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Maha: 65-yr-old woman, released after 18 years in Pak jail, dies By IANS| Published: 9th February 2021 8:13 pm IST By Quaid Najmi Aurangabad, Feb 9 : A 65-year-old woman who spent 18 years in a Pakistani prison and was sent back to India on Republic Day, died here barely a fortnight after returning to her motherland. The overjoyed woman – Hasina Begum – was accorded a hero’s welcome by several of her old friends, distant relatives, and even Aurangabad Police officials on her return on January 26. Early on Tuesday morning, the city was stunned to learn that she suddenly succumbed to a heart attack and breathed her last after enjoying barely 14 days of freedom. ....
A 65-year-old woman who spent 18 years in a Pakistani prison and was sent back to India on Republic Day, died here barely a fortnight after returning to her motherland. ....
India-Pak Relations: What the Kafkaesque Case of a Repatriated Cattle-Herder Tells Us That a poor man ends up spending years in jail due to bureaucratic delays points to a larger issue. But Ismail Sama s repatriation also gives cause for some hope. Representative photo: Public domain The story of an Indian man repatriated from Pakistan after missing for years, his family ignorant of his whereabouts, highlights the bizarre ‘spy vs spy’ mentality that plagues both countries and their callousness towards not just each otherâs but their own citizens. In this Kafkaesque scenario, it is the poor who primarily pay the price of the ongoing hostility and bureaucratic delays. ....
Share on As COVID-19 upended businesses worldwide in 2020, Indian startups were not spared. Investments shrank and many resorted to layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts to keep their businesses afloat. With just over a week to go for the Union Budget, the startup ecosystem expects Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will take steps to reduce taxes and ease regulations to encourage foreign investments, while giving sunshine sectors such as edtech a further boost. ALSO READ GST rate cuts Some investors say the Budget should boost consumption that took a beating as restaurants, shopping malls and theatres, among other businesses, remained hit by COVID-19 restrictions for most of last year. ....
Gujarat cattle herder who crossed over to Pakistan in 2008 returns to India Sama reached Amritsar after crossing over to the Indian territory through Wagah-Attari international border on Friday, officials at Attari said. Share Via Email | A+A A- By PTI AHMEDABAD: A cattle herder from Gujarat s Kutch district, who had inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan in 2008 and was arrested there on charges of spying, has finally returned to India after languishing in the neighbouring country s jails, officials said. Ismael Sama, 60, from Nana Dinara village in Kutch, located some 60 kms from the Pakistan border, had mistakenly crossed over to Pakistan while grazing his cattle. ....