SC seeks views of Centre, SEBI on Hindenburg report on Adani

bership (of the House) is cancelled. We are upset with the government... not you.”

Meanwhile, Kharge said that parts of his speech were removed despite the absence of any objectionable words.

Kharge also repeated his statement which had been removed from the proceedings of the House. On this, Dhankhar again asked for that statement to be removed from the proceedings questions to the government on various issues, including the Adani controversy and expunging of some remarks of him and Rahul Gandhi in Parliament.

Alleging that the Adani issue was a “big scam” that involved public money and needed to be investigated properly, he asked why the government was reluctant to order a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into it.

NEW DELHI, FEB 10 tect the interests of investors in the market where capital flow is seamless in modern times.

(PTI): Concerned over protecting the interests of Indian investors, the Supreme Court Friday favoured creating a robust mechanism to regulate the stock market and sought views of the Centre and market regulator SEBI on PILs alleging exploitation of innocent investors and “artificial crashing” of the Adani Group’s stock value.

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Killed After Bus Hits Motorcycle

KHARGONE, FEB 10 (PTI): Four labourers were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding bus near Sanavad in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district on Friday, an official said. The bus was trying to overtake the motorcycle when the accident happened, the official said.

Mentally unwell teen raped, impregnated

INDORE, FEB 10 (PTI):

A mentally unwell teen girl was raped in a facility for the speciallyabled in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, the crime coming to light after she got pregnant, police said on Friday. A rape case was filed late Thursday night on the complaint of the mother of the 17-year-old victim and efforts were on to nab the unidentified accused, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sampat Upadhyay told PTI.

Nadda to address twin rallies in WB on Sunday

KOLKATA, FEB 10

(IANS): With an eye on the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal scheduled this year and the Lok Sabha polls in 2024, BJP President J.P. Nadda will visit the state and and address two public rallies on Sunday (February 12). State BJP sources said that Nadda will arrive in Kolkata on Saturday evening and hold a meeting with the top party leaders from West Bengal.

Army to promote 108 women officers

NEW DELHI, FEB 10

(PTI): The Army is in the process of posting 108 women officers in the rank of Colonel following a selection process, the government said in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The women officers, currently serving in the rank of Lt Colonel, were shortlisted for the promotion by a special selection board.

Both the Opposition and Treasury benches indulged in sloganeering during the Opposition MPs’ address in the House. Slogans such as “ModiModi” and “We want JPC” were raised. Dhankhar, who disapproved of the commotion, lashed out at Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, saying his behaviour was “under the scanner”.

The MPs of the Opposition parties, including the

Congress, reached the Well of the House, and raised slogans when their demands were not met.

The Vice President also appealed to the MPs to return to their seats, while calling out several Congress parliamentarians, including K.C. Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, Deepender Hooda, among others.

Naming the MPs, Dhankhar wanted them to be kept out of the proceedings of the House. However, the Congress MPs eventually went back to their respective seats following the V-P’s appeal.

The Congress MPs who sought inclusion of excerpts of its national party president Mallikarjun Kharge’s speech in the proceedings walked out of the Upper House when their demand was not accepted.

Addressing Dhankhar, the Congress president said: “I will definitely speak my heart out even if my mem-

Paper leaks protest: Dhami says political organisations ‘instigating’ youths

Will keep raising Adani issue inside and outside Parliament, it’s a ‘big scam’: Kharge Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the party will keep raising the Adani issue both inside and outside Parliament and added if the government is not ready to work democratically, “people will get rid of it”.

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, he posed a set of 10

Kharge said he had not stated anything unparliamentary in his speech in the Rajya Sabha and had only asked some questions on the Adani issue.

“Why is the Modi government not conducting a joint parliamentary committee probe into the allegations against the Adani Group? What is the reason behind (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi ji and his government not even allowing (anyone) raise the word ‘Adani’ in Parliament?” he asked.

A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud allayed the apprehension and told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to convey to the officials of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) that it was not “planning any witch hunt”. The bench, also comprising justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, sought inputs from the finance ministry and others on various issues, including on making the regulatory mechanism robust to pro-

“This is just an open dialogue. They have brought an issue before the court. What is of concern is how do we ensure the protection of Indian investors? What happened here was shortselling. Probably SEBI is also doing its investigation. Please tell your officers also this is no witch hunt that we are planning to do...,” it said.

“How do we ensure that going in future, we have robust mechanisms? Because today, capital is moving in and out of India seamlessly. How do we ensure in future that Indian investors are protected? Everybody is in the market now,” it said.

During the brief hearing, the court observed that the PILs say that the loss is of over Rs 10 lakh crore.