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Former IAS officer, several retired state officials join BJP

Ranchi, Oct 17 (PTI) Former IAS officer Vijoy Kumar Singh and several other retired Jharkhand government officials joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at the state BJP headquarters here. Jharkhand BJP president Babulal Marandi and other senior party leaders, who were present on the occasion, welcomed the new members on Monday. Singh said, “I joined BJP as I wanted to utilise my experience and ability in serving the nation after retirement. Modi ji’s leadership, party’s policies and programmes influenced me to join.” Besides the former IAS, others who joined the party were retired state fire officer Sudhir Kumar Verma, former deputy

Biden to visit Israel as Gaza war sparks humanitarian crisis

TEL AVIV/GAZA, Oct 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will make a high-stakes visit to Israel on Wednesday as the country prepares to escalate an offensive against Hamas militants that has set off a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and raised fears of a broader conflict with Iran. Biden’s visit will mark a significant show of U.S. support for its top Middle East ally after Hamas gunmen killed 1,300 people during a rampage through southern Israeli towns on Oct. 7, the deadliest single day in Israel’s 75-year history. Israel has responded by tightening its blockade on Hamas-ruled Gaza, including by

Cannot keep former deputy CM Manish Sisodia in jail in excise policy cases indefinitely: Supreme Court to CBI, ED

New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) The Supreme Court told the CBI and ED on Monday they cannot keep former deputy chief minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in jail for an “indefinite period” in the Delhi excise policy cases. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti asked Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the two probe agencies, when will the arguments on charges against Sisodia commence in the trial court. “You cannot keep him behind (bars) for an indefinite period. You cannot keep him behind like this. Once a chargesheet is filed in a case, arguments on

Palestinians lacking food as well as water

Across besieged Gaza, food shortages are causing desperation. With trucks full of humanitarian goods idling at the Rafah border, unable to get through, many in Gaza not only have no running water but also don’t have enough food. Residents said they ate whatever morsels they could find in their fridge from before the war and were scared about the coming days. The worsening shortages were most visible in U.N. shelters, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have taken refuge after fleeing intensifying bombardment, and in houses where dozens of family members were sheltering. Hourslong lines snaked from bakeries, where Palestinians

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