Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized properties worth ₹3,000 crore belonging to Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani in connection with a money laundering case. The attached assets include the family residence at Pali Hill in Bandra and the Reliance Centre in Delhi, among others. The order was issued on October 31.

The seized assets are spread across Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Thane, and Andhra Pradesh, including both residential and office properties.

The ED has also intensified its probe into loan frauds linked to Reliance Communications, where around ₹13,600 crore worth of loans were allegedly diverted to other companies through irregular means. Anil Ambani had previously been questioned by the agency in this regard, and a senior official of Reliance Power had already been arrested earlier.

Patna: Former MLA and JD(U) candidate Anant Singh has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Jan Suraj party worker. The arrest took place early Sunday morning. Police have also taken into custody his associates Manikant Thakur and Ranjit Ram.
The victim, Dular Chand Yadav, was killed on Thursday while participating in an election campaign for Priyadarshi Piyush, a Jan Suraj Party candidate from Mokama constituency and Yadav’s relative.

An e-pass system is being made mandatory for all visitors entering Valparai, a popular hill tourism area nestled in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, starting tomorrow, November 1, 2025. This regulation is being enforced following a directive from the Madras High Court to regulate tourist entry into the sensitive ecological region.

Travelers can register for the mandatory e-pass through the official website: www.tnepass.tn.gov.in/home.

For visitors traveling from Kerala, registration and inspection facilities have also been set up at the two entry points on the Coimbatore district border:

1. The checkpost at the left bank of the Sholayar Dam (via Mazhukkupara).
2. The Aliyar checkpost.

Revenue, local self-government, police, and Forest Department officials have been assigned to these locations to facilitate registration and verification of the e-passes.

Additional Regulations

The District Collectorate has also issued a separate notice announcing a strict ban on the use and transport of plastic materials by visitors, stating that any plastic items found will be confiscated.

Key exemptions and conditions include:

• Vehicles with a registered address within the Valparai Taluk are required to register for the e-pass only once.
• Government buses and official vehicles are exempt from the new e-pass requirement.

The extension of the e-pass mandate to Valparai follows similar requirements already in place for the Nilgiris district and Kodaikanal.