Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh’s killer shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh’s killer shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan

Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Sayeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore on Sunday, official sources said. Tamba was attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants in the Islampura area of Lahore in Pakistan … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest: December 31, 2023

The Hindu Morning Digest: December 31, 2023

With announcement of new notification, Census to be delayed till at least October 2024 The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts, tehsils, towns, and municipal bodies, among others, has been extended till June 30, 2024, a senior government official told The Hindu. This means that the decennial Census exercise, initially scheduled to be … Read more

Provide security to Hindus, migrants in Kashmir: Shiv Sena MP to Amit Shah

Provide security to Hindus, migrants in Kashmir: Shiv Sena MP to Amit Shah

Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to provide adequate security to Hindus and migrants in the Kashmir Valley in the light of the recent targeted killings there. In a letter to Shah, the Sena leader also sought probe by a competent agency into the killings, adequate compensation to … Read more

Congress must set their house right to fight ‘divisive forces’: Farooq Abdullah

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Amid the criticism of Congress by its own leaders, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said Congress party “must set their house right” and asked them must to unite to fight the “divisive forces” of the country. “It is a problem in their house and they have to set their own … Read more

Pakistan court jails spokesperson of Hafiz Saeed-led JuD for 32 years in terror financing cases

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LAHORE: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has handed down 32 years of imprisonment to Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed‘s Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terror group, in two terror financing cases. The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here on Wednesday also convicted two other JuD leaders, including the brother-in-law of Saeed, in terror financing cases. “ATC Judge … Read more