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India: Plea in Supreme Court seeks Centre, SEBI to submit report in Jun 4 stock market crash
share market down graph
Aseem Chaudhary 09/06/2024 - 11:34

NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking directions to the Centre and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to submit a detailed report into the stock market crash on the day of election results on June 4, when investors lost billions of rupees.

India: Modi does not have mandate like Nehru did: Sudip Bandyopadhyay Aseem Chaudhary 09/06/2024 - 11:09

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay Sunday said Narendra Modi might be taking oath as prime minister for a third term, but he does not have a mandate like Jawaharlal Nehru, the only other PM to have three consecutive terms, had.

Bandyopadhyay, who was on Saturday re-elected as the leader of the TMC in Lok Sabha, also said the opposition will play a positive role in the functioning of parliament.

"People have given some opinion in his (PM Modi) favour... But it is not like Nehru ji (who) had the verdict behind him," he said.

India: TDP MPs Ram Mohan Naidu, Pemmasani, BJP’s Varma from Andhra likely to be inducted in Union Cabinet Aseem Chaudhary 09/06/2024 - 11:07

AMARAVATI: Telugu Desam Party Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh, K Ram Mohan Naidu and Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, are likely to be inducted into the Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that would be sworn in on Sunday.

According to a post on 'X' by former TDP MP Galla Jayadev, Naidu, Srikakula Lok Sabha member will get a Cabinet minister post, while Pemmasani, Guntur MP, would get a minister of state berth.

India shares plunge as Modi's likely weaker win leads to policy worries
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Adam Baker 04/06/2024 - 12:37

MUMBAI/SINGAPORE, June 4 (Reuters) - Indian stocks suffered their worst intraday fall since March 2020 on Tuesday, as vote counting trends in the general election suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance was unlikely to win the overwhelming majority predicted by exit polls.

India: Sharjeel Imam granted bail by HC in sedition case
Sharjeel Usmani
Aseem Chaudhary 29/05/2024 - 12:26

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to student activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with a 2020 communal riots case involving allegations of sedition and unlawful activities.

Imam assailed a trial court order refusing to grant him bail even though he has undergone more than half of the maximum sentence that can be awarded to him in case of a conviction.

"Appeal is allowed," a bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain said after hearing the counsel for Imam and the Delhi Police.

India: Kejriwal aide Bibhav Kumar moves HC against arrest in Swati Maliwal assault case

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on29/05/2024 - 12:24

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal at the CM's residence earlier this month.

In his petition, Kumar sought a direction to declare his arrest as illegal and in gross violation of the provisions of Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure and against the mandate of the law.

India: Delhi records its highest ever temperature, Mungeshpur bakes at 52.3 deg C

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on29/05/2024 - 12:14
hot weather India

NEW DELHI: Delhi's Mungeshpur area Wednesday logged a maximum of 52.3 degrees Celsius, the highest ever temperature recorded in the city, officials said.

On Tuesday, the weather station in the northwest Delhi locality recorded 49.9 degrees Celsius.

A day later, the temperature rose further with the weather station recording a maximum temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius at 4.14 pm, according to the website.

India: Delhi court dismisses BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh's plea into sexual harassment case

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on26/04/2024 - 13:40
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday dismissed an application filed by former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh seeking further investigation into a sexual harassment case lodged by six female wrestlers against him.

While dismissing the application, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot fixed May 7 for an order on whether to frame charges against Singh in the case.

Indian SC rejects pleas on 100 pc cross verification of votes cast using EVMs

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on26/04/2024 - 13:37
Indian EVM

NEW DELHI: As the country voted in round two of Election 2024, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and said "blindly distrusting" any aspect of the system can breed unwarranted scepticism.

Indian polls phase 2: Over 50 per cent turnout till 3 pm

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on26/04/2024 - 13:22
Indian election poll

NEW DELHI: A voter turnout of over 50 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections which was underway in 88 seats across 13 states amid complaints of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some booths in Kerala and West Bengal.

Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, Rajasthan's Banswara and Maharashtra's Parbhani boycotted polls over various issues.

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