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.
The Railway Board is deliberating on a second such route, which also would be within the 500-km distance range.
A similar Bill was brought by the previous government but it could not get parliamentary nod and lapsed.
Over 36 per cent of schools across the country do not have electricity, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Monday.
India has had a long and problematic relationship with menstruation. Women have been treated as untouchables when they bleed, are not allowed to enter the house or places of worship.
A man travelling in Shatabdi express on Sunday pulled the emergency chain at Mathura Junction to let his mother finish her breakfast.
Sitharaman said with a view to incentivising investment in GIFT City, the government proposes several tax benefits.