Top stories on 16th August in a capsule
US declares Hizbul Mujahideen as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation The Department of State, USA on Wednesday declared Pakistan based terror outfit, Hizbul Mujahideen as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and announced sanctions against it. The department released media report further declares all assets of the organization in the US be freezed and prohibited all the citizens to engage with the same. The Hizbul Mujahideen, also known as Hizb-ul-Mujahideen has been actively working in the Jammu and Kashmir area creating conflict with the Indian forces. Earlier this year, the US State Department had also declared Chief Syed Salahuddin as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist”. _________________________ Rahul Gandhi launches ‘Indira Canteen’ in poll bound Karnataka Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a number of 101 Karnataka government subsidized food canteens named after his grandmother and 1st woman Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi wi...