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On Monday, Enforcement Directorate attached properties and bank account related to fugitive Nirav Modi worth Rs. 637 crore. An official told PTI the properties were attached in India and four other countries. Modi is the prime accused in the Rs. 14,000 cr PNB scam which came to light this year.

India is one of the most prolific consumers of porn in the world. Yet, in 2015, the government had issued a ban on some 857 porn websites, but was unable to enforce the same. Now, the government is again attempting to block porn websites, but this time too, it's unlikely to succeed. Here's why.

Enforcement Directorate's Special Director in Mumbai, Vineet Agarwal, has been removed from the post by the government on Tuesday. He was ousted over his alleged interference in relieving the investigating officer in Nirav Modi's money laundering case without following due procedure. Officials said Agarwal's tenure has been reduced by three years. The 1994-batch Maharashtra-cadre IPS officer has been repatriated with immediate effect.

Among the endless list of products that enforce traditional beauty norms on women, here's a new one. After the unfortunate fiasco that was the Doritos' chips for women (you know, so women don't crunch too loudly in public), a Japanese brand has taken the honor of adding an anti-aging deodorant for women (that makes you smell younger) to the list of idiotic products.

Ahead of his Supreme Court hearing in the INX Media case, Congress leader P Chidambaram was visited by party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the Tihar Jail on Wednesday morning. Today, the court will hear Chidambaram's bail plea in the case filed by the Enforcement Directorate.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX Media case. On Thursday, the top court had reserved its order on the 74-year-old leader's bail plea in the case. Chidambaram is being probed on allegations of money laundering by the Enforcement Directorate.