Breaking news on March 03

Expelled AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain has moved anticipatory bail in a Delhi court, his plea will be heard tomorrow.

The Congress on Tuesday appointed Aishwarya Mahadev as the secretary of the party's women wing. Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed Mahadev as Secretary of the All India Mahila Congress, the party said in a statement.

Sushmita Dev heads the Congress' women wing.

A parliamentary panel on Tuesday suggested lower GST rate for the automobile segment at least till the revival of the sector, and uniform road tax across all states against the backdrop of negative growth in the automobile production since July 2018.

The five robbers arrested by the Noida police a day before had allegedly looted several people they met through a dating application for gays, officials said on Tuesday. 

With new novel coronavirus cases being reported in the country, the Kerala government on Tuesday decided to step up vigil especially at airports, bus depots and railway stations.

Delhi violence gunman Shahrukh sent to 4 day custody

Moderate rain and snow is expected in Jammu & Kashmir and scattered places of Ladakh region from March 5 to 7, the local Met office in Sringar said on Tuesday.

According to the IMD statement, light rain and snow would commence at a few places of Kashmir Division on March 5 morning and thereafter in intensity and distribution with its main activity on March 6 and 7.

The Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) has agreed to allow Sikh 'ragis' from India to recite kirtan at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal said here on Tuesday.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said 79 houses and 327 shops were completely gutted in arson during the communal violence in northeast Delhi last week.

BJP leader and senior advocate Sanjay Hegde has met with Sadhna Ramchandran, Supreme Court's designated mediator for the Shaheen Bagh situation. As per the reports, the two met on Shaheen Bagh on Tuesday evening.

It was a sunny day in Delhi on Tuesday and the maximum temperature was 29 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said.
The air quality index in the city was 205, which falls under the 'poor' category.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met a delegation of the Danish Parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee and held a discussion on India's developmental priorities and global outlook.

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Tuesday announced that he has joined as advisor to the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday urged all private radio and TV channels to give "adequate publicity" to the travel advisory issued by the Health Ministry in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in China and its spread in some other countries.

A Delhi court Tuesday ordered putting 15 people on trial for allegedly trying to recruit and finance people to join the ISIS and to establish a "Caliphate" in the country in association with terror outfit.

An idea mooted to see if two border guarding forces — SSB and ITBP — could be merged is now not under consideration, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday.

The cash-strapped Andhra Pradesh government would seek Rs 1,783 crore loan from the World Bank to clear dues to distilleries that supply liquor to the
state-owned corporation, Deputy Chief Minister (Excise and Commercial Taxes) K Narayana Swamy on Tuesday said.

Food safety regulator FSSAI on Tuesday cautioned against a fake order imposing one-year security fine of Rs 1,200 on food businesses which is being circulated on social media.

As coronavirus cases spread across the country, the DGCA on Tuesday asked airlines and airports to take specific measures such as providing protective gears like surgical masks and gloves to crew members and passengers and having multiple hand sanitising points in terminals.

Coronavirus has landed in the national capital with a Delhi resident being diagnosed positive for the deadly virus. COVID-19 or Coronavirus has claimed over 3,000 lives across the globe. China is the hardest-hit country with 2,943 deaths so far. Now that the footprints are seen in Delhi, authorities are up in action in a bid to prevent its spread. 

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Thunderclouds, aided by a trough over Gangetic West Bengal, triggered heavy showers in parts of Kolkata and several districts across south Bengal on Tuesday evening.

Twenty-one Italian tourists and three Indian tour operators have been sent to an ITBP quarantine facility in Delhi on Tuesday for suspected coronavirus exposure, official sources said.

The Delhi Police has busted a gang reportedly involved in awarding fake tenders for printing of ration cards under the Centre's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' initiative, Union minister RaoSaheb Dadarao Danve said on Tuesday.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said new circuit benches of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) were being set up for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, according to a personnel ministry statement.

 The CISF has provided medical kits containing hand sanitisers, gloves and masks to all its personnel deployed to guard 62 civil airports in the country in view of the coronavirus scare, officials said on Tuesday.

Ajit Kumar Singla, Additional Commissioner of Police: We're trying to recover the pistol he used. Shahrukh said he fired during protests in a fit of rage. He has no criminal background but his father has a narcotics & fake currency case against him. Further investigation underway 

Delhi Police addresses press conference on shooter Shahrukh's arrest. 

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray addressed media on various issues. He said, "The issue of 5 per cent quota for Muslims has not come to me officially till now. We have yet to decide about our stand on it. Opposition must save its energy for the time when we actually discuss this matter."

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on being asked about resolution against National Population Register be passed in the Assembly', he said, "I will form a committee of leaders from Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party to look into the provisions of National Population Register."

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on being asked about 'whether you will take anyone from NCP and Congress to Ayodhya on March 7', he said, "There should be no politics over faith. I welcome whoever wants to accompany me to Ayodhya."

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Delhi violence, "Police have taken numerous measures to maintain law and order in the city. Adequate police personnel have been deployed in the violence-affected areas."

"120 FIRs have been registered. Section 144 has been imposed in the violence-affected areas of Delhi. Police have conducted flag march in these areas. Social media platforms are being monitored to avoid spread of rumours."

After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addressed the media and said, "I told him that whoever is found guilty for Delhi violence should be given strictest punishment. Also, we discussed that we have to work together against Coronavirus."

He further said, "Delhi Police acted in a swift manner to control the situation when rumours were spread on Sunday night. Had police acted with the same efficiency on Monday and Tuesday last week when riots were confined in a district, so many lives could have been saved."

Two persons found dead in a canal near Dhayari on Sinhgad Road in Pune, today morning. Further investigation underway.

A case was registered at Vile Parle police station here against NCP Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) Vidya Chavan and her family members for alleged harassment of her daughter-in-law.

They have been booked under the sections 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 354 (molestation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).

Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with Mortars along LoC in Mankot and Mendhar sectors in District Poonch of Jammu and Kashmir at about 03:30 am. Indian Army retaliated befittingly. The firing stopped at about 05:00 am.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is discussing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, issues related to Delhi violence, post violence rehabilitation and preparations for Coronavirus.

After uproar over Delhi violence, Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm.

A day before violence erupted in the northeast area of Delhi, CCTV cameras outside Tahir Hussain's residence were tampered.

After ruckus by the opposition over Delhi violence in Lok Sabha on Monday, the proceedings of the budget session has adjourned till noon.

PM Narendra Modi holds a BJP MPs meeting in the Parliament, where he said, "Vikas is our mantra; peace, unity, and harmony are prerequisites for development."

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla called an all-party meeting today to ensure smooth functioning in the Parliament. The meeting was called over the scuffle that took place yesterday between BJP MP Jaskaur Meena and Congress MP Ramya Haridas.

East Khasi Hills District Deputy Commissioner Matsiewdor War Nongbri has said that the Meghalaya Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui will chair a peace meeting at 3 pm today. Leaders of different communities and eminent personalities have been invited for the meeting.

At least four people had sustained injuries in clashes between members of Khasi Students' Union and local non-tribals in East Khasi Hills District on February 28.

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam being taken from Sitapur Jail to Rampur for hearing in a forgery case.

Security at Gate No. 1 in Parliament on alert after BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar's car damaged as spikes placed at a distance of a boom barrier at the gate got activated after a car accidentally touched the boom barrier.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today in Parliament.

Karnataka State Health Minister B Sriramulu has called an emergency meeting of officials in Bengaluru today, after a positive Coronavirus case in Telangana.

Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested a wanted criminal Irshad Khan and seized 1 country-made pistol and 7 live bullets from his possession. He was wanted in multiple cases of theft and murder in Mumbai and Gujarat and was arrested near CM Uddhav Thackeray's residence.