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Deputy Chief minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday expressed his disappointment at the ongoing speculation around the chief minister post in a meeting with CM Siddaramaiah, Home minister G Parameshwar, and Cooperatives minister KN Rajanna. Sources in the know told ET that the deputy CM said the debate would negatively affect the Congress party’s chances in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

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Palestinian authorities confirmed the development adding that they workers had been subjected to torture and interrogation. An Al Jazeera report cites a workers who returned to the Gaza Strip, said that the workers were arrested and tagged on 8 October before being taken to Ofer Prison on the outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Stepping up measures to provide relief to consumers from rising onion prices, the Centre on Saturday said Mother Dairy’s Safal outlets will also sell buffer onion at a subsidised rate of Rs 25 per kg from weekend in Delhi-NCR, while Hyderabad Agricultural Cooperatives Association is doing so in Telangana and other southern states.

Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi on November 4, reportedly said that the recruitment of women in the subordinate judiciary was higher in states where women's education had gained pace. “In Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, of course the southern states, you will find that in the next ten years, these women are occupying positions of responsibility as we have women officers here from the armed forces who are occupying important positions of responsibility so then you open up the space and you will find these people accepting and achieving better positions of responsibility," HT further quoted him as saying.

Iran on Saturday marking the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy with cries of «Death to America» and «Death to Israel» in support of Palestinians under Israeli bombardment in Gaza. Radical Iranian revolutionary students stormed the embassy soon after the fall of the U.S.-backed Shah 44 years ago, holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. In Tehran, demonstrators marched on Saturday from Palestine Square in the heart of the capital to the former U.S.

Congress in Kerala, veteran leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday attended the 'Keraleeyam' programme organised by the Left government despite the state unit's stand to boycott the event, alleging it was a 'financial extravaganza'. Aiyar took part in a seminar and showered praises on the southern state's achievements in the area of decentralisation.

Guardian reporter in Rafah which is on the southern end of the strip, witnessed many men from all ages entering Gaza through the Karem Abu Salem crossing between Israel and southern Gaza, which is normally only used for goods. As per the Guardian report, these men walked around 2 kilometres from the Israeli side of the border and had no phones, money, or even identity cards. Over 3,200 people were allegedly sent back via the joint Israeli-Egyptian checkpoint, according to a report published by the independent Egyptian news outlet Mada Masr.

With second-home fractional ownership, a highly popular practice in Europe's richer neighbourhoods and the US, gaining currency in India, doing so would need you to neither break the bank, nor sacrifice returns on investment. «Fractional ownership of luxury homes, though relatively novel in India, is a well-accepted concept in developed nations,» said Shravan Gupta, founder and CEO, Yours, which specialises in holiday-home ownership.

Fishing communities in Fukushima feared devastating damage to their businesses from the tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant’s ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

Israel did not stop its assault on Gaza then the conflict could widen into a regional war. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in his first speech since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7, also threatened the U.S., Israel's main ally, hinting his Iran-backed paramilitary group was ready to confront U.S.

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday will break weeks of silence since war broke out between Hamas and Israel, in a speech that could impact the region as the Gaza conflict rages. After Hamas militants launched an unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, Lebanon's southern border has seen escalating tit-for-tat exchanges, mainly between Israel and Hezbollah, an ally of the Palestinian group, stoking fears of a broader conflagration. The cross-border attacks heated up Thursday, as Israel responded with a «broad assault» after Hezbollah attacked 19 Israeli positions simultaneously, according to the group. Rockets also hit the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona near the border in a barrage claimed by the Lebanese section of Hamas's armed wing. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that «the region is like a powder keg» and that «anything is possible» if Israel does not stop attacking Gaza. US President Joe Biden has sent two aircraft carrier groups to the eastern Mediterranean and warned Hezbollah and others to stay out of the conflict. «We've got significant national security interests at play here,» US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. «I don't believe we've seen any indication yet specifically that Hezbollah is ready to go in full force.

Sikko Industries(up 2.71%), Agro Phos(up 1.89%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(up 1.85%), ZUARIAGRO(up 1.41%), Bohra Industries(up 1.40%), Paradeep Phosphates(up 1.34%), Coromandel International(up 1.32%), National Fertilizer(up 1.31%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(up 1.31%) and Madras Fertlizers(up 1.28%) stood among the top gainers. Aries Agro(down 1.36%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.89%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 0.80%), G S F C(down 0.79%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 0.46%) were among the top losers of the day.

Provident Housing Ltd (PHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Puravankara Ltd, is in talks with HDFC Capital Advisors to raise more than Rs 1,000 crore to finance its growth plans. The proposed fundraise will be in the form of equity and the money will be used to build mid-income homes in the southern markets of Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad, and to enter new markets. “Both the partners are in active discussion, and the fundraise is likely to be concluded over the coming quarters, depending on the terms of the deals.

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Federal safety investigators say the automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to prevent more derailments

Women now make up at least half of full-time M.B.A. students at five top business schools, the most to reach that milestone in a given year, new data show. The rising share of female M.B.A.

Oil prices edged higher in early trade on Thursday as the conflict in the Middle East kept investors on edge about whether it could disrupt oil supplies around the region. Brent crude futures rose 38 cents at $85.01 a barrel by 0000 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 46 cents at $80.90 a barrel. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Muslim states to cease oil and food exports to Israel, demanding an end to its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, state media reported. Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), produced around 2.5 million barrels per day of crude in 2022, according to U.S.

Union Pacific is trimming the ranks of the railroad's management employees as part of the new CEO's push to eliminate layers of bosses involved in decisions

An international media freedom group says 34 journalists have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas