Leading private sector lender HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a net profit of Rs 16,820 crore in the July-September quarter, a growth of 5 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year.

Adjusted for trading and mark-to-market gains and tax credits in the prior year, profit after tax (PAT) for the quarter grew by 17 per cent over the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the bank said in its regulatory filing with the BSE.

The net interest income in Q2 FY25 was Rs 30,114 crore, 10 per cent up from last year.

A drone, launched from Lebanon on Saturday, was targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence in the northern coastal town of Caesarea, the P:rime Minister's office said.

The office said Netanyahu and his wife were not at home at the time and the drone attack caused no casualties.

According to a statement issued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the drone hit a house in Caesarea. Israeli media, citing sources, reported that the house was not the Prime Minister's residence.

Canadian Taylor Pendrith who had a 10-under 61 on the first day only had to play six holes and stayed in the lead before the second round was halted by darkness at the Shriners Children's Open. He escaped the strong winds that hit during the day and caused a four-hour delay and battered the field.

Pendrith now faces a long third day — 12 holes to complete the second round and however many holes in the third round as the autumn light allows.

He remained at 10-under — four pars, a birdie and a bogey in his short day of work — and led by one shot over Filipino Rico Hoey, who made a 15-foot eagle putt on his seventh and final hole.

Las Vegas resident Kurt Kitayama, who had 66 on first day, was bogey-free for a 68 in the second despite gusts approaching 40 mph and low temperatures that led to players wearing sweaters and ski caps.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed to junior doctors, over the mobile phone of Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, to withdraw their fast-unto-death agitation in support of their demands over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital.

Pant, accompanied by the Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and Kolkata Police's Deputy Commissioner, Central division, Indira Mukherjee suddenly turned up at the dais of the hunger strike by seven junior doctors at Esplanade in central Kolkata.

There, the Chief Secretary contacted the Chief Minister on his mobile phone and she made her appeal to the protesting junior doctors over its speaker.

A terrible road accident took place in Panchkula today. A bus full of children met with an accident near Tikkar Tal near Morni. Many children have been injured in this accident. On receiving information about the accident, police and local people reached the spot and started rescue operations.

The department of Paramedical Sciences of Desh Bhagat University proudly celebrated Anesthesia Day highlighting the vital role anesthesiology plays in modern medicine. The event featured a series of educational workshops, demonstrations, and guest lectures designed to engage students, faculty, and the community in the importance of anesthesia in surgical procedures and patient care.The resource person for the day was Deepanshu Sharma (Faculty of Allied Health Sciences). 

A team of the cyber cell of Gurugram Police has arrested two accused including an official of a government bank for allegedly providing bank accounts to cybercriminals.

Priyanshu Diwan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cybercrime), said that the arrested accused have been identified as Rohit Sharma, a native of district Eta in Uttar Pradesh, and Vishwas Kumar, native of district Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, a man filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime Police Station East in June 2024, that he was duped Rs 1.20 crore in the name of investing in the stock market.

Unionised workers at Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital, one of the country's biggest hospitals, have decided to launch an indefinite walkout beginning on October 31 in protest of the government's health care reform and poor working conditions, sources said on Saturday.

The union made the decision in a meeting amid botched talks with the hospital on its call for maintaining the number of hospital beds, improving working conditions and raising pay for members.

The union blamed the government for attempting to destroy the public health care system by reducing the number of beds at tertiary hospitals, including public hospitals such as the SNUH, and failing to improve working conditions for employees at public hospitals, reports Yonhap news agency.

The Afghan caretaker government expresses its deep condolences over the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, administration's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.

"We extend our deepest condolences to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and all mujahideens (Islamic fighters) on the martyrdom of Yahya Sinwar," Mujahid said in a statement posted on social media.

Hamas confirmed the death of Sinwar on Friday, news agency reported.

Sinwar was appointed head of Hamas' political bureau, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh who was killed in Tehran while attending the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian in July, this year.

Kotak Mahindra Bank on Saturday reported net profit of Rs 3,344 crore in the July-September period (Q2 FY25), up 5 per cent from Rs 3,191 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.

Consolidated profit after tax (PAT) for Q2 FY25 was Rs 5,044 crore, up 13 per cent (year-on-year) from Rs 4,461 crore in the same quarter last year, the bank said in its regulatory filing.

The bank reported net interest income for the quarter to Rs 7,020 crore, from Rs 6,297 crore in Q2 FY24, up 11 per cent YoY.

The total assets under management (AUM) were Rs 680,838 crore -- up 37 per cent YoY over Rs 498,342 crore (as on September 30). Kotak Asset Management, the fifth largest AMC, saw its domestic mutual fund equity AUM increase by 60 per cent YoY to Rs 319,161 crore.