1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case: Court convicts former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar for killing of two in Delhi | India News

NEW DELHI: Delhi court on Wednesday convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 riots case for killing two people of Saraswati Vihar area in the national capital.This case pertained to the killing of Jaswant Singh and his son, Tarundeep Singh, in Saraswati Vihar on November 1, 1984. Delhi’ Rouse Avenue court convicted Kumar…

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Opposition alliance resolves to give govt ‘a tough time’ – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: An alliance of opposition parties, on Tuesday, resolved to increase coordination in order to give the government a tough time. At a dinner, hosted by Tehreek-i-Tahaffuz-i-Ayeen-i-Pakistan chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai, opposition leaders Fazlur Reh­man, Asad Qaiser, Omar Ayub, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Sardar Latif Khosa, Arif Khan, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and others agreed to hold…

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Sheikh Hasina’s government committed ‘crimes against humanity’ to retain power in Bangladesh, says UN

The UN accused Bangladesh’s former administration of orchestrating systematic attacks and killings of protesters during its attempt to maintain power last year, potentially constituting “crimes against humanity“.In August last year, before student protests ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her administration violently suppressed demonstrators, with the UN citing “hundreds of extrajudicial killings”. The UN rights…

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