Breaking News, March 3

I will stay away from politics and pray to my sister (Jayalalithaa), a revolutionary leader, whom I have always worshipped as a deity & to the almighty God for Amma's golden rule to continue: VK Sasikala

In a circular, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation says passengers arriving from Brazil will need to undergo compulsory 7-day institutional (hotel) quarantine even if they possess pre-boarding COVID negative certificates; rule to apply on passengers belonging to Maharasthra.

A hideout of proscribed outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen busted & destroyed in the forest area of Seer/Pastoona in Awantipora a joint operation of police and the Army: Jammu and Kashmir Police

West Bengal: Santhali actress Birbaha Hansda joins Trinamool Congress in presence of party leader Partha Chatterjee.

Central Election Committee of the BJP will meet in New Delhi tomorrow. PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, BJP chief JP Nadda, BL Santosh and other senior party leaders to participate in the meeting.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his Cabinet colleague Himanta Biswa Sarma reach the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. BJP president JP Nadda also reaches. 

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his Cabinet colleague Himanta Biswa Sarma reach the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. BJP president JP Nadda also reaches. 

Maharashtra: Fire breaks out a godown in Bibvewadi area of Pune. Six fire engines rushed to the spot, fire is now under control. No casualty reported.

Maharashtra Power Minister Nitin Raut tables report of Maharashtra Cyber Cell on the October 12 Mumbai power outage in the Assembly.

West Bengal: Three TMC Councillors from Asansol and Bidhannagar Mayor-in-council Debasish Jana, joined BJP today in Kolkata.

Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/snowfall is very likely over Western Himalayan Region (Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand) during March 6 and March 7. Isolated light rain/drizzle is very likely to occur over Punjab on March 6 & March 7 and over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh on March 7: India Meteorological Department

Karnataka Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi quits following allegations of sexual harassment, sends resignation letter to the CM Yeddyurappa.

A retired head constable allegedly committed suicide here on Wednesday by shooting himself with a rifle, police in this Uttar Pradesh district said. Shyamacharan Chaturvedi shot himself with his licensed rifle around 8 am, Circle Officer Santosh Kumar said.

According to the police, Chaturvedi was upset over an altercation between his son and their neighbours. The wife of the deceased has alleged that the police did not pay heed to his complaint about the neighbours.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant received his first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 at a primary health centre on Wednesday. The 47-year-old politician is a trained medical doctor and comes under the category of health professionals.

A tractor-trolley overturned in Jahanabad area here, leaving 13 people injured, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night when villagers were returning after attending a function at a temple in Kanpur, SHO, Jahanabad, Rakesh Kumar Pandey, said.

The vehicle was carrying over 30 people, he said adding, five of the injured are in a critical condition and have been admitted to a hospital in Kanpur.

A senior Indian army officer allegedly committed suicide in an army depot on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city on Wednesday.

Police sources said Lt. Colonel Sudesh Baghat Singh shot himself dead with his service rifle in an army depot in the Khonmoh area on the outskirts of Srinagar city.

India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,11,39,516 with 14,989 new infections being reported in a day, while the active cases were recorded above 1.7 lakh after a month, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

Sensex rallies 411.23 points to trade at 50,708.12 in opening session; Nifty rises 124.65 points to 15,043.75.

A ten-year-old boy was run over by a train while collecting cow dung on railway tracks in Kalamna area near here, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Surya Doman Madhukar, a resident of Vijaya Nagar slum.

The boy was hit by a speeding train when he was collecting cow dung on the tracks. He was declared brought dead at hospital. The boy''s parents are natives of Chhattisgarh and work as labourers. A case of accidental death was registered by Kalamna police.

UK will receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses made by the Serum Institute of India (SII)

The police on Tuesday arrested five Naxalites of two outfits from Chatra district of Jharkhand and seized arms and ammunition from them, an officer said.

They used to extort contractors and businessmen, Sub- Divisional Police Officer of Chatra Avinash Kumar said.

Of the arrested five, three are members of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) while the two others belong to the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI).

In a major setback to US President Joe Biden, Indian-American Neera Tanden on Tuesday withdrew her nomination as Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, after the ruling party and the administration failed to muster enough votes in the Senate to secure her confirmation.

Tanden, 50, had been facing a tough time for the confirmation of her nomination over her past Twitter outbursts against several lawmakers, including those from her own Democratic Party. Biden accepted her withdrawal and indicated that Tanden might be brought in the administration in some other capacity.