The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached immovable properties, valuables, vehicles and bank accounts with a total value of Rs 24.77 crore of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi.
The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in connection with the Punjab National Bank fraud case.
The ED has attached three commercial properties in Dubai, valuables, a Mercedes Benz E280 and Fixed Deposits controlled by Choksi, who is now said to be based in Antigua.
S Jaishankar said the ministry has initiated discussions with the "India Security Press" regarding the project for issuing chip-enabled e-passports to the citizens.
Uttarakhand's Joshimath Municipality is faced with an uphill task of clearing quintals of garbage left behind after the high-profile Gupta family weddings last week at Auli.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has announced her party would contest all future elections alone—a message firmly puts an end to the alliance with Samajwadi Party after weeks of uncertainty.
Mayawati on Monday declared that her party in the future will contest all elections "small and big" on its own, signalling the end of the much discussed SP-BSP alliance forged for the Lok Sabha polls.
11 people were arrested in connection with Jharkhand lynching, and an Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been set up to look into the death of Tabrez Ansari.
To commemorate the 20 years of the Kargil war, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday recreated the Tiger Hill attack here on Monday.