New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1.15 pm: NATION DEL18 PM-CHANNI Will continue to work with Punjab government for betterment of state"s people: PM Modi New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Charanjit Singh Channi on being sworn-in as Punjab chief minister, and said the Centre will continue to work with his government for the betterment of the people of the state. DEL16 PB-CHANNI-LD OATH Channi takes oath as Punjab chief minister Chandigarh: Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi was on Monday sworn in as chief minister of Punjab, making him the first Dalit to hold the top post in the state. DEL9 VIRUS-LD CASES COVID-19: India logs 30,256 new cases New Delhi: With 30,256 people testing positive for coronavirus infection, India"s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,34,78,419, while the active cases declined to 3,18,181, the lowest in 183 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. DEL19 DL-NADDA-VACCINATION Opposition should introspect over their "irresponsible" remarks about Covid vaccination drive: Nadda New Delhi: The Opposition parties should introspect over their "irresponsible" statements about the Covid vaccination programme of the Modi government that has proved to be the "biggest and fastest" in the world, BJP president JP Nadda said on Monday. DEL17 ED-UP-MONEY LAUNDERING ED to grill three Uttar Pradesh politicians in separate money laundering cases New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will begin the questioning of Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, gangster Mukhtar Ansari and strongman Ateeq Ahmad from Monday in separate money laundering probes being conducted against them and their associates. DEL15 SONU SOOD-IT RAIDS Every rupee in my foundation awaiting its turn to save a life: Sonu Sood Mumbai: Every rupee in his foundation is “awaiting its turn” to be used to reach the needy and save precious lives, actor Sonu Sood said in a statement on Monday, days after the CBDT alleged that he and his associates evaded tax of Rs 20 crore. LEGAL LGD2 SC-VACCINATION-PREGNANT WOMEN SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea of DCPCR for priority COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Centre to declare pregnant as well as lactating women as high-risk category and be given priority for COVID-19 vaccination. LGD1 SC-VACCINATION-DISABLED SC seeks Centre’s response on door-to-door Covid vaccination for differently abled New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre’s response on door-to-door Covid vaccinations for persons suffering with disability within two weeks. BOM6 MH-COURT-KANGANA Javed Akhtar defamation case: Kangana Ranaut appears before Mumbai court Mumbai: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut appeared before a Mumbai court on Monday in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar. FOREIGN FGN11 PAK-HINDUS-WATER Hindu family in Pak tortured, held hostage for fetching drinking water from mosque Islamabad: Fetching drinking water from a mosque in Pakistan"s Punjab province landed a family of poor farmers from the minority Hindu community in trouble as some people tortured and held them hostage for “violating the sanctity” of their place of worship, a media report said on Monday. By Sajjad Husssain. FGN7 UN-INDIA-ISSUES-ENVOY India to take up issues like terrorism, vaccines, climate change at UNGA: Amb Tirumurti New York: India will use its voice at the high-level United Nations General Assembly to forcefully take up global issues such as terrorism, climate change, equitable and affordable access to vaccines, Indo-Pacific and UN reforms, the country’s envoy to the world organisation has said. By Yoshita Singh. PTI RHL