Breaking news on March 10

In view of five persons testing positive for the coronavirus infection in Pune, three schools in Sinhgad Road area have decided to remain closed for the
next two-three days. Nanded City School and Pawar Public School, located at Nandedcity Township, will remain shut till Saturday. 

Three days after the presence of bird flu was confirmed in two areas of Kerala's Kozhikode district, local villagers on Tuesday found a good number of bats and crows lying dead there.

Amid fresh coronavirus cases being reported in parts of the country, the TTD that manages the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near in Amaravati has issued an advisory asking foreigners, NRIs and others not to visit the temple for 28 days after they landed in the country.

The Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Capital group firm Reliance Home Finance has defaulted on loan repayment of Rs 40.08 crore in February, it said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

All Cinema Halls in Jammu to be closed till March 31, 2020, with immediate effect.

Every government-run school in Andhra Pradesh will be provided a smart television for digitalised learning. The decision was taken on Tuesday by Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy as part of his government's move to modernize 15,715 schools.

Besides modernisation, the schools will also undergo digitalisation with the introduction of English as medium of instruction from Class 1 to Class 6 from the next academic year.

As many as 3,534 passengers from affected countries were screened for coronavirus on Tuesday.

Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi will raise a discussion on  'recent law and order situation in some parts of Delhi' in Lok Sabha tomorrow.

Ailing former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's personal physician has been injured in a robbery incident involving two men on a London street, prompting Scotland Yard to launch an investigation into the matter.

A BSF jawan was killed when he fell from a watch tower on Indo-Pak border in Ganganagar district of Rajasthan on Tuesday.

A fresh weather warning has been issued for heavy rain and snowfall in Himachal Pradesh from March 11-13, the Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.

A court in New Delhi on Tuesday sent Shahrukh Pathan, who brandished gun at a police head constable during the violence in Delhi's northeast area, to 14-day judicial custody. He has presented the Karkardooma court at the end of his three-day remand period amidst high security. The police have yet not been able to establish his association with any gang.

As many as six persons were feared to have drowned and the body of one person was recovered after a boat capsized in Ukai dam reservoir in Gujarat's Tapi district on Tuesday, the police said.

The Maharashtra government has accepted the recommendation of the four-member Khatua panel to limit the age of black and yellow taxis and autorickhaws to 15 years, and also approved its fare revision formula for the two modes of public transport.

Four people have been arrested in the state in connection with fake social media campaigns on coronavirus, police said on Tuesday. Two people were arrested in Thrissur district and others in Alappuzha and Wayanad districts, a police press release said. 

Pakistan witnessed a sudden increase in coronavirus cases as the number of patients rose to 18, officials said on Tuesday. 

Two more people from Pune tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, district collector Naval Kishore Ram said. It takes the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pune district as well as in Maharashtra to four.

Spain has suspended all air traffic with Italy over coronavirus scare, AFP reported.

A 23-year-old woman and her 54-year-old mother were admitted in an isolation ward in the district civil hospital in Nashik in Maharashtra on Tuesday for suspected exposure to novel coronavirus, health officials said.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday said its aboard has approved payment of an interim dividend of Rs 12 per share for the financial year 2019-20.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold meeting with chief executives of amalgamating banks on Thursday to review preparedness for the merger beginning April 1.

Manipur has shut its border with Myanmar indefinitely amid the novel coronavirus scare, officials said on Tuesday.

Neighbouring Mizoram had on Monday also sealed its borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, and banned the entry of foreigners to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Iran on Monday reported 54 new deaths from the novel coronavirus. This is the highest one-day coronavirus toll for the country.

TVS Motor Company on Tuesday said its board has approved payment of a second interim dividend of Rs 1.40 per share. The interim dividend declared will be paid on or after March 20 to the shareholders who hold shares at the close of working hours on March 18, the Chennai-based two-wheeler maker said in a regulatory filing.

Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC) on Tuesday said a penalty of Rs 5 crore has been imposed on the company through an Enforcement Directorate order in relation to an old case of issuing warrants.

BLive, an eco-tourism start-up and a provider of experiential tours on electric bikes, on Tuesday said it has launched an electric vehicle tourism initiative in Ooty.

Several Malayalam cinema organisations in Kochi have declared shutting down of cinema theatres till March 31, according to reports. The joint decision comes hours after six more cases of infected persons were confirmed in Kerala by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

US Ambassador to India Kenneth I Juster on Tuesday announced the completion of an American- funded restoration project at the 17th century Qutb Shahi Tombs in Hyderabad.

An `effigy' of coronavirus was burnt during Holi festivities in Mumbai on Tuesday night. As the new virus, which has rattled the world after emerging in China's Wuhan city, is making news daily, residents of Worli in south Mumbai decided to burn its effigy, dubbing it "Corona-sur'" (corona-demon).

The Holi festival marks the victory of good over evil and heralds the onset of spring in the Indian subcontinent. 

Five members, including four children, of a family died and another was injured when a boulder hit a house in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district early on Tuesday, officials said.

Rain and thunderstorm are likely in parts of Uttar Pradesh for the next three days, the meteorological department here said on Tuesday. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightening and gusty winds (30-40 kmph) are very likely at isolated places over the state on Wednesday, it said.

Parts of the state may witness rain and thundershower on Wednesday and Thursday, the weatherman said.

A 53-year-old woman was allegedly murdered in the Charkhari police station area of Mahoba district by her brother-in-law when she was taking a bath in a river, police said on Tuesday.

Three engineering students were arrested for allegedly killing a 24-year-old roommate by pushing him from the balcony of their 11th floor Kondhwa flat
over a monetary dispute in the early hours of Tuesday, Pune said on Monday.

Kerala on Tuesday confirmed six more cases.

At least five people were dead and 35 were injured after a bus fell into gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district. 

IAF C-17 Globemaster carrying the first batch of 58 Indian pilgrims, lands at Hindon air force station in Ghaziabad from Tehran, Iran. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping pays first visit to coronavirus-hit Wuhan since virus outbreak

Rebel Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah.

Coronavirus death toll reaches 4,000 as China reports 17 more deaths

US military begins withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, reports AFP news agency quoting official.

Manipur CM N. Biren Singh announced, "In view of the possible threat of transmission of Coronavirus / COVID-19, the international border with Myanmar has been closed including gate no 1 and 2 in Moreh until further orders."

Three factions of insurgent outfit National Democratic Front of Boroland dissolve themselves at designated camp of NDFB in lower Assam's Udalguri district.

Asserting that the United States strongly supports a "unified and sovereign" Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Washington "strongly opposes" any action to form a parallel government in Kabul.

This comes after Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, took simultaneous oaths for the presidency, plunging the war-torn country into a new political crisis.