India

Mumbai, Oct 6 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested the former CFO and the former internal auditor of the Cox and Kings Group in connection with its money laundering probe in the Yes Bank alleged loan default case.

The agency said ex-chief financial officer Anil Khandelwal and ex-internal auditor Naresh Jain were arrested under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Both the accused were produced before a local court that sent them to 7 days' ED custody, it said in a statement.

Raipur, Oct 6 (PTI) Women commandos of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) on Tuesday recovered a powerful 10-kg improvised explosive device (IED), planted by Maoists, in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district and later defused it, a police official said.

The explosive, packed in a pressure cooker, was unearthed from a dirt track between Surnaar and Tetam villages under Katekalyan police station limits by a team of Danteshwari fighters during an operation, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told PTI.

NEW DELHI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- India's COVID-19 tally reached 6,757,131 and death toll 104,555 on Wednesday as 72,049 new cases were detected and 986 patients died during the past 24 hours, said the latest data released by the federal health ministry.

Currently there are 907,883 active COVID-19 cases in the country, while 5,744,693 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals.

New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) The national capital's air quality was recorded in the poor category for a brief period Wednesday morning, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

Kanpur: Not only senior and junior doctors but the paramedical staff and other health workers treating the Covid patients also suffer from dehydration, giddiness, amnesia and headache due to their hectic eight-hour schedule.

More than 50 doctors and health workers of Gnesh Shankar Vidyarthi medical College are facing such sort of symptoms. This topic has been referred to in the medical college. 

They neither take anything to eat nor avail of the air-conditioning nor the electric fan air during the duty hours.

Gorakhpur (UP), Oct 6 (PTI) A deaf and mute girl was allegedly raped by a 25-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, police said.

The 18-year-old girl was sleeping when Pintu Prasad entered her house at a village in Chauri Chaura area on Monday afternoon. He covered the girl's face and raped her, according to the police.

New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) Criminal cases against sitting and former lawmakers have increased over the last two years and strict monitoring at the micro level is needed by high courts to ensure expeditious disposal of cases against them, the Supreme Court was informed on Monday.

The total number of cases against sitting and former lawmakers are 4,859 as per a new report, while it was 4,442 in March 2020, the top court was apprised in a report filed before it.

Kanpur: The efforts to control air pollution in the city through various measures are a welcome move indeed. 

A Whatsapp group of experts coming from IIIT, Kanpur University and Pollution Control Board will put up their respective suggestions.

Realising the gravity of the issue, the Nagar Ayukt A Tripathi has made arrangements for the sprinkling of water on dusty roads, garbage removal punctually, pruning of trees, preparation of route map for disposal of garbage, and others.

Mathura (UP), Oct 5 (PTI) An 11-year-old boy was allegedly murdered and his body dumped in a bush near Jawahar Bagh in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, as a ransom of Rs 5 lakh was not paid in time by the father, police said on Monday.

A 26-year-old accused identified as Lokesh alias Pillu was arrested in connection with the case on Sunday, they added.

Hoshangabad (MP), Oct 5 (PTI) A 19-year-old Dalit woman has alleged that she was raped by seven men separately in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh last month, police said on Monday, adding that four persons have been arrested.

The alleged incidents had taken place on September 20 and September 25, a police officer said quoting the FIR lodged by the woman on Sunday.

The complainant is a resident of a village under Piparia police station area in Hoshangabad district.