Hindustan Times News | 25th March 2022 | 8 AM

HT Daily News Wrap

Yogi Adityanath will take oath as Uttar Pradesh's chief minister, Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is set to face a critical leadership test, MS Dhoni will no longer lead Chennai Super Kings and other top news in this bulletin.
Yogi Adityanath will take oath as Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister on Friday at a grand event where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in attendance. Thousands of guests are expected to attend the oath as the BJP sets a record of a party returning to power for a second straight term after nearly three decades. All chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states – apart from other big leaders in the ruling party – have been invited. All tribunals should be abolished if the Union government cannot care enough to man them, an anguished Supreme Court said on Thursday, adding that the top court could consider staying all litigation under relevant laws where tribunals cannot function due to shortage of members. “Till the government wakes up and appoints members to the tribunals, we feel this court should stay all litigation under all legislation where members of the tribunal have not been appointed… The government is the creator of the tribunal and now the creator of the problems by not appointing members of these tribunals,” commented a bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh. Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is set to face a critical leadership test on Friday amid what the opposition defines as a mounting economic crisis in the country. Apart from the opposition pressure, he is facing an internal rebellion too. On Thursday, he urged people to participate in the ruling party’s power show in Islamabad: “I want the entire nation to join me on March 27 to send one message: that we are not with evil, we are against it. That we are against the crime[s] being committed against democracy and the nation, where the conscience of public representatives is being bought with looted money, US president Joe Biden said Thursday that NATO would “respond” if Russian President Vladimir Putin used a chemical weapon in his war on Ukraine. “We will respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use,” Biden said after a NATO summit in Brussels. Rishi Kapoor’s final film Sharmaji Namkeen is all set for release. The slice of life comedy was unfinished when the veteran actor died on April 30, 2020. Eventually, Paresh Rawal stepped in to help finish the film. In a recent interview, the film’s director Hitesh Bhatia spoke about Rishi’s last day on set and his final shot for the film, and how the Kapoor family found the film. MS Dhoni will no longer lead Chennai Super Kings (CSK). It will take time to sink in because CSK have only known life with Dhoni as captain. After leading the men in yellow for 12 seasons (CSK were suspended from the Indian Premier League in 2016 and 2017 for betting activities), he has decided to give the reins to all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.