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At least 128 dead as strong earthquake rocks northwestern Nepal, and officials say toll expected to rise

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Helicopters and ground troops rushed to help people hurt in a strong earthquake that shook northwestern Nepal districts just before midnight Friday, killing at least 128 people and injuring dozens dozens more, officials said Saturday. Authorities said the death toll was expected to rise, noting that communications were cut off with many places. As day broke, rescue helicopters flew into the region to help out and security forces on the ground were digging out the injured and dead from the rubble, Nepal police spokesman Kuber Kadayat said. Troops were also clearing roads and mountain trails that

Supreme Court lists Nov 22 for hearing plea seeking implementation of Women Reservation Bill before 2024 polls

New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court has listed a plea for hearing on November 22, 2023, seeking immediate implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill before the 2024 general elections. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti listed the matter for hearing on November 22. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh for the petitioner, said that a census is not needed. However, the court said that there are many other issues that have to be addressed. The court also refused to issue any notice on the plea at this stage and asked the petitioner to serve the copy

RPF constable suspended for molesting, assaulting Railway employee in UP

Ballia (UP), Nov 3 (PTI) A RPF constable was suspended for allegedly molesting and assaulting a female Railway employee at the Suraimanpur Railway Station here. Dinesh Singh allegedly molested the woman on Wednesday evening when she was leaving for home. When she came to the office on Thursday, the constable molested and beat her up again in an inebriated state, they said. Station House Officer of RPF Police Station, Ballia, B K Singh said, “Following a preliminary investigation, Constable Dinesh Singh who was posted at Suraimanpur railway station was on Thursday suspended for molesting and beating a female railway employee.”

Don’t want Supreme Court to become ‘tarikh-pe-tarikh’ court: CJI Chandrachud

New Delhi, Nov 3 (PTI) Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday urged lawyers not to seek adjournments in fresh matters, saying he does not want the Supreme Court to become a ‘tarikh-pe-tarikh’ court. At the outset of the day’s proceedings, the CJI flagged the issue of lawyers seeking adjournments in fresh matters and said in the last two months adjournment slips were moved in 3,688 matters by advocates. “Unless it is very very necessary, please don’t file the adjournment slips…I don’t want this court to be a ‘tarikh-pe-tarikh’ court,” the CJI, who was sharing the bench with

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