India

New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested the vice chairman and managing director of real estate group IREO, Lalit Goyal, in connection with a money laundering probe against him, officials said on Tuesday.

The businessman has been taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the federal probe agency in Chandigarh and will be produced before a local court for seeking his remand, they said.

Amaravati, Nov 16 (PTI) The Andhra Pradesh government is seeking to take back close to 750 acres of land it allotted to NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Private Ltd (NBPPL) at Mannavaram village in Chittoor district as the joint venture company is on the verge of winding up its business.

This apart, the state government is also listing out lands given at concessional rates to various other Central government public sector undertakings for setting up their units across AP.

New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) The Kartarpur Sahib corridor to the most revered shrines of Sikhs located in Pakistan will be reopened from Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Tuesday.

The corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.

The announcement to restart the pilgrimage that was suspended since March 2020 following the COVID-19 outbreak came three days before the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev on Friday.

Ghaziabad, Nov 16 (PTI) Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said farmers or stubble burning should not be blamed for air pollution, citing a Supreme Court observation.

The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson, who has been one of the most prominent faces of the protests at Delhi borders against the Centre's farm laws, also demanded an apology from those holding the farming community responsible for pollution woes.

NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,447,536 today, as 10,229 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data.

Besides, as many as 125 deaths due to the pandemic were reported since yesterday morning, taking the total death toll to 463,655.

There are still 134,096 active COVID-19 cases, the lowest active caseload in 523 days, in the country, with a fall of 1,822 active cases during the past 24 hours.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Nov 15 PTI A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an acquaintance of her family after he laced their beverage with an intoxicant here, police said.

The incident took place at the victim's residence under Kotwali police station limits in the district on Sunday, they said.

Police have named the accused as Munna, who is absconding, police said.

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated ABVP and the JNUSU allegedly got into an argument over organising a programme at the student union hall in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus here, police said on Monday.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) accused each other of attacking their members and injuring other students on Sunday night.

An FIR has not been registered yet, police said.

Narayanpur, Nov 15 (PTI) A Naxal commander was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Monday, a senior police official said.

The gunfight took place at around 11.30 am in the forest of Bahker under Chhotedongar police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an area domination operation, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Girija Shankar Jaiswal said.

Kanpur: Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad has said that the city has reported a total of 123 cases of Zika virus so far.

He added that out of these cases, 96 cases are currently active in Kanpur.

One case of Zika virus was recently reported in Kannauj while three cases were reported in Lucknow respectively.

He further pointed out that a total of 123 cases of Zika virus have been reported in Kanpur district so far, out of which 96 cases are active.

One case of Zika virus was reported in Kannauj and three in Lucknow.

Kanpur: The shaher qazi refused to conduct a 'nikah' (marriage), saying that the DJ band and fireworks at the ceremony were against the 'Sharia' laws.

He agreed to perform the 'nikah' only after the groom's family apologised for their conduct and stopped the DJ and the fireworks. The high-voltage drama lasted for nearly two long hours.

According to reports, the marriage of the son of a businessman from the Talaq Mahal area was to be solemnised with a girl in the Jajmau area two days ago.

A band accompanied the marriage procession and there were fireworks too.