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Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor leaves from St George's Hospital after medical examination

Mumbai, Mar 08 (ANI): Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor left from St George's Hospital in Mumbai on March 08. He left from hospital after medical examination. Rana Kapoor will be produced before a Mumbai court today. On the other side, Rana Kapoor's wife Bindu Kapoor arrived at the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Mumbai along with her lawyers.

#SheInspiresUs: Athlete Neelu Mishra bags several medals despite kidney malfunction

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 08 (ANI): Neelu Mishra, an athlete from Varanasi set an example for all women across India. Despite suffering from Kidney problem since childhood, she has won several gold medals for the nation. She has won more than 28 gold medals for India so far. Neelu was honoured with 'Rani Lakshmi Bai Bravery Award' from then Akhilesh-led government in Uttar Pradesh.

Bike rally organised on International Women's Day in Mumbai

Nagpur (Maharashtra), Mar 08 (ANI): A bike rally was organised by Maharashtra Times in Mumbai on March 08 on the occasion of International Women's Day. Various women organisations participated in the bike rally carrying placards and posters with different slogans written on it. Around 1000 women have participated in the rally. Few women's wore nauvari sarees on the occasion.

Sunny Leone takes daughter Nisha for musical event in Mumbai

Mumbai, Mar 08 (ANI): Sunny Leone visited Peppa Pig Musical event in Mumbai. She took her daughter Nisha Kaur Weber to the musical event. Bollywood diva looked gorgeous in white floral maxi dress. Sunny also interacted with children present there. She smiled at shutterbugs.

#SheInspiresUs: 45-yr-old woman in MP's Mandsaur fixes puncture for living

Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh), Mar 08 (ANI): Breaking the stereotype, a 45-year-old woman repairs tyre punctures to earn her living in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur. While speaking to ANI, Maina Solanki said, "My mother and father used to do the same work and after my father passed away, I joined my mother. Later my husband also passed away. I then shifted to my mother's place with my three daughters.""I have worked day and night. I started wearing pant and a shirt. I never used to think that I am a woman, I just worked extremely hard to earn my livelihood. I have provided education to my daughters and two of them are married now. I have been working for 20-25 years," she added. However, Solanki's health has started deteriorating.

Thick layer of fog canopies Ghaziabad days after rainfall

Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 08 (ANI): A sudden blanket of thick fog covered several areas in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on March 08. Fog canopied the areas days after heavy rainfall in Delhi-NCR. Ghaziabad and the adjoining areas received heavy rainfall in last 2-3 days. The rains led to waterlogging in several areas, which affected traffic movement for hours. Traffic congestion was also reported from several areas.

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, officials leave from ED office in Mumbai

Mumbai, Mar 08 (ANI): Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor left Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Mumbai on March 08. He was accompanied with ED officials while leaving from office. Rana Kapoor will be produced before a Mumbai court today.

International Women's Day: 'Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao' reaching newer heights," says HRD Minister

New Delhi, Mar 08 (ANI): While speaking to media in the national capital on March 08, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank spoke on International Womens Day. He said, "On the occasion of International Womens Day, I extend my best wishes to all the women." "We are working towards women empowerment by the way of the new education policy. Today, 'Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao' is reaching newer heights," HRD Minister added.

Pune man to get 'Best Mommy of the World' award on Women's Day

Pune (Maharashtra), Mar 08 (ANI): Aditya Tiwari, a Pune resident who adopted a child with Down syndrome in 2016, will be felicitated with 'Best Mommy of the World' award on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 08 in Bengaluru. Tiwari who has been taking care of his son as a single parent believes that parenting is not gender-based thing. While speaking to ANI, Aditya Tiwari said, "I got Avnish's legal custody on January 1, 2016, after 1.5 years of struggle. Since then, our journey has been very adventurous. He is one of the best gifts from the god and I feel blessed. I have never put myself into any character of a mother or father, I have always tried to become a good parent for him and a good human being." "Avnish has taught me how to become a parent. It is a stereotype that only a female can take care of a child because of which I had to face a lot of issues during the adoption. The best part is that Avnish has accepted me as a parent," he added. Aditya had quit his job

#SheInspiresUs: Women earn livelihood by making spices in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur

Balrampur (Chhattisgarh), Mar 08 (ANI): Women of a small village in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur are earning livelihood under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). They are earning their livelihood by making spices, soaps, oil and other household items. These organic items are produced by these women groups and they give it for selling after packaging. A woman told ANI, "Before this, I only stayed at home and didn't work. We are working in group to produce spices, soaps and other items. All the women are employed due to this initiative. We want to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this initiative."

#SheInspiresUs: Woman entrepreneur from Ludhiana sets up hosiery firm with PM's Mudra Yojana

Ludhiana (Punjab), March 08 (ANI): A woman from Punjab's Ludhiana has set an example of women entrepreneurship. After working at different places, Daisy Shah decided to set her own firm for hosiery manufacture. She expanded her business with help from Prime Minister's Mudra Yojana. Speaking to ANI, Daisy said, "I took advice from 2-3 people and they suggested me Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY). I took help from Union Bank. With that investment I started my own manufacturing. I have been manufacturing hosiery clothing since past 2 years." She further elaborated on her achievements after taking loan from bank, she said, "The help from bank has expanded the margin of my investment. Earlier I had only 5-7 labours, right now there are 20-25 workers working for me."

#SheInspiresUs: Inspired by PM Modi, Kanpur women serve society

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 08 (ANI): Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, some women in UP's Kanpur are serving the society. Manu Kumari, a young teacher is educating children for past 3 years. She said, "I have been working here since past 3 years. I am inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Mdoi's 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana' to do something for poor children. I teach around 40 children who belong to rural area. Whatever PM is doing for the daughter of India makes me happy and I want to join his cause." Another social worker Barkha Ahuja from Kanpur feeds poor and provides clothing to serve society. Speaking to ANI, she said, "I got inspiration from the Prime Minister of India that we should also do something for the poor of the country."

#SheInspiresUs: Young Karate player from Hyderabad is winner of 22 international Karate championships

Hyderabad, Mar 08 (ANI): A Karate player from Hyderabad has won 20 national and 22 international championships. Syeda Falak started playing Karate at the age of 12 as she was fascinated by demonstration of self defence. Speaking to ANI, she said, "I started playing Karate at age of 12. I won international medal within 6 months of starting training. Today, I'm winner of 20 national and 22 international championships and first from Telangana to qualify for World and Asian Karate Championships."

#SheInspiresUs: Vanchinad Express safe in the hands of 'women gang'

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Mar 08 (ANI): Mechanical repair has traditionally been a male-dominant field. A women team has been handling the mechanical maintenance of Vanchinad Express in Thiruvananthapuram railway station. The women staff is assigned the mechanical trip schedule task. They need to check and tighten the nuts and bolts of all coaches as part of the trip schedule not even that, they have to ensure 100 per cent brake power in the train. The carpentry work is also handled by them. The women team has become a symbol of women empowerment in city.

#SheInspiresUs: Women employees take over duties on Women's Day at Hajipur Railway Station

Hajipur (Bihar), Mar 08 (ANI): To honour International Women's Day, women took over the responsibilities at Bihar's Hajipur Railway Station. Different duties were performed by women on March 07 ahead of Women's Day. Right from ticket counter, query counter, level crossing gates and control panel etc, all the duties were performed by women railway employees. A woman employee shared, "We are doing very good work on Women's Day. We are taking care of the (level crossing) gate. All the women are doing good work on their respective positions. I am feeling good."

#SheInspiresUs: Dipa Karmakar remembers her mother, coach on International Women's Day

Agartala (Tripura), Mar 07 (ANI): Star Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar and Padma Shri awardee shared her views on International Women's Day. Wishing everyone on the occasion, she said that she got inspired by her mother and her first coach. She also said that both of them have made tremendous sacrifices to make her a champion.

Watch: 'Chadimaar' Holi celebrated with gusto in Mathura

Mathura (UP), Mar 07 (ANI): Ahead of the festival of colors, residents of Mathura played Chadimaar Holi with religious zeal. Chadimaar Holi is celebrated in a very unique way, women beat men with little sticks as per traditional culture of Gokul. Scores of foreigners also participate in Chadimaar Holi. Gokul is the birth place of Lord Krishna, who used to play Holi with his friends in this way as per local belief. The nation will celebrate Holi on March 10.

2 suspected Coronavirus cases reported in Amritsar

Amritsar (Punjab), Mar 07 (ANI): Two suspected cases of Coronavirus reported in Punjab's Amritsar on March 06. Both the suspected patients are admitted in Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. "They (both patients) recently returned from Italy. We have kept them in isolation. They are not allowed to contact anyone, while they are under observation," said Medical Superintendent, Dr Raman Sharma. Meanwhile, the total number of cases of deadly virus in India has risen to 31 till now. According to World Health Organization (WHO), China reported 3,045 deaths and 80, 711 confirmed cases of deadly virus. On the other side, 98192 confirmed cases of coronavirus reported globally. Outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported from China's Wuhan on December 31, 2019.

Indian manufacturing sector has potential to reach 1 trillion dollar by 2025: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, Mar 07 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on March 7 attended the Business Global Summit-2020 in Delhi. While addressing the gathering, he said that India is aiming to increase the manufacturing sector to 25 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product by 2022. The manufacturing sector has the potential to reach 1 trillion dollar by 2025. "We are currently 2.5 trillion dollar economy and ambitiously aiming to become 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024. India's FDI an inflow has been increasingly consistently standing at 44.3637 billion dollar in 2018-19," said Singh.

SBI's rescue plan for Yes Bank is 'bizarre': P Chidambaram

New Delhi, Mar 07 (ANI): Former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram reacted over Yes Bank crisis and said that the resolution plan proposed by State Bank of India (SBI) for Yes Bank is bizarre. "Resolution plan proposed by SBI for Yes Bank is bizarre, when bank's net worth is perhaps 0. It would be better for SBI to take over, on RBI's order, Yes Bank's loan book at Rs 1 and to assure depositors that their money will be returned." "Simultaneously, SBI should make every effort to recover as much as possible of the outstanding loans of Yes Bank," SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar has said that there is a possibility of the state-run lender picking up stake of up to 49% in Yes Bank.