Excise policy case: ED moves Delhi court against Kejriwal for not complying with summons

Excise policy case: ED moves Delhi court against Kejriwal for not complying with summons

New Delhi, Feb 3 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached a court here against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not complying with the financial probe agency’s summons sent to him in connection with its probe into the money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy matter. The ED, on Wednesday, issued a fresh…

New Delhi, Feb 3 The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has given the nod for the appointment of nine Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and a former IAS officer as secretaries in various ministries. The decision was formalised by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). The order passed on Saturday stated…

J&K health dept seals clinic run by fake doctor in Anantnag

J&K health dept seals clinic run by fake doctor in Anantnag

Srinagar, Feb 3 The officials of the J&K health department on Saturday sealed a clinic in Anantnag which was allegedly being run by a fake doctor. Officials said that the chief medical officer of Anantnag district on Saturday sealed the clinic named Medwin Medicate being run by a person named Gulzar Ahmad, whose medical degrees…

J&K health dept seals clinic run by fake doctor in Anantnag

J&K health dept seals clinic run by fake doctor in Anantnag

Srinagar, Feb 3 The officials of the J&K health department on Saturday sealed a clinic in Anantnag which was allegedly being run by a fake doctor. Officials said that the chief medical officer of Anantnag district on Saturday sealed the clinic named Medwin Medicate being run by a person named Gulzar Ahmad, whose medical degrees…

PM Modi launches/lays foundation for projects worth Rs 68,000 cr in Odisha

PM Modi launches/lays foundation for projects worth Rs 68,000 cr in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Feb 3 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated and laid foundation for projects worth more than Rs 68,000 crore in Odisha. Addressing the gathering, Modi asserted that today is a significant occasion in the development journey of Odisha as development projects worth approximately Rs 70,000 crore are being launched in the education, railways,…

Six ‘pro-Iran fighters’ killed in US airstrikes in Syria

Six ‘pro-Iran fighters’ killed in US airstrikes in Syria

Damascus, Feb 3 Six “pro-Iran fighters” were killed and four others wounded in US airstrikes that targeted strongholds of these fighters in eastern Syria on Friday night just as the US was readying retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets, a war monitor reported. This comes two days after a deadly attack on a US military base…

Houthis say they strike Israel with ballistic missiles

Houthis say they strike Israel with ballistic missiles

Sanaa, Feb 3 Yemen’s armed Houthi group has said that they have struck the Israeli city of Eilat with several ballistic missiles. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea in a statement aired by the group’s al-Masirah TV on Friday said that the group struck “specific targets” in the city to demonstrate its “support to the Palestinian…

At least 17,000 unaccompanied children in Gaza: UN

At least 17,000 unaccompanied children in Gaza: UN

Geneva, Feb 3 At least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are now either unaccompanied by or separated from their parents or relatives, the United Nations (UN) has estimated. Speaking from Jerusalem on Friday, Jonathan Crickx, chief of communication in the State of Palestine for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said this figure corresponds to…

EU countries unanimously endorse ‘landmark’ AI legislation

EU countries unanimously endorse ‘landmark’ AI legislation

Brussels, Feb 3 The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have unanimously endorsed the bloc’s “landmark legislation” governing the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI), also known as the EU AI Act, according to European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton. Breton described the move as “historic, world first, pioneering” on the social…

Hamas leaders in rift over ceasefire, hostage deal

Hamas leaders in rift over ceasefire, hostage deal

Tel Aviv, Feb 3 Even as negotiations and discussions are taking place at several places including Paris, Cairo and Doha for a pause in the fight between Hamas and Israel, a rift between senior Hamas leaders is putting the ceasefire on hold. Sources in the Israeli Defence Minister’s office told IANS that they have received…