Karkala: 69-year-old man who left for Prayagraj to attend Kumbh Mela reported missing
Karkala: A 69-year-old resident of Bharat Beedi Colony in VC Road of Kabettu, who had left for Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh to attend the Kumbh Mela, is suspected to be missing.
The missing citizen, identified as Sudhakar, is learned to have left for Prayagraj by train on January 25, saying he would be visiting Varanasi to attend the Kumbh Mela. On the way, however, he reportedly called and informed his son Shivaprasad that his journey had gone off route as the train had changed.
On January 27, when Shivaprasad tried to call his father, the mobile phone was found to be switched off. As Sudhakar has not returned home so far, it is suspected that he has gone missing.
A case has been registered at the Karkala Town Police Station in the matter. Investigation is underway.
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Rahul Gandhi, Kharge to attend all-party meet on Pahalgam attack: Congress sources
New Delhi (PTI): Leaders of the Opposition in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, will attend the all-party meeting convened by the Centre on the Pahalgam terror attack on Thursday evening, Congress sources said.
Congress president Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi earlier attended the meeting of the Congress Working Committee, which condemned the attack that left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.
The meeting at the party's 24, Akbar Road headquarters was attended by top Congress leaders, including CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Earlier, the Congress demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who would be chairing the all-party meeting, take all political parties into confidence as well as build a collective resolve.
Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said on the night of April 22, the day the terror attack took place, his party had asked for an all-party meeting to discuss the fallout of the incident.
"Considering the extreme seriousness of the issue and the mood of the nation, the Indian National Congress expects the PM to chair the all-party meeting scheduled for 6 pm today and take all political parties into confidence and build a collective resolve," Ramesh said.
The Centre will brief leaders of various political parties on the Pahalgam terror attack and hear their views at the meeting.
