. «Christmas is coming, and we want Meghan and Harry to inject the Windsor brand with a bit of transatlantic tension,» Dunlop commented to the Mirror. Dunlop further added, «Far from buying a penthouse near London, it doesn't even look like King Charles will get a Christmas cuddle with those absent grandchildren,» referring to Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, the couple's children. With no official residence in the UK after being served an eviction notice from their former royal residence, Frogmore Cottage, Harry and Meghan face the need to establish a new home in the country.