India

Mumbai, Oct 28 (PTI) The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that it will not arrest NCB's zonal director Sameer Wankhede without giving him a prior notice of three working days, in connection with the allegations of extortion and corruption levelled against him.

Wankhede also moved the Bombay High Court on Thursday, seeking interim protection from arrest or any coercive action against him.

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Thursday posted a nearly six-fold increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 100 crore in the September quarter on the back of higher revenues.

The net profit of the company was Rs 17 crore in the quarter ended on September 30, 2020, according to a BSE filing.

The company's total income stood at Rs 1,411 crore in the second quarter of the current fiscal as against Rs 718 crore in the same period a year ago.

New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) Launching an attack on the Uttar Pradesh government over the issues of farmers, BJP MP Varun Gandhi alleged on Friday that "crippling corruption" in procurement centres is completely out in the open and that they are forced to sell their grains to middlemen.

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) The Delhi Police on Thursday began removing barricades put up at the Tikri border where thousands of farmers are protesting against the Centre's three agri laws, a senior officer said.

Four out of the eight layers of barricades at Tikri border have been removed. However, the cement barricades are still there and the road remains closed for commuters, the officer said.

Thousands of farmers have been protesting at the three borders of the national capital against the contentious farm laws since November last year.

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) The Delhi Commission for Women has rescued a four-month-old girl, who was allegedly sold by her father when she was only six-day-old, according to a statement.

The commission's mahila panchayat office at Shahbad Dairy received a complaint from an anonymous source on October 21 that a man had sold his girl child.

The commission immediately formed a team and contacted the Delhi Police.

A team of the DCW, along with the Delhi Police, then approached the girl's mother who lives with her parents.

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Ahead of the civic body elections early next year, NGO Praja Foundation has ranked Delhi's sitting councillors and released a consolidated report on Thursday, claiming a decline in their overall performance.

There are 265 councillors in the North, East and South Delhi Municipal Corporations.

The NGO said none of them scored Grade A.

All these three civic bodies are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the principal opposition.

New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The government has extended the term of Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das by another three years up to December 2024, according to an official order.

Das was appointed the RBI's 25th governor on December 11, 2018 for a period of three years after the abrupt resignation of his predecessor Urjit Patel.

An official order dated October 28, said that the government has reappointed Das as the Governor of the central bank for a period of three years beyond December 10, 2021.

Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a ban on the sale and use of all firecrackers during Diwali, Chhath Puja, and other festivities to check air pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A division bench comprising justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Aniruddha Roy directed the police to initiate legal action against anyone found violating the ban after having confiscated the crackers.

New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The government has approved 8.5 per cent rate of interest on employees' provident fund for the 2020-21 fiscal, a source said.

Just ahead of Diwali, this is a good news for over five crore subscribers of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

The 8.5 per cent rate of interest on provident fund deposits for the last financial year was decided by the EPFO's apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees (CBT) headed by Labour Minister in March this year.

Kanpur: The health department team collected samples of several people but only nine suspected patients with Zika virus symptoms have also been reported.

About 70 health department teams are conducting door-to-door surveys at Pardevanpur and Pokharapur under the guidance of a central team from Delhi and experts from Lucknow.

An Air Force personnel living in Pardevanpur had a report confirming a Zika virus infection, but it is yet to be ascertained from where the air force personnel caught the infection.

The health department team is investigating the matter.