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Cabinet approves Companies Second Amendment Bill 2019

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Cabinet approved Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019. While addressing the press conference, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Cabinet approves Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019. Bill removes criminality under the Act. This Bill further ease of living for law-abiding corporates and de-clogs the criminal justice system in the country." The 72 changes in the Companies Act have also been approved.

Equities close lower as Coronavirus cases rise, financial and metal stocks drag

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Heavy selling in financial and metal stocks dragged equity benchmark indices lower by half a per cent on Wednesday as the government said that number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in India has risen to 28. The market sentiment was affected after Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that a total of 28 cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed and all international tourists coming to India are being screened at airports. As investors assessed the economic fallout from fast-spreading Coronavirus globally, the BSE SandP Sensex closed 214 points or 0.55 per cent lower at 38,409 while the Nifty 50 slipped by 49 points or 0.43 per cent to 11,254. Except for Nifty pharma and IT, all sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the red with Nifty financial service losing by 1.42 per cent, private bank by 1.71 per cent, metal by 0.74 per cent.

Delhi Police arrests four rewarded criminals

New Delhi, march 4 (ANI): A team of Counter Intelligence Unit, Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested 4 most wanted criminals of gang wanted more than dozen heinous crime from Gurugram. The arrested criminals identified as Jitender Alias Gogi, Rohit Alias Moi, Kuldeep Mann Alias Fajja and Kapil. All the arrested accused are cumulatively carrying a total reward of Rs 10 lakhs fifty thousand. Jitender was running an extremely sophisticated organized crime syndicate. Members of his gang were committing extortion, collecting ransom, protection money and committing car-jacking at impunity. The Special Cell was on the trail of gang members for a long time and traced them to Gurugram, and surrounded their hideout. Total six imported pistols; over 70 live cartridges and one robbed car were recovered from the accused. A case under the relevant sections of law has been registered at PS Special Cell. Further investigation is under progress.

Nirbhaya's lawyer to file application in Delhi HC to get fresh date for execution of convicts

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): After President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy plea of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case convict Pawan, Nirbhaya's lawyer Seema Kushwaha to now file a fresh application in Delhi High Court in the case. She said, "We are moving a fresh application in Delhi court to fix a fresh date for the execution of the four convicts. All the convicts have exhausted their complete rights. The date which will be fixed now will be the final date." Nirbhaya's lawyer Seema Kushwaha also thanked President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy plea.

28 positive cases of coronavirus reported in India: Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed that there have been 28 positive cases of coronavirus in India as of now. He said, "From now on, all flights and passengers will be part of universal screening, not just the 12 countries which we had listed earlier. 17 out of 23-24 Italian nationals, including an Indian driver have found positive for coronavirus. They have been sent to at Indo-Tibetan Border Police's (ITBP) quarantine facility in Chhawla. Three cases were from Kerala that have been cured, one from Delhi and his family of six people, one from Telangana and this Italian group. Till now, there have been 28 positive cases of coronavirus in India".

President Kovind confers Lalit Kala Akademi Awards

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to the meritorious artists at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 04. The 15 artists received the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards. The awardees include Anoop Kumar Manzukhi Gopi from Kerala, David Malakar from West Bengal, Hari Ram Kumbhawat from Rajasthan, Devendra Kumar Khare from Gujarat, Dinesh Pandya from Maharashtra, Mohan Kumar from Karnataka and Yashwant Singh from Delhi.

Passengers screened for coronavirus at Guwahati airport

Guwahati (Assam), Mar 04 (ANI): Several passengers were screened for deadly coronavirus at LGBI Airport in Guwahati on March 04. According to Union Health Ministry, two suspected COVID-19 cases in Assam were found negative. Meanwhile, the total number of cases of deadly virus in India has reported 28 till now. Several airports in India are on high alert passengers are being monitored and screened by the authorities.

I will not celebrate 'Holi' because of coronavirus and Delhi violence: CM Kejriwal

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that he will not celebrate 'Holi' this year, because of coronavirus and the recent violence which took place in Delhi, in which many people lost their lives. He further said, "People are in pain that is why neither I nor any minister or MLA will celebrate Holi." Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced that he will not participate in 'Holi' event to avoid mass gathering.

State-level task force constituted to control situation arising due to COVID-19: CM Kejriwal

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, held a press conference in the national capital on Wednesday 04. Speaking at the conference, Kejriwal said that a state-level task force has been constituted to control the situation arising due to coronavirus. Adding in it, he further said the task force will be chaired by him. He said, "A state-level task force has been constituted to control the situation arising due to coronavirus. It will be chaired by me. It includes members from several agencies, departments and corporations. Each member has been assigned a role." The total number of cases of deadly virus in India has reported 28 till now.

Congress stages protest against attack at Adhir Chowdhury's Delhi residence

Kolkata (West Bengal), Mar 04 (ANI): Congress party workers and their student wing staged protest against the attack at Delhi residence of MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. However, later police detained Congress workers. Residence of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was attacked by miscreants on March 03. House staff was also thrashed by miscreants.

Requested all Delhi hospitals to develop good quality isolation wards: Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Amid growing number of positive cases in India, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told that Delhi hospitals to develop good quality isolation wards. He said, "We have requested all hospitals in Delhi to develop good quality isolation wards, in order to stay prepared if more cases of coronavirus are suspected in the national capital. We have talked to administration of Delhi to use a cluster approach for stopping coronavirus from spreading. On conducting contact tracing of the person tested positive in Delhi, we came to know that he infected 6 members of his family who are in Agra. All 6 members tested positive for coronavirus."

Ghaziabad district administration issues advisory to schools, private hospitals on coronavirus

Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 04 (ANI): Ghaziabad district administration has issued advisory to the schools and private hospitals on coronavirus alert. While speaking to ANI, the District Magistrate (DM) of Ghaziabad, Dr Ajay Shankar Pandey spoke on coronavirus alert. He said, "We have declared an emergency number where any person can call and can give any kind of information related to coronavirus. We have given advisory to schools to aware students about coronavirus." "Private hospitals have also been given advisory regarding coronavirus patients. We have received all negative report of 153 people who were being tested yesterday," Ghaziabad DM added.

BJP using 'poaching politics' to buy Congress legislators: Adhir Chowdhury on horse-trading in MP

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): While speaking to ANI in the national capital on March 04, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury spoke on BJP horse-trading in Madhya Pradesh. He said, "Wherever there are Congress-ruled government in Indian states, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using all its power to break govt." "BJP is using poaching politics to buy Congress legislators," Adhir Ranjan added.

Refining military capacities on both western, northern borders: Army Chief Naravane

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Army Chief General MM Naravane attended the Indian Army International Seminar with the theme 'Changing Characteristics of Land Warfare and Its Impact on the Military' in Delhi. On changing character of warfare, Army Chief General MM Naravane said, "Warfare evolves faster than war fighters do. Icons of the 20th-century battlefield like large main battle tanks and fighter aircraft are on their way out." He further said, "Apart from strengthening conventional progress, we are also focusing on dynamic response. We are refining our capacities on both the western and northern borders. We are developing both kinetic and non-kinetic methods. We are looking at using block chain technologies and direct energy weapons like a laser in future."

Coronavirus: Created separate isolation ward of 56-beds in all medical colleges, informs Meerut CMO

Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 04 (ANI): While speaking to ANI, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Meerut Dr Rajkumar spoke on coronavirus alert. He said, "We have created a separate isolation ward of 56-beds in all medical colleges." "We have also given advisory to all the private hospitals that they should create a separate isolation ward in their respective hospitals," Dr Rajkumar added.

Allegations of horse-trading in MP unfortunate, party has nothing to do with it: BJP state president

Bhopal (MP)/ New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Senior BJP leaders refuted Congress claims on horse-trading in Madhya Pradesh. BJP president of Madhya Pradesh, VD Sharma said that the ruling party is suffering from internal conflict and BJP has nothing to do with these allegations. He said, "The Madhya Pradesh government led by Kamal Nath ji is suffering from internal conflicts. The allegations and counter-allegations in Madhya Pradesh are unfortunate. BJP has nothing to do with it." Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Congress is fabricating these allegations. He said, "Congress is expert in manipulation. Now they are making counter-allegations. If they thinks they might gain something with these fabricated talks, it's not true. On contrary, they are getting exposed."

Shivraj Singh Chouhan is mastermind of this conspiracy: Congress' Jitu Patwari on MP horse-trading

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister, Jitu Patwari alleged that former MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is offering money to Congress MLAs from state. He said, "Different MLAs were promised Rupees 35, 50, 65 crores. Where does this money come from? When we went to the hotel, we learned that MLAs were beaten up. One MLA was taken away by BJP leader Narottam Mishra. Shivraj Singh Chouhan is mastermind of this entire conspiracy. It shows that BJP is taking revenge from people for voting it to power." When asked about the news of few MLAs being taken to Bengaluru, Jitu Patwari asserted that those MLAs will also make clarifications through audio and videos, which will make everything clear.

Will conduct floor test if needed: MP minister on horse-trading

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Mar 04 (ANI): While speaking to ANI in Bhopal on March 04, the Commercial Tax Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Brijendra Singh Rathore spoke on BJP horse-trading in Madhya Pradesh. He said, "Those involved in buying Member of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using black money, are the ones who are afraid that their corrupt practices will be exposed by Congress government." "But Congress government in Madhya Pradesh will run for five years. If needed, will conduct a floor test," MP minister added.

In Balakot airstrike, sophisticated info narratives played imp role: Army Chief

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Army Chief General MM Naravane attended the Indian Army International Seminar with the theme 'Changing Characteristics of Land Warfare and Its Impact on the Military' in Delhi. During the event, Army Chief General MM Naravane said, "Balakot airstrike saw short intense escalatory cycle in full media blare where sophisticated info narratives played an important role. It demonstrated that if you play escalatory game with skill, military ascendance can be established in cycles that don't necessarily lead to war." "India is a home grown culture and domestic tradition of valuable insights which could also help us to create contemporary templates for modern geo-political competition," added the Army Chief.

China not involved in combat for decades, its aura made it undisputed military leader: Army Chief

New Delhi, Mar 04 (ANI): Army Chief General MM Naravane attended the Indian Army International Seminar with the theme 'Changing Characteristics of Land Warfare and Its Impact on the Military' in Delhi. Addressing the event, Army Chief General MM Naravane said, "China has not been involved in real hardcore combat for a few decades now, yet regular showcasing of its military might has created this aura of China being the undisputed military leader in key technology domain." He further said, "In Iraq and Syria, it is the ISIS an organisation steeped in 17th century, was far more advanced in using social media than the 21st-century forces like the US and the UK".