India issues visa to 249 Pakistani pilgrims to visit Ajmer Sharif
Islamabad (PTI): India has issued visas to 249 Pakistani pilgrims to visit the tomb of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, Rajasthan, an official said on Sunday.
Citing a spokesperson of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, the state-run Radio Pakistan reported that 488 applicants had applied for visas, but only 249 pilgrims were granted visas.
The spokesperson said that all the pilgrims have been informed to reach Lahore from where they will embark on a journey to India on Tuesday.
He said six officials were deputed to take care of the pilgrims during their stay in India. However, only one of them was granted permission to go with the pilgrims, he added.
The two counties allow pilgrims to travel under the Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines, signed by India and Pakistan in September of 1974.
However, it has been witnessed that the two sides routinely reject visas of pilgrims on various grounds.
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Man in Bidar suspects wife’s fidelity, allegedly hacks her to death with lethal weapon
Bidar: A man in Bhopalgad village of Kamalnagar taluk, identified as Ankush (35), allegedly murdered his wife Nirmala (32) on Wednesday morning, with the suspicion that she was having an extramarital relationship.
A case has been registered at Kamalnagar Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.
The police have said that, following repeated fights with her husband Ankush recently, Nirmala shifted to her hometown, Belakuni village, for a few days before returning home.
On Wednesday morning, Ankush is learned to have hacked her to death using a lethal weapon, allegedly suspecting Nirmala’s fidelity, the officers added.
