HC disposes case after Kejriwal, Azad settle matter with DDCA

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday disposed of a defamation complaint against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP lawmaker Kirti Azad filed by Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) after they settled the matter among themselves. Kejriwal and Azad told Justice RS Endlaw that they were withdrawing the defamatory statements made against cricket body DDCA. Thereafter, DDCA said that it was withdrawing the defamation case filed against them. NEW DELHI: The US on Friday joined the world community in condemning the Jaish-e-mohammed (JEM) suicide attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama that killed at least 38 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troops, saying the time had come for Pakistan to end support to all terrorist groups operating on its soil.

China’s foreign ministry condemned the attack — among the last major countries to do so — but was non-committal on backing India’s demand to sanction Jem’s Pakistan-based chief Masood Azhar under UN Security Council Resolution 1267.

French foreign minister JeanYves Le Drian named the JEM in a statement condemning the attack, saying all countries should work jointly to combat terror groups and their funding channels and “to prevent the cross-border movement of terrorist groups such as Jaish-e-mu-