J&K's special status issue: India suspends Thar Link Express
Jaipur, Aug 16: India on Friday suspended the weekly Thar Link Express which connects Jodhpur in Rajasthan to Karachi in Pakistan, a railway official said.
The train's scheduled journey on Friday will not take place, North Western Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer Abhay Sharma said.
He said the train services on both up and down lines have been suspended till further orders.
"Thar Express rail services are being suspended till further orders by the Railways," he said in a statement.
Thar Link Express runs on the Indian side between Bhagat Ki Kothi railway station in Jodhpur to Munabao.
The spokesperson said that 45 people had booked tickets for this train to go to Pakistan.
On August 9, Pakistan's Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had announced in Islamabad that the day's train would be the last one to Jodhpur.
The announcement came after Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with India after the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status and divided the state into two Union territories.
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TN BJP takes out rally, police detains Annamalai
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Dec 20: The BJP on Friday held a "Black day procession" here condemning the "glorification of a terrorist," and police detained party state unit president K Annamalai and leaders of Hindu outfits.
Carrying banners that accused the state government of supporting "Coimbatore bomb blast terrortists," BJP workers and cadres affiliated to RSS outfits, including the Hindu Munnani took part in the procession.
The state government permitting the "funeral procession" of banned Al-Umma founder SA Basha days ago here with police protection came in for flak from Hindu outfits. Basha who was among the convicts in the 1998 bomb blast case died due to age-related illness while on parole and he was buried here. Police said permission was not given to the BJP to take out the rally and hence they were detained.
In a tweet, Annamalai said,"We condemn the cowardly act of the DMK Government for arresting the leaders & cadres of @BJP4 TamilNadu for carrying out a rally condemning the glorification of a terrorist who was the reason for the loss of 58 lives in the peace-loving city of Coimbatore in 1998. The DMK Govt should understand that the cadres of @BJP4TamilNadu will never bow down to such autocracy & we will always be the voice of the people of TN."
கோயம்புத்தூர் குண்டு வெடிப்புத் தீவிரவாதிகளுக்குத் துணைபோகும் திமுக அரசைக் கண்டித்து, இன்று மாலை நடைபெற்ற கருப்பு தின பேரணியில் கலந்து கொண்ட, இந்து முன்னணி மாநிலத் தலைவர் ஐயா திரு. காடேஸ்வரா சி.சுப்பிரமணியம், விஷ்வ ஹிந்து பரிஷத் மாவட்டத் தலைவர் திரு. சிவலிங்கம், @BJP4TamilNadu… pic.twitter.com/MWj1Oc7CWt
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) December 20, 2024
VIDEO | Police detain Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai in Coimbatore.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 20, 2024
Annamalai was leading a party protest against the DMK-led state government, alleging "glorification of a terrorist who was the reason for the loss of 58 lives in the peace-loving city of Coimbatore in… pic.twitter.com/soturcFgdd
