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HP's Lahaul-Spiti covers with fresh white snow

Lahaul-Spiti (Himachal Pradesh), Mar 05 (ANI): The beautiful Lahaul-Spiti received fresh snowfall and the place looked mesmerizing after covering with white spell. The current temperature of Lahaul-Spiti is -16 degree Celsius. The fresh snowfall led to drop in temperature in nearby places as well.

Equity indices in the green, FMCG and IT stocks gain

New Delhi, Mar 05 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded with a positive bias during early hours on Thursday as global markets swung higher with central banks offering interest rate cuts to stabilise economic outlook amid spreading coronavirus. At 10:15 am, the BSE S-P Sensex was up by 94 points to 38,503 while the Nifty 50 edged higher by 24 points at 11,275. Most sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the positive terrain with Nifty FMCG gaining by 1.6 per cent, IT by 1.04 per cent and pharma by 0.8 per cent. Among stocks, Hindustan Lever ticked up by 2.9 per cent at Rs 2,240 per share and Britannia by 2 per cent at Rs 3,127.20 apiece.

Jhunjhunu administration takes samples of hotel staff where coronavirus infected Italians tourists stayed

Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan), Mar 05 (ANI): Around fifteen Italian tourists in India have been reportedly tested positive for coronavirus which is the global health crisis. The District administration of Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan took samples of hotel employees where Italians tourists group were staying. 2-3 teams from Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital of Jaipur came to conduct some test of tourists and hotel staff. They are also gathering information about all tourists staying in different hotels of Jhunjhunu.

Watch: How Northeast Delhi erupted in violent clashes on Feb 24

New Delhi, Mar 05 (ANI): One of the videos of dreadful violence in Delhi's Northeast region is doing the rounds of social media. The video is said to be of February 24 when the communal clashes were on peak. The violence led to major loss of lives and property and at least 47 people died in the communal clashes. Speaking on it, ACP of Gokalpuri, Anuj Kumar, said, 'It happened after the rioters came on the roads of Wazirabad. Everyone in mob was a rioter and the crowd soon took the form of a riot.'

Democracy fails when you fail to enforce law: Ajit Doval tells young police officers

Gurugram (Haryana), Mar 05 (ANI): National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval attended '3rd Young Superintendents of Police Conference' in Gurugram where he said that if one fails to enforce laws, democracy fails with it. While addressing the young police officers at the event, Doval said, "Ballot box elects people for the legislature, not for the executives. They take executive functions but essentially, it is a legislative assembly or Parliament. It is for the legislative body and what is a legislative body? It makes law. So, Law making is the most sacrosanct job in the democracy. And you are the enforcers of that law. If you fail to enforce laws, democracy fails. A law is as good as it is executed on the ground."

Digital medium made it easy for artists to find audience: Mohit Chauhan

Mumbai, Mar 05 (ANI): Bollywood singer Mohit Chauhan has dropped his new single 'Meethi Meethi Gallan' in collaboration with 'SpotLampE'. In an exclusive interview with ANI, Mohit said, "I had fun while recording the song 'Meethi Meethi Gallan'. So, I am hoping that listeners will enjoy this song." Speaking on role of digital medium for independent music, Chauhan said, "I feel in today's date and age, digital medium is very strong and because of it, it is not really hard for any artist to reach the audience. So, because of internet, the song reaches to the audience and if it is good, then it does not matter if it's a film song or a non-film song." In past, Mohit Chauhan has lent his voice for various Bollywood hits including 'Tujhe Bhula Diya' ('Anjaana Anjaani'), 'Dooriyan' ('Love Aaj Kal'), 'Tumse Hi' ('Jab We Met') and 'Tum Ho' ('Rockstar').

Doda DDC visits Government Medical College to review preparedness for coronavirus

Doda (J and K), Mar 05 (ANI): Doda District Development Commissioner, Sagar D Doifode visited Government Medical College and Hospital on March 04. He was there to review preparedness for coronavirus. While talking about his visit, Doifode said, "An isolation ward has been prepared, training of the staff underway; we've requested people to inform regarding their travel history".

We are making alternative arrangements: Bihar Education Minister on striking teachers

Patna (Bihar), Mar 05 (ANI): After High-school teachers in Bihar joined the strike for salary-hike in solidarity with middle-school teachers in state, over 45,000 are being affected. Bihar Education Minister "When a strike takes place, a lot of things get affected. We are making alternative arrangements. It is a matter of concern. It is unfortunate that teachers decided to strike specially in a time when exams are being held. These are our teachers, we don't have any grudge against them. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has taken care of them."

ED raid underway at ex-Jet Airways chairman's residence

Mumbai, Mar 05 (ANI): Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid is underway at the residence of former Chairman of Jet Airways, Naresh Goyal. The raid is carried out in connection with an alleged money laundering case. Further details are awaited.

Watch: Men brutally thrashed in UP, perpetrators make video

Bulandshahr (UP), Mar 05 (ANI): Two men thrashed in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr by some people. They also made a video of thrashing and posted it on social media. Police have lodged an FIR in regards to the matter and investigation is on. According to city SSP Santosh Kumar Singh, "It happened b/w 2 groups in Hamidpur village on 2nd March. FIR was registered. There are different versions of the incident. It's being investigated to know the actual reason behind the incident"

Man issued voter ID card with dog's picture in WB's Murshidabad

Murshidabad (WB), Mar 05 (ANI):A resident of Murshidabad's Ramnagar got an unpleasant surprise after he received his revised voter ID with a picture of a dog instead of his. Sunil Karmakar had applied for a correction in his voter ID. Karmakar said, "Y'day I was called at Dulal Smriti School and this voter ID was given to me. I saw the photo. The officer there, signed and gave it to me but he didn't see the photo. This is playing with my dignity. I will go to BDO office and request that this should not happen again." Rajarshi Chakraborty, BDO said, "It's not his final voter ID. If there is a mistake, it'll be corrected. As far as dog's photo is concerned, it might've been done by someone while filling online application. The photo has already been corrected. He'll get the final ID with correct photo."

Watch: People celebrate world famous 'Lathmar Holi' in Mathura

Barsana (UP), Mar 05 (ANI): Unique 'Lathmar Holi' celebrations began with great pomp and show in Mathura. Woman laden with sticks took to streets and showered blows on men in famous ritual. Mathura's Barsana is jam packed with devotees and tourists to witness grand Holi celebration. District has turned into colourful canvas for the festival.

No Congress MLA 'bikau', missing MLAs will come back: MP Minister Patwari

Bhopal (MP), Mar 05 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Higher Education, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Jitu Patwari said that Congress MLAs who returned from Delhi showed BJP's face to people and not a single MLA of party proved to be 'bikau' (saleable). "All the MLAs who returned from Delhi showed BJP's face to the people. Not a single MLA of ours proved to be 'bikau'. All (4 missing Congress and independent MLAs) of them will also come back," said Patwari.

Coronavirus: Dehradun prepared to combat epidemic

Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Mar 05 (ANI): Uttarakhand Health Department is taking precautionary measures amid coronavirus scare, which has engulfed national capital. Government Doon Medical College Hospital has adequate quantity of masks and an isolation ward has also been created with 29 beds for positive cases, for medical staff there are enough kits as well, according to Hospital Incharge Dr Manoj Kumar. However, market has been hit especially tourism, said Uttarakhand Health DG Amita Upreti.

School principal displays generosity, buys tablets for students in UP

Bhadohi (UP), Mar 05 (ANI): A school principal in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi has set an example for other teachers by providing tablets to students of his school from his own salary. Principal of Prathmik Vidyalay Chitaipur, Arvind Pal bought tablets for students in a bid to provide them digital learning tool. Tablets were given to students by District Magistrate Rajendra Prasad at an event.

Dark mode feature now available in WhatsApp

New Delhi, Mar 05 (ANI): After a successful run on social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter, the feature of dark mode has been now launched on the instant messaging platform WhatsApp. The mode turns the interface into a dark theme, making usage easy on the eyes. According to The Verge, the new feature in the WhatsApp has been launched after months of beta testing and will be functional on the applications in all iOS and Android mobile phones. The app will automatically switch over to the dark mode if the dark mode has been enabled in the mobile phones at the system level in the phones having either Android 10 or iOS 13. In mobile phones with Android 9, the new theme has to be enabled from the settings menu of the application. "During testing, we found that combining pure black and white creates high contrast that can lead to eye fatigue. So instead, you'll notice a special dark grey background and off-white colour that lowers the brightness of the screen, cuts down the glare,

Violence benefits no one, it only harms people and Bharat Mata: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): After visiting a vandalised school in Brijpuri, Rahul Gandhi said the violence is of no benefit to 'Bharat Mata'. "This school is the future of Delhi. Hate and violence has destroyed it. This violence is of no benefit to Bharat Mata. Everybody has to work together and take India forward at this time," Rahul Gandhi further said. Rahul along with other Congress leaders visited riot-affected areas of Northeast Delhi on March 04.

Rahul Gandhi, other Congress leaders visit violence-affected areas of North-East Delhi

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders visited violence-affected areas of North-East Delhi. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Randeep Singh Surjewala also joined the delegation. The leaders visited at several locations including Chand Bagh and New Mustafabad's Brijpuri area. Over 40 people lost their lives in Delhi violence. The violence broke out in national capital on February 23. However, on being asked about the visit, Congress leader K Suresh made a controversial statement by saying, "Congress MPs had so far not visited the riot-affected areas, but IUML and CPI-Left MPs had visited, so we were under tremendous pressure from our constituencies."

Asha Devi thanks President for rejecting Pawan's mercy, hopes new death warrant to be final one

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Staying strong in the long ongoing struggle in 2012 gang rape case, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi thanked President of India for rejecting Pawan's mercy plea and hoped that the new date of death warrant for Nirbhaya's convicts will be the final one. "I thank President of India for rejecting the last mercy. We are now going to file application for a new death warrant. We hope the new date will be the last one and Nirbhaya will get the justice," said Asha Devi with hope. She added, "This has been delayed to such an extent that until the convicts are hanged, I won't be satisfied. I hope that the new date for death warrant that will be generated will be the final one".

NRIs can now acquire up to 100% stake in Air India

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Non-resident Indian (NRI) can now acquire up to 100 per cent equity in Air India. While addressing the press conference after cabinet meeting, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar informed, "Regarding the strategic sale of Air India, now Non-resident Indian (NRI) can acquire 100% of stake in the airlines. Earlier it was 49%."