MUMBAI: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Thursday advised market regulator SEBI and the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) to exercise caution amid a significant surge in equity markets and pitched for more tribunal benches to ensure that the “backbone is stable”. Inaugurating the new SAT premises here, CJI Chandrachud pitched for authorities to […]
NEW DELHI: There is no scope for an alliance between the Congress and the AAP for assembly polls in Haryana and Delhi but the INDIA bloc will fight elections together in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. In an interview with PTI, Ramesh said there is no one formula the […]
HATHRAS: A day after a stampede in Hathras claimed 121 lives, Uttar Pradesh minister Asim Arun on Wednesday said the state government has started work on SOPs for granting permission for large gatherings to prevent such incidents in future. He said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed officials to prepare the standard operating procedures (SOPs) […]
HATHRAS (UP): Asphyxia due to compression was the leading cause of death among the victims of the Hathras stampede who were brought to the district hospital in neighbouring Etah on Tuesday, a senior doctor said. The hospital performed four times the usual number of autopsies in a day in the aftermath of the stampede, he […]
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday offered condolences for the loss of lives in the stampede in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. The Upper House of Parliament also observed a silence to mourn those who were killed in stampede at a religious gathering on Tuesday. Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun […]
NEW DELHI: Sakar Vishwa Hari Bhole Baba, at whose religious discourse a massive stampede took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, leaving 121 dead, is now absconding. The police conducted search operations at Ram Kutir Charitable Trust in Mainpuri district in search of ‘Bhole Baba’, but he was nowhere to be found. Interestingly, the FIR does […]
GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam remains grim with human fatalities rising to 38 as three more people drowned in the last 24 hours. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the latest victims include two from the Tinsukia district and one from the Dhemaji district. The surging waters of the mighty Brahmaputra […]
NEW DELHI: Amid a heated debate over the three new criminal laws, Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud on Tuesday refused to comment on them, saying the issues arising from these statutes were pending before the Supreme Court. The new laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the […]
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting a debate in Parliament on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on Wednesday in the wake of the paper leak row in connection with the medical entrance exam. Saying that the paper leak issue is a […]
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the 2024 Lok Sabha polls marked the end of communal politics in India, and were a moral victory for the INDIA bloc. Participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the president’s address, the Kannauj MP also questioned the authenticity of EVMs and […]