tadepalligudem l thursday l july 04, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l city EDITION Poll finds Harris, not Biden, has better chance of beating Trump Indian-origin US Vice President Kamala Harris is better placed to beat Donald Trump than President Joe Biden, according to a CNN poll Trump has 6-point lead over president More pressure on Biden to step down About 47% of registered voters support Trump, while 45% back Harris in a hypothetical matchup, the poll found. In the Biden vs Trump matchup, 49% of registered voters said they would vote for Trump as against 43% for Biden. His poor performance in last week’s debate with Trump has put the spotlight back on Biden’s advanced age and ability to lead the US | P11 ■ Pressure is mounting on Biden to step down as Democratic party’s presidential nominee. “There’s a large and increasing group of House Democrats concerned about (his) candidacy,” a Democratic lawmaker said ■ According to one Democratic aide, at least 25 party lawmakers in the House of Representatives are preparing to demand that Biden step aside Sept 10 is when Biden and trump will face off in the next debate CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Judicial probe into Hathras stampede Markets on a roll, Sensex at 80,000 level Ex-Allahabad HC judge Brijesh Srivastava to head 3-member panel, submit report in 2 months; Yogi flags conspiracy angle N A M I TA B A J PA I & PR A B H AT S H U K L A @ Lucknow / New Delhi A RS H A D K H A N @ New Delhi Registering a new landmark for India’s equity market this year, the BSE Sensex scaled the 80,000-mark on Wednesday. The 30-share benchmark hit a high of 80,057.90 during the first 30 minutes of the trading session. The Nifty50 index also touched an all-time high of 24,294.60. The Sensex has added the latest 10,000 points in less than seven months as it had first breached the 70,000 mark on December 11, 2023. Its journey from 60,000 to 70,000 was a lengthy one as it took 1.5 years for the market to add the previous 10,000 points. Sensex had scaled the 60,000 mark on September 24, 2021. What is notable is that the index has added about 8,000 points from the lows of June 4, the general election result day Sensex had ended the . June 4 session with a massive loss of 4,390 points, or 5.74%, at 72,079.05. Much of Wednesday’s early gain is attributed to a sharp pick-up in HDFC Bank shares. The stock opened 3% higher and hit a high of 1,792 per share as its weightage is expected to shoot up in the MSCI index. “The focus of market activity today will be HDFC Bank which will continue its upward move factoring in the news of potentially increasing the weightage of the stock in the MSCI Index. The delivery based buying in the stock witnessed in the last many days has the potential to continue for a few more days pushing the stock further up and imparting resilience to it. As the weightage of HDFC Bank in Nifty increases there will be more delivery based buying by ETFs and also active funds,” said V K Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist, Geojit Financial Services. He added that the US Fed’s take on inflation is also positive news for equity markets globally “The Fed’s next rate action is likely to be a rate . cut. RBI also is likely to follow suit with a rate cut in the next policy meeting,” he said. Road to 80K Sensex has given a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.8% since July 1990 1K Jul 1990 10K 20K 30K 40K 50K 60K 70K 6 Feb, 19 Oct, 4 Mar, 23 May, 21 Jan, 24 Sep, 11 Dec, 2006 2007 2015 2019 2021 2021 2023 BSE m-cap ( lakh cr) 80K 3 Jul, 2024 445 lakh crore 6.9 25 73 100.4 188 2000 2005 2010 Express read 9 people died due to diarrhoea in State Vijayawada: Nine people have died due to diarrhoea in the State and there are 35 more active cases in six villages, officials told Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. The CM stressed the need for coordinated efforts to tackle seasonal diseases | P3 ISRO plans to shift focus on Asteroid Apophis Bengaluru: After the Moon and the Sun, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath is looking at asteroids — not just to land on them, but to prepare defences against their possible catastrophic impacts on Earth | P5 2015 2024 2020 Bags and other belongings lying at the scene a day after a massive stampede that took place after a satsang in Sikandara Rao area in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday | PTI Baba on the run, police raid trust A day after the stampede in Hathras claimed 121 lives, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yo gi Adityanath said on Wednesday announced a judicial probe led by former Allahabad High Court judge Brijesh Kumar Srivastava into the tragedy Retired IAS officer . Hemant Rao and former IPS officer Bhavesh Kumar Singh are the other members in the judicial commission. Speaking to reporters after visiting the spot and meeting the injured persons admitted in hospitals, Yogi said a conspiracy angle can’t be ruled out. He said the panel will look into all aspects of the tragedy . The panel will complete its probe and submit its report within two months. To prevent such mishaps from recurring, the judicial commission will also suggest the standard oper- Hathras deputy superintendent of police Sunil Kumar said the baba is on the run and yet to be traced. On Wednesday, police raided Baba’s abode at Ram Kutir Charitable Trust in Mainpuri district CBI court told to hold daily hearings in cases against Jagan E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Hyderabad The Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the Special Court for CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) cases to conduct daily proceedings in the cases registered against former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The CBI court is hearing cases registered against the YSRC president for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets. Observing that not much progress was seen in the case proceedings in the past one month, the HC directed the CBI court to conduct trial in cases against Jagan on a daily basis and submit a report. The division bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T Vinod Kumar, was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by former minister and Kapu leader Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah. The petitioner had sought directions to the CBI court to conclude the trial of criminal cases pending against the former CM before the polls. The court was informed that Jagan and other accused in the cases, registered by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED), have filed 129 discharge petitions. Earlier, the High Court had directed CBI and other courts concerned to conclude trial in all the cases against Jagan expeditiously . When the plea came before the HC on Wednesday, the petitioner informed the court that the accused were deliberately delaying the trial. The bench posted the matter to July 23 and asked the CBI court to submit its report on the proceedings of the trial on the day . @ New Delhi Breaking his silence on Manipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that violence in the trouble-torn state is declining and security and social stability are improving. He saw in them a positive trend towards peace. Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address, Modi said, normal life has been restored in most parts of Manipur with schools, colleges, offices, businesses and other institutions functioning normally in Manipur. The state, however, is facing floods now, he added. Kharge with Sonia Gandhi after walking out of the Rajya Sabha | PTI Amid walkout by the Opposition, Modi said law enforcement agencies have lodged more than 11,000 FIRs and arrested over 500 suspects in Manipur after the ethnic violence erupted in the state. “Our government is continuously making efforts to restore normalcy and it is showing results. Union home minister Amit Shah camped there and steered all efforts of peace,” he said. Modi emphasised that there is a need to handle the situation with wisdom and patience In a stern message, he said, “I want to warn all the elements trying to add fuel to the fire in Manipur to stop such activities. A time will come when CM vows to regain investors’ trust, build amaravati foisted,” he said. The Chief Minister declared that he will raise issues pertaining to reThe TDP-led NDA government building the capital city the fi, in the State is committed to rise nancial condition of the State to the challenge of building and the Polavaram Irrigation Amaravati, regain the trust of Project during his meeting investors and clear legal hur- with Prime Minister Narendra dles in establishing the capital Modi and other Union Miniscity Chief Minister N , ters in New Delhi. Chandrababu Naidu Later in the evening, asserted as he reNaidu left for the naleased the white pational capital. per on Amaravati on Elaborating on the Had work gone Wednesday. This is efforts taken by the ahead as planned, the second of the sevT D P g ove r n m e n t 1L people would en white papers that from 2014 to 2019 to have been residing the State government build Amaravati after in Amaravati by has proposed to the bifurcation rennow, 7L jobs would publish. dered the State withhave been created Expressing regret out a capital, the and `10,000 crore over the wanton deChief Minister lashed State taxes would have been realised struction of Amaraout at the previous vati, a world-class YSRC re gime for Chandrababu Naidu, CM city in the making, by causing damage to the previous YSRC the capital city and government, Naidu said he is jeopardising the future of now going forward with a posi- for thcoming generations. tive mindset to rebuild the peo- Naidu began his presentation ple’s capital at the earliest. by playing a video of Amara“We have a huge task before vati gallery in the London Muus. But we will ensure justice is seum, depicting the heritage of done to farmers of Amaravati, Telugu people dating back to against whom false cases were the Satavahana Dynasty P4 . E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Vijayawada Jagan & co filed 129 discharge pleas The court was informed that Jagan and other accused in the cases, registered by the CBI and ED, have filed 129 discharge petitions. The bench posted the matter to July 23 and asked the CBI court to submit its report on the trial on the day Modi finally ends silence on Manipur violence RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR ating procedure to be followed during such events, Yogi said. Referring to the initial report filed by the special investigative team led by ADG Agra zone Anupam Kulshreshtha, Yogi said the volunteers of Bhole Baba, in whose event the stampede happened, were managing it and district administration officials were not allowed inside the pandal. Police personnel were stationed outside the pandal. Yogi said the baba’s volunteers fled immediately after the stampede without making any effort to help the injured. Referring to pictures and videos of the baba seen with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, he said it showed the baba’s political connections. On why the baba’s name was missing in the FIR, which only named the organisers, Yogi said the initial report was filed against those who sought permission for the event. “As the investigation progresses, the ambit of the FIR will also expand to include all those responsible and accountable for the tragedy he added. ,” Meanwhile, eyewitnesses and locals who rushed to the spot immediately after the tragedy blamed the organisers for poor management. Locals said the crowd was so large that national highway abutting the venue was cut off for up to 5 km on both sides, blocked by buses carrying devotees from far-off places. Because of this, ambulances took an hour to reach. Manipur itself will reject such people.” Keeping up his tirade against the Congress, Modi said the grand old party was the “biggest opponent of the Constitution” and was anti-SC, ST and OBCs. Taking a swipe at the Opposition for its walkout, he said, “They are unable to digest the people’s mandate to the NDA to serve the nation. That’s why they never face the government on the floor.” Mallikarjun Kharge raps RSS Quoting an article from Organiser’s November 30, 1950 edition, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of being anti-Constitution pawan thanks pithapuram Thanking the people of Pithapuram for choosing him as their representative in the State Assembly, Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan said he will strive to measure up to their expectations Pawan inspected summer storage tank near Pithapuram on Wednesday and promised to develop temple tourism in the region. He also directed officials to find a solution for coastal erosion at Uppada | P4 CM Naidu released the white paper on Amaravati on Wednesday | Express Champai exits, Hemant Soren stakes claim to be Jharkhand Chief Minister again M U K E S H R A N J A N @ Ranchi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren on Wednesday staked his claim to form the Jharkhand government, hours after Champai Soren resigned as chief minister. Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a land scam case in January. He was released on bail last week. Hours before his arrest, he had resigned as Jharkhand chief minister and Champai Soren was sworn in. On Wednesday a meeting of , INDIA bloc MLAs was held at the CM’s official residence in Ranchi. During the meeting, it was decided to make Hemant the chief minister again. After the meeting, he was unanimously elected as the leader of the JMM legislative party He. mant Soren told reporters that all the formalities have been completed. “Everything will be disclosed soon,” he said. Confirming his resignation, Champai Soren said, “Earlier, a change of guard was done in the state and I was given the responsibility. You all are aware of the developments since then. Now Hemant is back and the alliance partners took a decision to choose Hemant babu as our leader once again,” said Champai.
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