Hearing in a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a Sultanpur court could not be held on Saturday due to a workshop of lawyers.

Due to deteriorating character of society, people nowadays are not ready to stand for truth, the Supreme Court has observed as it asked the Maharashtra government why it was relying on a large number of witnesses for oral testimony.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) refuted Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar alerted Pakistan before Operation Sindoor. MEA clarified that Pakistan was warned at the early phase after the operation’s commencement, countering the misrepresentation of facts.