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Mumbai, Feb 24: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached 21 properties, including a penthouse and a farmhouse, of Nirav Modi and his group worth over Rs 523 crore in fresh action against the beleaguered jeweller in the alleged Rs 11,400 crore fraud in the PNB. The central probe agency said it has issued a provisional order for attachment of the assets, under the Prevention of Money

New Delhi, Feb 24: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today slammed regulators for failing to detect the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at Punjab National Bank for seven long years, saying unlike politicians, regulators in the Indian system are unaccountable. Speaking on the scam for the second time this week, he said employees conniving with fraudsters is worrisome. Also worrisome is that no red flag was

New Delhi, Feb 24: In an unprecedented move, a Delhi Police team on Friday seized a hard disk containing CCTV footage from the residence of Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the chief secretary's "assault" incident, while the chief minister knocked on the Lieutenant Governor's (LG) doors to ensure that the government's work was not hit due to the boycott by bureaucrats, even as the Centre hinted

New Delhi, Feb 24: The owner of Gitanjali Gems, Mehul Choksi, who is also an accused in the Rs 11,300 crore PNB fraud, today released a letter to his employees in which he said that he has done nothing wrong and truth shall prevail. "I will face my destiny and I know I have done nothing wrong and ultimately the truth shall prevail," Choksi said in a letter released by his lawyer Sanjay Abbot

Bhopal, Feb 24: Voting for by-polls in the Mungaoli and Kolaras Assembly seats of Madhya Pradesh began at 8 AM today, a poll official said. "An error was reported in the EVM machine in the beginning at booth number 57 of Kolaras, but it was rectified and polling began soon after," the official said. The by-polls were necessitated due to the death of Congress MLAs Mahendra Singh Kalukheda (Mungaoli

Chennai, Feb 23: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth today praised his contemporary and Makkal Neethi Mayyam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan, saying the "efficient" star would earn people's confidence. Responding to Haasan launching his political party MNM at Madurai on Wednesday, Rajinikanth, who is also set to take the political plunge, said though he and Haasan would be taking different paths, their

Mumbai, Feb 23: Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who featured in one of the advertisement campaigns for jewellery designer Nirva Modi, has terminated her contract with the brand, her spokesperson has said. Chopra has taken the step in the light of recent allegations against Nirav Modi, who is accused of acquiring fraudulent letters of undertaking from a Punjab National Bank branch in Mumbai to

New Delhi, Feb 23: Visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the two sides held a high-level discussion to boost trade and bilateral ties. The two sides held extensive talks, exploring ways to boost ties in several key areas, including trade and energy. India and Canada also inked six pacts including, including one on energy cooperation

Washington Feb 23: The Trump administration has announced a new policy that makes very tough the procedure of issuing H-1B visas to those to be employed at one or more third-party worksites, a move that will hugely impact Indian IT companies and their employees. Under the new policy, the company would have to go an extra length to prove that its H-1B employee at a third-party worksite has specific

New Delhi, Feb 23: The ED today said it has frozen bank deposits and shares worth about Rs 44 crore of the Nirav Modi group and seized a huge collection of imported watches from locations linked to the billionaire diamantaire. Officials said they have put freeze orders on bank accounts containing Rs 30 crore and shares worth Rs 13.86 crore of the group under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act