Rahul summoned to appear in UP court
Sultanpur (UP), Dec 16: The MP-MLA Court here on Saturday summoned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on January 6 in a case in which has been accused of making certain remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a counsel said. The court had earlier directed Gandhi to appear on Saturday but he did not appear. The case stems from a lawsuit filed on August 4, 2018 by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Mishra in which he accused Rahul Gandhi of making objectionable remarks against Amit Shah. Mishra’s advocate Santosh Pandey said that the MP-MLA court of Sultanpur had summoned Gandhi on December 16 in the case, but he did not appear. Pandey said that on November 18, Judge Yogesh Yadav after arguments reserved the verdict and posted the next hearing for November 27 and summoned Gandhi to appear on December 16. Mishra is a former chairman of a cooperative bank and a resident of Hanumanganj. (PTI) (PTI)
250 militants present at launchpads across border
Srinagar, Dec 16: About 250 to 300 militants are present at launchpads across the border “waiting to infiltrate” Jammu and Kashmir, a top BSF officer said on Saturday. The officer, however, added that security forces were alert and would foil any cross-border infiltration attempts. “There are intelligence inputs that 250-300 militants are waiting at launchpads, but we and the Army have dominated all the vulnerable patches and are alert,” Inspector General, BSF, Ashok Yadav told reporters in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. He said the brave jawans of the BSF and Army were alert in the border areas and would foil any infiltration attempts. “We are confident of foiling any infiltration bid,” Yadav added. He said the connect between the security forces and the people of Kashmir has increased over the last few years. “If people cooperate with us, we can take developmental activities forward in a better way,” he said. Meanwhile, a fire broke out inside an ITBP camp on the outskirts of Srinagar city on Saturday evening, officials said. They said the fire broke out in a tin shed inside the camp in the Pantha Chowk area here. .There was no loss of life or injury to anyone, the officials said. (PTI)
Kota schoolgirl hangs self
Kota, Dec 9: A 15-year-old schoolgirl allegedly hanged herself from the ceiling fan of her room in Bapu Colony here, police said on Saturday. The reason behind the suicide by the class 10 student of a government school is yet to be ascertained. According to police, Nikita Koli returned home after school Friday afternoon and went to her room, where she hanged herself from a ceiling fan with her ‘chunni’. Nikita was rushed to MBS Hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, police said. (PTI)