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XXV, NO. 218, PAGES 12, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Exclusive critical Covid Lifetime achievement Tewari raises Adapting to care centres to be awardees will concern over non- scorching heat setup: Vij; Six deaths, automatically be inclusion will be the 95 new cases reported eligible for Maharaja of Punjabi as official biggest in Panchkula Ranjit Singh Award, language in J&K challenge, says says Rana Sodhi Trent Boult PAGE 3 PAGE 6 PAGE 4 PAGE 12 Nation stands with 25 MPs including Meenakshi Lekhi, our soldiers: PM UNI NEW DELHI, SEP 14 Anant Kumar Hegde test positive Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hoped that the monsoon ses- Manish Sisodia sion of Parliament will be productive AGENCY ments and guidelines for safety and send a message that the nation tests positive NEW DELHI, SEPT 14 during the COVID-19 pandemic stands with the soldiers. phase. He made the comments while for Covid-19 Seventeen Members of Parlia- "The session is being held in speaking to media before the pro- NEW DELHI: Delhi deputy ment, including ruling BJP lead- extraordinary circumstances this ceedings of Parliament got underway chief minister Manish Sisodia ers Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant Ku- time. While we always try to de- amid Covid pandemic today. on Monday said that he has mar Hegde and Parvesh Sahib crease the distances between the 'This session is happening in spe- tested positive for the coron- Singh have tested positive for members, but this time arrange- cial circumstances. The budget ses- their motherland. They are standing avirus disease (Covid-19). coronavirus on the first day of ments have been made to keep sion had to be cut short due to Coro- on difficult heights and in a few days, Sisodia took to Twitter to Monsoon session of the Parlia- them apart. I am aware of the na. MPs have chosen the path of do- will weather snow. In the same man- make the announcement and ment. discomfort caused to some mem- ing their duty in COVID times. Hope ner, I am confident Parliament will said he has gone in self isola- tion. The monsoon session 2020 bers due to this but it is impor- that the session will be a productive send a message, in one voice, that it Sisodia fell unwell on Sunday of Parliament commenced today. tant to do so for safety," Birla one,'the PM said. stands firmly behind soldiers guard- night with mild fever and took This is the first Parliament said. 'Many important decisions will ing our borders," the PM. the Covid-19 test on Mon- session being held amid the The elections to the post of be taken in this session and discus- The PM called on everyone to day.The minister assured peo- COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Chairman in the Upper sions held on several issues,' he said. take all precautions against COVID- ple that he was fine and had All safety measures have House were scheduled for today, 'Our soldiers are standing firm at 19. no major complications. “Right been initiated to conduct the ses- however, the Lok Sabha on the borders with a lot of courage, 'Until there is a vaccine, we can- now there is no fever or any sion as per health guidelines Monday got adjourned till 3 pm passion and strong resolve to protect not drop our guards," he said. other complication. I am com- amid coronavirus. MONSOON SESSION DAY 1 tomorrow. pletely fine. By your good In a first of its kind initiative, wishes and blessing, I will the members of Parliament soon return to work,” Sisodia marked their attendance through JD-U MP Harivansh re- wrote on Twitter in Hindi. an app on Monday, according to the Lok Sabha Secretariat. Cong says not holding question The Lok Sabha MPs used the elected Dy Chairman of RS 4 tourists from UP 'Attendance Register' App on the NEW DELHI: Janta Dal-United leader and NDA candidate Harivansh was on Mon- drown in waterfall, first day of the Monsoon session hour is strangulating democracy day re-elected as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha. Opposition parties fielded which commenced today.The Manoj Kumar Jha of RJD. 2 missing app is designed by the National AGENCY that the arguments being put could be interpreted as the soul BJP leader JP Nadda moved a motion for electing Hari- REWA: Four tourists from Ut- Informatics Centre (NIC) to cur- NEW DELHI, SEPT 14 forth by the Union Minister for of the House," Chowdhury said. vansh as Deputy Chairman of the upper House. It was sec- tar Pradesh drowned while onded by union minister Thawarchand Gehlot. tail the risk of COVID-19 spread Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad The Congress leader said Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad moved a motion taking bath in a waterfall in as MPs will not have to use or Leader of Congress in the Lok Joshi for not having the ques- that it is a "golden hour" in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa dis- to elect RJD's Manoj Kumar Jha as Deputy Chairman. The touch the attendance register. Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowd- tion hour were unconvincing. which the executive is answer- motion was seconded by Congress leader Anand Sharma. trict, a police official said. They have to be present inside hury on Monday accused the "The argument and the ra- able. Two others were also swept The election took place by a voice vote on the first day of the Parliament to register them- Centre of attempting to strangu- tionale that have been dished "Question hour is the gold- monsoon session convened amid restrictions due to away and efforts were on to selves using the coordinates pro- late the democracy by not hold- out by the Parliamentary Affairs en hour but you say that it can- trace them, he said. COVID-19 pandemic. The incident took place on vided by the app. ing question hour during the Minister in regard to the revo- not be held due to the circum- Harivansh has become Dy Chairman of the upper House Sunday at the Keoti Falls, lo- Speaker Om Birla welcomed ongoing monsoon session of cation of the question hour is far stances. You conduct the pro- for the second time. He was first elected to the post on August 8, 2018. His term as cated about 40 km from the the MPs and said that it was an Parliament. from convincing. Question hour ceedings but single out question Rajya Sabha member ended in April 2020 and he has been re-elected to the upper district headquarters, after extraordinary occassion and Speaking on the first day of is the essence of parliamentary hour. You are trying to strangu- House. some tourists arrived there in urged them to follow all arrange- the session, Chowdhury said democracy, not only that it late the democracy," he added. two groups from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh for a picnic, Ad- ditional Superintendent of Po- lice Surendra Kumar Jain Capt asks Health Dept said. They were taking bath in Haryana bans gathering of devotees the waterfall near Chaturbhuj temple when six of them were to speed up production swept away by strong water currents, he said. during Amavasya at pilgrimage sites Padma awards of medical oxygen nominations UNI their forefathers on the occasion of SP JAIN Haryana. However, as cases CHANDIGARH, SEP 14 Pitrapaksha. This time Amavasya is on open till today CHANDIGARH, SEPT 14 continue to spike, and amid September 17, 2020. Thus, to prevent NEW DELHI: The Union reports of Oxygen shortages Haryana government has imposed a the spread of the Corona pandemic, the Home Ministry on Monday With Covid cases and fatali- in several parts of the coun- ban on gathering of devotees during Kurukshetra administration has im- said the process of online ty in the state rising, Punjab try, the Chief Minister Amavasya on September 17, 2020, at posed a complete ban on the gathering nominations for the 2021 Pad- Chief Minister Captain stressed the need to generate pilgrimage sites like Kurukshetra and of devotees at both the said pilgrimage ma awards, recognising distin- guished and exceptional Amarinder Singh on Mon- additional supplies through Pehowa, due to the Corona pandemic. sites till the day of Amavasya. He said achievements and service in day directed the Health De- internal manufacturing also. Stating this here on Monday, an of- the devotees are hence appealed to take various disciplines, will be partment to step up indige- In line with this deci- ficial spokesperson said that devotees care of their own and other people's available till Tuesday. nous manufactur- sion, the Health usually congregate at Kurukshetra and health and refrain from gathering at The nominations or recom- ing of medical Department has so Pehowa pilgrimage sites for pindaan of Kurukshetra and Pehowa. mendations for the Padma Oxygen to supple- far issued license awards will be received online ment the current to one industrial only on the portal "https://pad- supplies in order to Oxygen supplier maawards.gov.in/" \nhttps://padmaawards.gov.in, ensure that there is in Punjab to manu- no shortage of this facture Medical Senior IAS Rajesh Khullar appointed Prashant Bhushan a statement from the ministry said. critical commodity Oxygen, while six The last date for online nomi- to tackle any future packaging units nations or recommendations crisis. have been allowed executive director of World Bank files review petition in for the Padma awards is Sep- The state, which has to package Oxygen for med- tember 15, it said.