Breaking news on March 16

Crisis-hit Yes Bank will get excluded from all indices of the leading stock exchange BSE with effect from March 20, the entity handling these indices said on Monday.

Nomination papers filed by three candidates for election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat of Manipur were found valid in the scrutiny held on Monday, officials said.

BJP candidate and Manipur's titular king Leisemba Sanajaoba, the Congress' T Mangi Babu and Honreikhui Kashung of the NPF had filed their nomination papers to the Assembly secretary on Friday. Their nomination papers were found valid, Assembly secretariat sources said in Imphal.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday nominated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha, according to a government notification.

Community kitchen has been banned in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district till March 31 in order to check the spread of coronavirus, a district official said on Monday.

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Monday declared 100 per cent interim dividend and said it has sufficient funds to continue operations in an era of extreme volatility in oil prices.

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it has launched BS-VI compliant CNG version of its multi-purpose van Eeco, priced between Rs 4.64 lakh and Rs 5.06 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

Kamal Nath reaches Governor's residence

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced that his government will provide one lakh jobs to Punjab youth in various state departments in the next two years.

The Pakistan Army engaged in mortar shelling and small arms firing at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday in violation of a ceasefire agreement, a defence spokesman said.

Uttar Pradesh minister Satish Mahana in Mathura on Monday claimed that the state was heading towards an industrial revolution with huge investment proposals in the pipeline.

The UP Industrial Development Minister said the state government had signed MoUs to the tune of Rs 4.28 lakh crore with private firms.

A 45-year-old woman was apprehended by CISF personnel at a metro station here for carrying four bullets in her bag, officials said on Monday.

The incident took place at the Tis Hazari metro station at around 1 pm on Sunday.

The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Under fire from the Opposition and some of his party MLAs over high electricity charges, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced to rationalise power tariffs.

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Appropriation Bill 2020-21, authorising the government to draw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of its programmes and schemes.

Supreme Court will deliver its judgment tomorrow at 10.30 am on permanent commission for women officers in Navy.

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor's ED custody extended till March 20

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited declared an interim dividend of Rs 33.25 per equity share of Rs ten each fully paid up for 2019-20 at its Board Meeting held in Bengaluru today.

The record for the payment of the interim dividend will remain March 24, 2020, as intimated earlier, the Bengaluru- headquartered defence PSU said in a statement. 

Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur on Monday tabled two notifications relating to increase in excise duty and road cess on petrol
and diesel by Rs 3 per per litre, amidst uproar by opposition in Lok Sabha.

Nomination papers filed by four candidates for the election to three seats of the Rajya Sabha in Rajasthan were found valid in the scrutiny held on Monday.

The Delhi Police on Monday arrested suspended AAP councillor, Tahir Hussain, from a court in New Delhi in connection with the alleged killing of Intelligence Bureau official Ankit Sharma during the recent communal violence in northeast Delhi.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says swift action has been taken by govt and central bank to resolve Yes Bank crisis.

Three convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case have approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking a stay on the execution of their death sentence. The three convicts who have knocked the ICJ doors are Akshay Singh (31), Pawan Gupta (25) and Vinay Sharma (26). 

A Shiv Sena functionary was shot dead on Sunday evening in Kopargaon taluka in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, some 255 kilometres from Mumbai, police said.

Gujarat Congress on Monday suspended five party MLAs, who resigned as legislators, from the primary membership of the party.

A TADA (Terrorist & anti-disruptive activities Act) court frames charges against Yasin Malik and six others in the case of killing of Indian Air Force officer Ravi Khanna and three others in 1990. 

The Chief Minister is running away from the trust vote as he knows that the government lacks majority. BJP has the majority and we've appealed the Governor to order conduct floor test at the earliest. He has assured us to protect our constitutional rights, former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. 

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon on Monday said that appropriate action will be taken after a BJP delegation including MLAs along with former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met him claiming that the Kamal Nath government was in minority as they didn't have the numbers.

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with 106 BJP MLAs met Governor Lalji Tandon and demanded that a floor test in the Madhya Pradesh assembly should be conducted without any delay as the government is in majority and doesn't have the number to continue to remain in power.

BJP also submitted 106 affidavits to the MP Governor showing that they have the numbers to form the government. 

A while ago, BJP also moved to the Supreme Court demanding floor test of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh immediately. 

Shivraj Singh Chouhan is meeting MP Governor Lalji Tandon after BJP moved Supreme Court seeking trust vote in Madhya Pradesh assembly claiming that the Kamal Nath government doesn't have the numbers.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur responded to Rahul Gandhi's question on the list of loan defaulters and action taken against them by the government saying, "A list of wilful defaulters is available on the website. There is nothing to hide. All these people took money went away during their (Congress) government."

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to raise the issue of loan (wilful) defaulters and measures taken by the government to recover loans advanced to them.

BJP MLAs resorted to sloganeering against Kamal Nath govt after assembly adjourned till March 26. The opposition was seeking a floor test as it claimed that the government does not have the numbers. 

The Madhya Pradesh assembly has been adjourned till March 26 amid demand from the opposition that Kamal Nath government must go for a floor test as it doesn't have the numbers. 

Governor Lalji Tandon on Sunday directed the Speaker to conduct a floor test on Monday (today), however, in a letter to the Governor, CM Kamal Nath conveyed it to him that he is ready for the floor test but it cannot be conducted until MLAs are held captive.

He also said that the Governor shouldn't interfere as it was up to the Speaker as to when a floor test has to be held. 

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon left shortly after Assembly proceedings began. During his short address, Tandon said, "All must follow the rules under the Constitution so that dignity of Madhya Pradesh remains protected."

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has written to Governor Lalji Tandon against the floor test which was earlier expected will be held today saying floor test undemocratic in the current situation. He added that MLAs have been held captive, therefore, it is undemocratic to conduct a floor test.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath along with party MLAs have arrived at the state assembly as suspense over floor test still continues.

Ahead of Assembly session, Congress MLAs arrive at the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly, Bhopal.

Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh assembly session, BJP MLAs along with former CM Shivraj Singh Chohan arrived at the assembly.

Gopal Bhargav, Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly said, "State govt is running away from facing the floor test but it can't be saved from collapsing as a good number of MLAs are against it. Govt has been defeated morally and the Chief Minister should resign on moral ground."

Madhya Pradesh Minister PC Sharma said, "We are ready to face the floor test but the Assembly floor is not complete. Sixteen of the Congress MLAs have been disappeared about which Chief Minister Kamal Nath has reported to Home Minister Amit Shah."

Madhya Pradesh Minister Jitu Patwari said, "Chief Minister has said hat some of our MLAs have been kidnapped. PM Narendra Modi has discovered a model to kill the democracy - abduct, lure, manage MLAs&keep them in police custody,record&make their videos viral&then demand for floor test."

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLAs who were kept at Amer resort depart for Assembly session.

The Allahabad High Court lawyers will boycott judicial work on Monday to draw the government's attention to their long-pending demand for more funds for welfare schemes for advocates.

The high court lawyers will be joined by their counterparts from district courts and other tribunals in the boycott which was called by the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh (BCUP), the apex body for advocates in the state.

Section 144 imposed at Madhya Pradesh Assembly premises and the imposition will remain even during the session.

One police constable was shot at by armed assailants in Delhi's sector-23 Dwarka, early morning. One Home Guard also injured in the incident. Investigation underway.

Meeting underway between Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Governor Lalji Tandon at Raj Bhavan at Bhopal.

External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar announced that the fourth batch of 53 Indians - 52 students and a teacher - has arrived from Tehran and Shiraz, in Iran. With this, a total of 389 Indians have returned to India from Iran. Thank the efforts of the Embassy of India in Iran and Iranian authorities.

Three people from Rajasthan are now nCoronavirus-free. The total number of patients now free of COVID19 is 13.