GIVE AID TO KIN: CM TO SUSHMA

CHANDIGARH:Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday asked external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to provide financial assistance to the families of those killed in Iraq.

The CM, who wrote to Sushma, also called her to speak to her personally to ensure that the central government makes all efforts to bring the mortal remains of the deceased to India for last rites.

The external affairs minister assured Amarinder that the Union government was making arrangements to bring the remains in coffins, a statement by the state government said.

Amarinder said he had already directed state government officials to personally visit the bereaved families. HTC

SAMEER SEHGAL/HT Seema grieves for husband Sonu Shira, with sons Karan (R) and Arjun, after receiving the news of his death in Iraq, at Chawinda Devi village near Amritsar on Tuesday.

HARPREET KAUR/HT Santosh Kumari, mother of Kamaljit Singh, mourning his death in Chhauni Kalan village in Hoshiarpur.