Gold smuggling: Kerala IAS officer in ED custody

New Delhi: The ED has taken into custody M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, in connection with the gold smuggling case after the high court denied him anticipatory bail. Officials said Sivasankar was needed to be taken into custody for detailed questioning. TNS

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Dharma Productions must apologise: Goa minister

Panaji: The controversy over the alleged indiscriminate dumping of PPEs and other unsegregated garbage by a production crew hired by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions for a shoot in a Goa beach village refuses to die down with Goa’s Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo demanding an apology, failing which a fine would be imposed. IANS

ED seizes Rs7.5-crore assets in loan fraud case

New Delhi: The ED on Wednesday said it had issued a provisional order to seize 21 immovable properties worth Rs 7.57 crore and Rs 50 lakh deposit kept with Meliora Asset Reconstruction Company of Polepalli Venkata Prasad and his family in connection with a loan fraud. TNS