Mathura: A man was sentenced to six-year jail for duping the widow of Lance Naik Hemraj, who was beheaded by Pakistani troops in January 2013. The court of the Additional Judicial Magistrate also imposed a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh on Amit for cheating Dharmavati. — PTIAt UN, India slams Pak for justifying terrorismUnited Nations: India has slammed Pakistan for its “unacceptable” remarks that persistent human rights violations could justify extremism in Kashmir, asserting that no cause can justify terror acts and terrorism is the biggest violation of human rights. “Yesterday, we heard a delegate cloak territorial aggrandisement in an integral part of my country, J&K, in an unacceptable manner,” said MK Rao, Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN. PTICase filed against Kejri, Cong leadersMuzaffarpur: A case was on Wednesday filed in a district court here with a prayer, Jaganath Sah, to prosecute Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Sanjay Nirupam under sedition law for their statements on the surgical strike in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir by the Army. The leaders were alleged to have sought proof in support of the claim that the Army had conducted the strikes across the LoC. PTI

Curb cross-border movement: China

Beijing: Days after blocking India’s move to impose a UN ban on Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar, China on Wednesday called for a stronger global response to curb cross-border movement of foreign terrorists. Speaking at a meeting on counter-terrorism in New York, Wu Haitao, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, said frequent cross-border flow of foreign terrorists has caused a greater harm to international security. PTIArmy Chief at South Western CommandJaipur: The Chief of the Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh Suhag, on Wednesday visited the South Western Command Headquarters at Jaipur and reviewed the operational preparedness of the Sapta Shakti Command. He was received by Lt Gen Sarath Chand, GOC-in-C, South Western Command. A defence spokesperson said the Army Chief was satisfied with operational readiness of the command. OC