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WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Join us at telegram https://t.me/yugmarg Saturday, August 22, 2020 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXV, NO. 195, PAGES 8, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER New Education Policy COVID-19 recovery rate UT Administrator This IPL will to lay the foundation in India launches be for 21st century new rises to 74.30 per cent; digital system in different : India: Kanwar Pal Number of recoveries CTU buses Ajinkya crosses 21.5 lakh Rahane PAGE 3 PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 8 Gloves for voters, five Hydel plant fire engulfs persons allowed for door-to-door campaign CBI initiates AGENCY nine lives in Telangana NEW DELHI, AUG 21 probe into BIHAR POLLS AGENCY The Election Commission has ap- Sushant Case HYDERABAD, AUG 21 proved broad guidelines for the con- MUMBAI: The Central Bureau duct of general elections and bypolls of Investigation(CBI) here on Nine persons who were trapped during COVID-19 period under Friday initiated probe into the inside the Srisailam Left Bank which candidates will have the op- sensational Sushant Singh Hydel Power Station (SLBHP) of tion to fill the nomination form and Rajput death case, with the the Srisailam reservoir here in affidavit and deposit security amount collection of relevant docu- Telangana have lost their lives in online and five persons including ments and reports from the the fire accident while three in- candidate will be allowed for the Mumbai Police. jured employees are getting treat- door-to-door campaign. Led by SP Nupur Prasad, a special CBI team talked at ment at the hospital, said Telan- The revised norms come ahead length about the case with the gana State Power Generation of assembly polls in Bihar which Mumbai Police officials who Corporation Limited (TSGEN- may be held later this year. probed the matter before it CO) on Friday. The norms state that hand gloves was transferred to the central The deceased have been iden- shall be provided to all the electors agency by the Supreme Court. tified as TSGENCO Deputy En- for signing on the voter register and The team also quizzed the late gineer Srinivas Goud, Assistant pressing the button of EVM for vot- fill the nomination form and the affi- actor's cook and susbequently Engineers Venkat Rao, Mohan ing. davit online and submission of the visited the office of DCP (Zone Kumar, Fatima Ujma, plant atten- Voters will be given gloves be- same, after taking the print, before 9) Abhishek Trimukhe as well dant Rambabu, junior attendant fore they head to the EVM machines. the RO concerned". as the Bandra police station, Kiran and Sundar Kumar, and There shall be maximum 1000 elec- "For the first time, the candidates said sources. two technicians from Amararaja CMD Devulapalli Prabhakar tors instead of 1500 electors in a will have the option to deposit secu- company Vinesh Kumar and Ma- Rao, GENCO directors and sen- polling station. rity amount for contesting the elec- hesh Kumar. Modi expresses grief over tragedy ior employees rushed to the spot The commission has also revised tions online. Keeping containment SC rejects "They tried to come out from NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed condo- and monitored the rescue opera- the norms of the number of persons guidelines in view, the Commission lences to the families of the deceased in the fire incident at the Srisailam petition seeking the escape tunnel, but could not hydroelectric plant in Telangana and called the incident "deeply unfortu- tions. NDRF, Singareni coal accompanying the candidate and has limited the number of persons in- do so due to the dense smoke," nate". mines technicians and Telangana number of vehicles at the time of cluding candidate for the door-to- inquiry into TSGENCO said in an official "Fire at the Srisailam hydroelectric plant is deeply unfortunate. My thoughts state fire services rushed to the nomination. door campaign to five," it said. conduct of ex-CJI statement. are with the bereaved families. I hope those injured recover at the earliest," plant and tried to rescue the An Election Commission press Unlike the past when candidates There were 17 people in the PM Modi said in a tweet. Telangana State Power Generation Corporation trapped ones," it added. release said that public meetings and of leading political parties went to NEW DELHI: The Supreme plant at the time of the accident. Limited in a statement said nine persons, who were trapped inside the Left The plant is 1.2 km deep from roadshows shall be permissible with file nominations in big processions, Court on Friday refused to en- Eight of them could safely come Bank Power House in Srisailam, have lost their lives in the fire accident. the earth's surface and there is suitable instructions subject to con- the new norms stipulate that only tertain a plea seeking setting out, but nine were trapped inside only one tunnel to go there, TS- tainment instructions issued by the two persons can accompany candi- up of a three-judge panel to in- the plant, TSGENCO said. GENCO said. Home Ministry and state govern- date for submission of nomination. quire into the conduct of for- mer Chief Justice of India TSGENCO said that the fire of Srisailam reservoir at 10.30 pm from burning. The employees "As fire and dense smoke ment. Face Mask, Sanitizer, Thermal Every person will be required to Ranjan Gogoi, as a judge of incident occurred at 10:30 pm on on August 20. The fire broke out tried their level best till 12 am last spread, it was not possible to go scanners, gloves, face shield and wear a face mask during every elec- the Apex Court. Thursday. in the panels in unit 1 of the pow- night, but in vain," the statement inside for a very long time. The PPE kits shall be used during the tion-related activity. The guidelines A Bench of the Apex Court, "The fire accident occurred in er station which led to the acci- reads. teams could enter the plant by the electoral process while ensuring so- state that at the entry of hall/ room/ headed by Justice Arun the 900 MW capacity hydro elec- dent. The employees tried to put "Telangana Power Minister afternoon of Friday," it said. cial distancing norms. premises used for election purposes, Mishra dismissed the petition tric power station on the left bank off the fire and save the plant Jagadeeswar Reddy, TS GENCO The release said that the poll thermal scanning of all persons shall filed by one, Arun Ramchan- panel has created optional facility "to be carried out. dra Hublikar. "We dismiss the petition. There is no merit in it. The re- spondent is already demitted his office," the Bench, led by Offices and shops in PCS officers to donate plasma for Covid patients Justice Mishra said and reject- ed the petition filed by Hub- SP JAIN ed COVID-19 successfully, on Oberoi, Mr. Sakattar Singh Bal, likar. Hublikar, the petitioner- Haryana to remain closed CHANDIGARH, AUGUST 21 Thursday donated plasma to DSP Major Amit Mahajan, Mr. Gurvin- in-person, had moved the Kharar Mr. Pal Singh, who is fight- der Singh Johal, Mr. Deepankar Apex Court and filed the plea Punjab Civil Services (PCS) Officers ing with the pandemic. Garg and Mr. Paviter Singh have seeking setting up of a three- on weekends: Anil Vij judge panel to inquire into the Association has passed a resolution Urging all the Corona con- been recovered from the COVID- conduct of the former CJI as a BUREAU further orders in this regard, that COVID-19 conquerors PCS offi- querors to donate plasma to defeat 19 infection successfully and they judge of the Top Court. CHANDIGARH: Haryana the minister said. cers would donate the plasma to boost the deadly disease, Mr. Rajiv Ku- have offered to donate the plasma home and health minister During the past couple the recovery of critical patients under mar Gupta, President PCS Officers for the treatment of critical pa- Anil Vij on Friday said all of weeks, Haryana has reg- Mission Fateh. In a letter to Punjab Association said that the resolution tients. BSF seizes 4 kg offices and shops, except istered a big spike in cases. Chief Secretary Ms. Vini Mahajan, the has been passed by the association Appreciating the noble gesture those providing essential The infection tally has association has named the officers, in this regard to help the state gov- of solidarity expressed by these of- heroin from services, will remain closed crossed 51,000-mark with who recovered from the infection and ernment especially fellow citizens ficers, Ms. Vini Mahajan said that on every Saturday and Sun- around 600 fatalities. willing to donate the plasma. in defeating the COVID-19. these Corona conqueror officers Punjab border day in the wake of increase The state had on Responding to the Association's Mr. Gupta further said that Se- will encourage others to come for- JALANDHAR: Border Secu- in Covid-19 cases Thursday regis- clarion call, SDM SAS Nagar (Mo- nior Vice President of the associa- ward to help out the fellow citizens rity force seized four packets in the state. "All of- tered its highest hali) Mr. Jagdeep Sehgal, who defeat- tion Mr. TPS Sandhu, General Secre- tary of the association Dr. Rajat fighting with the COVID-19. of contraband suspected to fices and shops ex- single-day spike of be heroin from the area of cept essential will 996 coronavirus command of 96 Bn of the remain closed in cases, just a day BSF in Abohar sector.

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