Breaking news on March 02

A week after the deadly communal violence hit parts of northeast Delhi, several shops reopened at Maujpur area, the epicentre of the riots from where the stone pelting began on February 23.

Wanting to get their arrears cleared, railway contractors will hold a countrywide token strike on March 6.

In case their demand was not fulfilled, the Indian Railways Infrastructure Providers' Association would hold an indefinite strike, said office-bearers of the body in Ghaziabad on Monday.

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against a policeman and his associate for fraudulently obtaining a driving license to score additional points during his recruitment.

The fortnight-long state matriculation examinations for regular students, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, ended on Monday.

Five alleged criminals were arrested on Monday following an encounter with the Noida Police here and led to the recovery of stolen jewellery worth Rs 30 lakh and two cars among other items, officials said.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has taken over luxury train Golden Chariot for operation, management and marketing, the Western Railway (WR) said on Monday.

Infosys on Monday said it has paid Rs 6 lakh as compounding fees in the matter related to severance agreement with former CFO Rajiv Bansal.

A BJP councillor was shot dead on Monday in the Union Territory of Daman, police said. Salim Memon was sitting in his motorcycle showroom when three to four unidentified persons shot four to five bullets after asking a visitor there to move out, an official said quoting eye-witnesses.

Rahul Gandhi in his tweet said, "Give up hatred, not social media accounts".

The Incredible India website has been launched in Arabic, Chinese and Spanish to attract tourists from these countries.

The Maharashtra government's award for contribution in the field of Marathi theatre will be named after noted actor late Shriram Lagoo, as per a GR dated February 25.

National Investigation Agency has arrested has two accused in Jharkhand in a terror funding case related to People’s Liberation Front of India 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, "This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube. Will keep you all posted".

A special court on Monday directed confiscation of Rs 58.48 lakh in movable and immovable properties of Pankaj Trivedi, former controller of Madhya Pradesh's Vyapam.

Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel on Monday said the government is aware that the whole world is worried about the coronavirus outbreak, but assured that India remains safe and secure.

Taliban ends partial truce with the United States, to resume Afghanistan 'operations'.

Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay Rishatovich Kudashev met BJP President JP Nadda in Delhi, earlier today.

Northern Railways will run 16 pairs of Holi Special trains having 430 trips during the Holi festival period for the convenience of passengers and to clear the extra rush.

As many as 49 prominent people, including 34 panch and five sarpanch, from Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district joined the BJP here on Monday, a party spokesman said.

The CBI has arrested six suspects in connection with the killing of BJP taluka panchayat member Yogesh Gowda in Karnataka's Dharwad in 2016, officials said on Monday.

A Delhi court stays the execution of the 4 convicts and defers the matter for further orders

Rupee slumps 50 paise to 72.74 (provisional) against US dollar after two more coronavirus cases emerge in India.

The Delhi Police on Monday arrested 21 people in connection with spreading violence-related rumours in the northwest Delhi.

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Monday donated 150 tables and chairs for students to the city-based Government Inter College. 

Ramesh Reddy, Director of Medical Education, Telangana on the positive case of COVID-19 case in the state said, "The patient is undergoing treatment in an isolation ward at a hospital in Hyderabad".

A 48-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the 10th floor of a hostel situated in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. The man, identified as Vipin Sahu, was declared brought dead by doctors at the hospital's Trauma Centre.

Four people were killed and five injured when their pick-up van overturned in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Monday, police said.

President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Pawan, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case.

Speaking on the behalf of TMC and West Bengal government on Delhi violence, the state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the media.  

• We are sad and depressed and condemn the incident that happened in Delhi. I think it's a planned genocide. 
• In Delhi, BJP leaders who gave provocative slogans have not been arrested, but I got three of the BJP workers arrested (on charges of raising 'desh ke ghaddaron ko...’ slogans in Kolkata) last night.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah should keep in mind it is because of CAA that so many people were killed in Delhi.
• BJP trying to implement 'Gujarat model of riots' across country, including in West Bengal.

A Delhi Court dismisses the application of convict Pawan, seeking stay on his execution.

Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track and kill Osama bin Laden begins hunger strike in his prison cell. He has been languishing behind bars since his fake vaccination programme helped US track and kill the Al Qaeda leader in 2011.

One person arrested today by Delhi Police from Rohini on charges of rumor-mongering on Sunday.

Delhi Assembly has constituted a 9-member 'Peace and Harmony Committee'. It will be headed by AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj, and includes MLAs Atishi and Raghav Chadha. The first meeting of the committee will be held today at 3 pm at Delhi Secretariat.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm after uproar by opposition MPs over Delhi violence.

Delhi LG Anil Baijal to meet PM Modi on Monday as normalcy returns in northeast Delhi.

Delhi Police personnel offered flowers to students who had come for their CBSE Board examinations at Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya in Khajoori Khas area of North East Delhi. Violence had broke out in the area last week.

SC agrees to hear plea on behalf of Delhi riot victims seeking lodging of FIRs against hate speeches by politicians. 

Delhi HC asks police to file status report on steps taken for treatment, rehabilitation of violence-affected people in northeast Delhi.

Supreme Court refused to refer to a larger bench a batch of pleas, challenging the constitutional validity of Centre's 5th August 2019 decision of abrogating provisions of Article 370.

TMC MPs and AAP stage dharna in front of Gandhi statue at Parliament in solitary of northeast Delhi violence.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday addressed the inaugural session of Centre for Policy Research (CPR) Dialogues 2020 in Delhi. Here are the key points from his speech:

• For India, there will be an additional challenge in the more digitized world to create new partnerships and foster greater mobility to service a knowledge-based economy.
• Navigating the economic world will be no less complex than the political one. Nations will try to optimise outcomes&bridge device as they pursue their national objectives.
• Our world is in the middle of a real transformation. We struggle to absorb a nationalistic America, a rising China, a divided Europe, a re-emerging Russia, a normalizing Japan, an insecure ASEAN and an even more disturbed the Middle East.
• The last few years have demonstrated a growing Indian capacity to contribute to the global discourse and make a difference to international outcomes. We have significantly shaped the connectivity debate at a time when the world was still very confused.
• Our single-minded campaign against terrorism has brought the issue into sharp focus in key world forums, including the G20.
• I would remind people that this isn't the Afghanistan of 2000-2001, many things have happened since then. To US and West, our message has been that it's in global interest that the achievements of the last 18 years are secured, protected and not jeopardized.
• To my mind the real negotiations will start now and then we have to see the assumptions that we had, how cohesive are various players and what are their demands. Does Taliban join a democratic setup or a democratic setup adjusts to Taliban.

Two suspected members of proscribed terrorist organization Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) arrested from Delhi by Special Cell of Delhi Police.

South Korean military on Monday claimed that North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile.

Sensex at 38,991.13, up by 693.84 points.

Trinamool Congress (TMC), Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) have given Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha, over violence in Delhi.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal to move The Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha today during Parliament's budget session. 

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan to introduce The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in Lok Sabha today during Parliament's budget session. 

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to move The Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, 2020 in Lok Sabha today during Parliament's budget session. 

Three BJP workers arrested after a complaint was registered at New Market Police Station against them for raising 'desh ke ghaddaron ko...’ slogans in Esplanade area in Kolkata.

South Korea reports nearly 500 new coronavirus cases, sending the largest national total in the world outside China past 4,000

The second half of the Parliament's Budget session is set to resume on Monday. 

AAP MP Sanjay Singh has given Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha over Northeast Delhi violence.

As per US media reports, Democratic party candidate Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of US presidential race.

2012 Delhi gang-rape case: Supreme Court will today hear the curative petition filed by one of the death row convicts, Pawan Kumar Gupta, seeking commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment.

Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench will today pronounce its order on whether petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 be referred to a larger bench.

19 Syrian soldiers killed in Turkish drone strikes

Global coronavirus death toll passes 3,000 with new China count: AFP news agency

Two rockets hit Iraqi capital Baghdad's Green Zone, as per AFP news agency report.