Karnataka: Court issues notices to twelve media outlets for publishing fake news against SDPI
Bengaluru: A civil court judge in Bengaluru issued a notice to twelve media houses for publishing and broadcasting fake news and labelling baseless allegations against the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Friday.
Hearing the plea filed by SDPI Bengaluru District Secretary and Media Cordinator Muzammil Pasha, adding that twelve news channels and media houses published fake news and labelled baseless allegations against the party in the backdrop of Pro-CAA program held in Bengaluru alleging that the party workers and activists had plotted plan to attack pro-CAA campaigners.
The court issued notices to news channels Suvarna News, Public TV, TV9, News 18 Kannada, Power TV, and News 5 Kannada while also issuing notices to newspapers Kannada Prabha, Vijaya Karanaka, Udayavani, Hosadigganta and Vijayavani.
For the petitioners Advocate Mohan Kumar, Abdul Majeed Khan and Ansar appeared before the judge.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
