Indian Sub-continent

Kanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Muslim girls feel safe under the administration of the Yogi Adityanath led government here on Monday.

Showing the confidence, he remarked Holi would be celebrated in U P on March 10.

Blasting the Opposition parties like the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, the PM stated that the "Parivaarwadis" would be defeated once more by the people of Uttar Pradesh in this assembly elections.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (APP): SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sunday said Pakistan and Iran have shown unforgettable generosity in hosting millions of Afghans reminding the rest of the world to come forward and help Afghanistan.

This was stated by the President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik on Sunday while talking to a traders delegation led by Chaudhry Kaleem Ullah Anjum Arain.

He said the 57 nation OIC which met in Islamabad recently resolved to work with the UN to get the entire frozen assets unlocked.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 13 (APP): Deputy Head of Mission of Tunisia to Pakistan, Ms Dorsaf Maaroufi Arfaoui on Sunday said that there is a bright prospect of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Pakistan and Tunisia, which has the potential to expand bilateral trade between the two countries.

NEW DELHI, Feb 13 (NNN-PTI) – India’s indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA), will be showcased at the “Singapore Air Show-2022,” to be held from Feb 15 to 18, said an official statement, issued by the Ministry of Defence, yesterday.

A 44-member contingent of Indian Air Force (IAF) has reached Changi International Airport in Singapore, to participate in the air show, added the statement.

The “Singapore Air Show” is a biennial event which provides a platform for global aviation industry, to showcase their products.

KABUL, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's former president Hamid Karzai on Sunday urged the U.S. administration to return his country's assets.

"Holding Afghanistan's money on any name is unfair and unjust. That money belongs to the people of Afghanistan ... I am calling on President Joe Biden to return the money to the people of Afghanistan," Karzai told a press conference here.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s former president on Sunday called a White House order to unfreeze $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of 9/11 victims an atrocity against the Afghan people.

Former President Hamid Karzai at a packed news conference sought the help of Americans, particularly the families of the thousands killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to press President Joe Biden to rescind last week’s order. He called it “unjust and unfair,” saying Afghans have also been victims of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday.

The custodian of a local mosque said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque Saturday evening and told others before informing police, according to police spokesman Chaudhry Imran. The violence took place in a village in the district of Khanewal in Punjab province.

Dehradun, Feb 12 (PTI) Campaigning came to an end on Saturday for the 70 Assembly seats of Uttarakhand going to polls on February 14 with a host of star campaigners, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, holding a series of rallies in support of their party candidates.

Pune, Feb 12 (PTI) Eminent industrialist and former chairman of the Bajaj group, Rahul Bajaj, who put Indian industry on the world map and was known for his outspokenness, died on Saturday due to age-related illness, according to a group official.

Bajaj (83), who stood down from his position of non-executive director and chairman of Bajaj Auto on April 30 last year and remained as the Chairman Emeritus, was not keeping well for some time and passed away at around 2:30 pm on Saturday. His last rites will be held on Sunday, the official said.

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Feb 12 (PTI) Nine Maoists, who were allegedly involved in the attack on former BJP MLA Gurucharan Nayak last month, have been arrested with arms and ammunition from West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

Some of their sympathisers, too, have been taken into custody, he said.

Nayak had narrowly escaped a Maoist attack on January 4 but the naxals slit the throats of two policemen guarding him in Jheelruwa village here, and escaped with their AK-47 rifles.