Blackbuck poaching case: Salman Khan skips local court hearing
Jodhpur, Sep 27: Actor Salman Khan on Friday did not appear before a local court here in connection with the blackbuck poaching case.
Khan's counsel moved two applications in the court, one for his exemption from the court on Friday and the other for permanent exemption from personal appearance.
The court accepted the application for exemption from appearing today and posted the matter for hearing on the second application of permanent exemption on December 19, Hastimal Saraswat, counsel for Salman Khan told reporters.
He said the ground for not appearing on Friday was his engagement in a film's shooting.
A gangster has threatened to kill Salman by posting a death threat on Facebook.
Salman Khan had filed a plea against his conviction by a lower court, which had sentenced him to five years in jail.
During a hearing on July 4, Sessions Court Judge Chandra Kumar Songara had directed him to appear before the court on September 27, failing which his bail plea may be cancelled.
Khan is accused of killing two blackbucks during the shooting of a film in Jodhpur in 1998.
Jodhpur: Bollywood actor Salman Khans lawyer Mahesh Bora seen at the Jodhpur District and Sessions Court for a hearing in blackbuck poaching case, in Jodhpur.
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Energy, defence and trade on agenda as FS Misri heads to Europe amid West Asia crisis
New Delhi (PTI): Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will undertake a three-day visit to Paris and Berlin beginning Sunday for high-level talks on energy, trade and defence -- sectors that have become increasingly critical amid a fractured geopolitical landscape.
Misri's visit to France and Germany comes at the end of his trip to the US, where he met Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a number of other senior officials of the Trump administration.
The West Asia crisis and its impact on energy security are expected to figure prominently in Misri's talks with the interlocutors in Paris and Berlin.
In Paris, the foreign secretary will co-chair the India-France Foreign Office Consultations along with Martin Briens, the secretary general of the French Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Saturday.
Both Misri and Briens will discuss a wide range of issues, including defence, civil nuclear energy, space, cyber and digital, artificial intelligence and initiatives fostering people-to-people exchanges in addition to the latest global and regional developments, it said.
In Berlin, the foreign secretary will co-chair the India-Germany Foreign Office Consultations alongside Géza Andreas von Geyr, the state secretary of the German Foreign Office, the MEA said.
The discussions would cover diverse domains of bilateral cooperation, including trade and investments, defence and security, technology, green energy, development cooperation, education and people-to-people ties, as well as global and regional matters of mutual interest, it said.
Misri is also expected to meet other dignitaries and senior government officials in both Paris and Berlin.
The foreign secretary's trip follows the visits of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron to India in January and February, respectively.
It will provide an opportunity to review the full spectrum of India's bilateral relations with both countries and advance ongoing cooperation across key priority areas, the MEA said.
