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 "PM Modi addresses media on the first day of the special session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)")
PM Modi addresses media on the first day of the special session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)
Malaysia to discuss rice export curbs with India to find 'best solution'
State-run Malaysian rice importer Bernas will also be negotiating with other suppliers like Vietnam, Thailand And Cambodia, he said.
One killed, 5 injured in bus-car collision on Puri-Konark marine-drive road
One person was killed and five others were critically injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a private car on Monday in Odisha's Puri district, police said.
The accident took place this morning on Puri-Konark marine-drive road when the car collided with the state-run bus, a senior officer said.
"One occupant of the car died on the spot while the five injured are critical. The condition of the Mo Bus driver is also serious as the vehicle crashed into a roadside tree after the accident," he said.
Parliament special session: AAP issues whip for its MPs in Rajya Sabha
Aam Aadmi Party issued a Three Line Whip to its MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, asking them to be present in Parliament during the Special Session from September 18 to 22.
The whip to the party's Rajya Sabha MPs said that very important issues will be taken up in the Upper House in the upcoming special session.
"All members of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Rajya Sabha are hereby, informed that some very important issues will be taken up in the Rajya Sabha in the upcoming special session. In view of this, all members of the Aam Aadmi Party are requested to be positively present in the house from 11 AM onwards until the adjournment of the House from 18th September to 22nd September 2023 and support the stand of the party" it said.
Speaker Om Birla lauds PM's 'visionary' leadership for success of G20 Summit
As the Parliament session began Monday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'visionary' leadership for the success of the G20 Summit.
Birla said Modi's 'vision and guidance' led to a consensus on sensitive issues in the New Delhi Declaration issued by the G20 leaders.
In his remarks soon after the House met, Birla congratulated the nation for successfully conducting the G20 summit in the country.
No new positive case of Nipah; 61 negative results: Kerala govt
No new Nipah positive cases were reported in the state since September 16 with 61 more samples of persons who were in the high risk contact list turning up negative for the virus, Kerala government said on Monday.
State Health Minister Veena George told reporters that results of the genomic sequencing, to confirm there was no second wave of the virus outbreak, would be available by evening or tomorrow.
\Naveen Patnaik, Vasundhara Raje at last rites of Gita Mehta
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament after the session commenced
Meeting of floor leaders of INDIA alliance's parties is underway at LoP
US searching for missing F-35 jet after pilot ejects safely during 'mishap'
US military officials are searching for a missing F-35 jet after a "mishap" caused its pilot to eject on Sunday afternoon, Fox News reported.
Joint Base Charleston said on Facebook that the aircraft was a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The pilot ejected safely and was transported to a local medical centre.
As per Fox News, the base is now working with Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to help locate the missing aircraft.
Emergency response teams have been deployed to find the jet.
Infra firm, former CMD booked by CBI in bank fraud case
The CBI has booked Mumbai-based Unity Infraprojects Ltd, its then CMD Kishore Krishnarao Avarsekar and others for allegedly defrauding a consortium of banks to the tune of Rs 3,847.58 crore, officials said on Monday.
The CBI took action on a complaint of the SBI, one of the consortium members which alleged that the fraud took place at its Commercial Branch in Mumbai where the accused persons siphoned the "Bank's funds by doing fictitious transactions, manipulated and fudged books of accounts with an objective to defraud and cheat the bank and to gain unlawfully at the cost of the Banks' funds".
The account of the 44-year old infrastructure company, which had taken Rs 3,800 crore from 23 lenders against moveable and non-moveable assets besides personal and corporate guarantees, had become a non performing asset on June 24, 2014. Five years later it was declared a fraud after forensic audit pointed irregularities.
Delhi records minimum temperature of 25.3 deg C, light rain forecast in city
The relative humidity at 8:30 am was recorded at 78 per cent, according to data shared by the India Meteorological Department.
The Safdarjung Observatory, the city's primary weather station, logged a minimum temperature of 25.3 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year.
The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 33 degrees Celsius. The IMD has forecast generally cloudy sky with light rain later in the day.
Chief Justice of Pakistan constitutes full court to take up law limiting CJP's powers
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has constituted the full court comprising all 15 judges of the Supreme Court to take up a set of nine challenges to the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023 on Monday, Dawn reported.
Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper.
The Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023 requires the formation of benches on constitutional matters of public importance by a committee of three senior judges of the court.
Tamil Nadu delegation in Delhi to discuss Cauvery dispute with Centre
A delegation from Tamil Nadu led by Water resources Minister Durai Murugan is in New Delhi to meet Union water resources minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to discuss the Cauvery water sharing issue, which has been a bone of contention of late with neighbouring Karnataka.
The governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been locked in a protracted tussle over the sharing of Cauvery waters. The river is seen as a major source of sustenance for the people in either state.
The Centre formed the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) on June 2, 1990, to adjudicate disputes between Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, and Puducherry with respect to their individual water-sharing capacities.
PM Modi to speak in Lok Sabha at 11 am
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start a discussion in Lok Sabha on Parliament's 75-year journey on Monday.
Official sources said he is expected to speak in the House soon after it meets on the first day of the session at 11 am.
The prime minister will start the discussion on "Parliamentary journey of 75 years starting from Samvidhan Sabha - Achievements, Experiences, Memories and Learnings," the sources said.
It is going to be the last day of business in the existing building before the legislature shifts to the adjacent new building on Tuesday.
All-party meet: Oppn dubs bill on EC appointments as anti-Constitutional
Several opposition leaders on Sunday criticised the bill on the appointment and service conditions of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners at an all-party meeting as "anti-Constitution" and "anti-democratic", PTI said citing sources.
Official sources said there is a rethink in the government on whether to take up the bill for discussion and passage in the five-day session, beginning Monday.
The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 had featured among the four bills listed by the government a few days back for being taken up in the session.
However, criticism, including from a few former CECs and ECs, of some of its provisions might have made the government to reconsider its decision.
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First Published: Sep 18 2023 | 9:42 AM IST
