India

National Herald case:Sonia,Rahul Gandhi to approach SC

Published

5 years ago

December 8, 2015

Delhi High Court on Monday had refused to quash the summons to Rahul and Sonia Gandhi to appear on Tuesday before a trial court in the National Herald case saying “serious imputations smacking of criminality levelled against petitioners need to be properly looked into”..While Gandhis Lawyers will seek issuance of fresh summons against them as the earlier summons have not been served to them.

Meanwhile,Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday morning left for Puducherry to visit the rain-affected areas.

The summons were issued on a criminal complaint lodged by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for alleged cheating and misappropriation of funds in acquiring ownership of the now-defunct daily National Herald.. “They have to be present in the court, or they will face a warrant. Sam Pitroda has a foreign passport. I don’t know about Rahul. He is denying CBI inquiry,” said Swamy.

Rahul is scheduled to visit flood-battered Chennai as well.

The Congress vice-president informed about his tour through Twitter,”Will visit flood affected areas in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry tomorrow, Tuesday 8th Dec (sic).”

Will visit flood affected areas in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry tomorrow, Tuesday 8th Dec

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) December 7, 2015

The court, in its judgement, has also questioned the need for extending interest-free loan to Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) the publishers of National Herald. “Where was need to extend interest free loan,” it said.

The trial court had on 26 June, 2014 summoned all the above accused to appear before it on 7 August, 2014 on Swamy’s complaint.

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Declare Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as UP Chief Ministerial Candidate, says Chidambaram

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2 hours ago

July 2, 2020

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New Delhi, July 2: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Thursday argued that the path for a national revival of the Congress is via Uttar Pradesh and . party’s General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra should be declared as the Chief Ministerial candidate for the state.

Taking to Twitter, Karti Chidambaram said that the senior leader should be primarily based in Lucknow and lead the charge for the party in the state.

“The path for a national revival of the Congress is via Uttar Pradesh. The clearest statement of intent will be to declare Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the Chief Ministerial candidate of the Congress in UP. PGV must be primarily based in Lucknow and lead the charge,” Karti Chidambaram tweeted.

This comes as Priyanka Gandhi revealed plans to shift her residence to Uttar Pradesh after a notice was served to her by the Moi government to vacate the bungalow .

Modi and Yogi governments are unable to deal with the consecutive attacks of Priyanka Gandhi who has been criticising the BJP for the poor handling of migrants which arised due to coronavirus induced lockdown and the country’s economy

The Yogi Adityanath government stopped the Congress buses to transport migrant labourers in May , stranded in the national capital due to the lockdown, back to their native places in the state.

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NCR to increase testing using Rapid Antigen Test Kits to reduce transmission rate

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2 hours ago

July 2, 2020

WeForNews Desk

New Delhi, July 2: During the meeting with Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi over COVID-19 situation which was chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah it has been decided on increasing testing using Rapid Antigen Test Kits to help reduce the infection transmission rate.

“During the meeting, Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised on adoption of more testing using Rapid Antigen Test Kits to help reduce the infection transmission rate. These kits can be provided by GoI to UP and Haryana. Focus on early hospitalization to reduce mortality rates,” the MHA said.

He also stressed on the extensive use of Aarogya Setu and Itihaas App to help in mapping of COVID in NCR.
The MHA said that Uttar Pradesh and Haryana can avail AIIMS-Telemedicine consultation through which patients will get advice from experts.
The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan was also present in the meeting.

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26 die in fresh lightning strikes across Bihar

The Meteorological Department on Wednesday had issued an alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms in the next 48 hours.

Published

3 hours ago

July 2, 2020

IANS

Patna, July 2 : In Bihar, more people were killed by lightning strikes in a week than due to coronavirus. On Thursday, 26 more people died in fresh lightning strikes across the state.

An official of the Disaster Management Department said, according to information received from the districts, 26 people died due to lightning strikes on Thursday in the state – six in Patna, four in East Champaran, seven in Samastipur, three in Katihar, two each in Shivhar and Madhepura and one each in Purnia and West Champaran districts.

The Meteorological Department on Wednesday had issued an alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms in the next 48 hours in Bihar.

On Tuesday, 11 people had died by lightning in various districts of Bihar, while on June 26, at least 96 people died across Bihar in lightning strikes.

So far more than 78 people have died due to Covid-19 in Bihar in more than three months since the first case was detected in the state and more than 10,000 are infected with the virus, while more than 125 people were killed by lightning strikes in the state in just a week.