1. Self-styled godman 'Bhole Baba' aka Narayan Saakar Hari is likely to be arrested soon after more than 100 people died in a stampede at his 'satsang' (religious congregation) in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. 'Bhole Baba', whose original name is Suraj Pal, is believed to be at his 'ashram' in Mainpuri, about 100 km from near the Phulrai village, where he held the doomed event attended by lakhs of devotees. Many senior police officials have reached the Hathras stampede site, while others are at his ashram, the Ram Kutir Charitable Trust. Besides police personnel, an NDTV team at the ashram also saw his followers gathering in large numbers. 2. The stampede in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras that killed 121 people was triggered by a mad rush for dust. Men, women and children fell over each other, getting crushed, just to collect dust stirred up by the car of a self-styled godman. The organisers' laxity and inadequate police force contributed to the tragedy. The stampede took place at a 'satsang' addressed by self-styled godman Suraj Pal aka Narayan Saakar Hari, whose followers called him Bhole Baba. According to the FIR, the organisers of the 'satsang' sought permission for a gathering of 80,000-odd people, but a crowd of over 2.5 lakh turned up. 3. The Rajya Sabha will resume its proceedings today, a day after the Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply to the 18-hour-long debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address. PM Modi will likely address the Rajya Sabha today after the parliament witnessed the government and the opposition go head-to-head in a debate. Lok Sabha witnessed unprecedented chaos as the prime minister was seen shouting while Opposition MPs screamed to drown out his voice. The PM targeted Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during his over two-hour long speech in the Lok Sabha and dismissed his fiery speech, just a day ago, as 'balak buddhi'. 4. The shares rose to record highs at the open on Wednesday, led by the country's top private lender HDFC Bank, which jumped to a record high on hopes of a likely increase in its weightage in a key global index. The NSE Nifty 50 was up 0.7pc at 24,291.75 points, while the SandP BSE Sensex added 0.72pc to 80,013.77 points, as of 9:15 a.m. IST. This is the first time that the 30-stock Sensex has crossed the 80,000 mark.