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Chennai, Oct 19: The Income Tax department on Friday said searches in the premises of a group of firms founded by spiritual guru 'Kalki' Bhagwan has led to unearthing of unaccounted cash receipts to the tune of Rs 409 crore. The premises of a conglomerate of trusts and companies founded by the spiritual guru that ran 'wellness courses' at Varadaiahpalem in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai and Bengaluru

Lucknow, Oct 18: Kamlesh Tiwari, founder of the Hindu Samaj Party, was shot dead in broad daylight in Lucknow on Friday. Soon after the attack Tiwari, former state president of the All India Hindu Mahasabha, was rushed to the Trauma centre in a critical condition but succumbed. According to reports, the attackers, wearing saffron clothes, walked into Tiwari's office in Khurshid Bagh area on the

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Muslim parties have denied reaching a settlement by giving up their claim on disputed land in Ayodhya in the Supreme Court. Rejecting the report that Muslim parties have filed a statement for settlement in the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case, advocate-on-record Ejaz Maqbool for the Muslim parties, issued a statement denying the settlement claims. On the final day of hearing of

Pune, Oct 18: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed on behalf of scam-hit PMC Bank account holders seeking lifting of restrictions imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on cash withdrawals. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said, "We are not inclined to entertain this petition under article 32 (writ jurisdiction). Petitioner can approach the high court

Pune, Oct 18: The ongoing action against those who had indulged in corruption and frauds during the earlier regimes will continue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Pune on Thursday. Speaking at a rally ahead of the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly elections, PM Modi said the middle class has made a great contribution to the economy. The city has a sizable middle-class population. "Over the

Kolkata, Oct 18: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday accused the BJP and its mentor Rashtra Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of trying to destroy the country's secular fabric and letting loose a "reign of fear and distrust" across the country by implementing the contentious National Register for Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Mr Yechury said the BJP is trying to propagate its

Oct 18: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday claimed they "fired in self-defence" during a flag meeting along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Murshidabad, in which one Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed and another sustained injuries. BGB troops opened fire on a BSF patrol earlier today killing Head Constable Vijay Bhan Singh and injuring another when the party was

Islamabad, Oct 18: Backed by longtime ally China, Pakistan is confident it will avert blacklisting over terrorism financing by a global watchdog on Friday but it will not be completely off the hook until it proves it is genuinely severing ties with Islamist militants, officials and analysts said. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) last year placed Pakistan on a grey list of countries with

Kolkata, Oct 17: BCCI president-elect Sourav Ganguly has said that resumption of bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan is subject to approval from India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Imran Khan. Asked about the resumption of India-Pakistan bilateral ties during a media briefing here, Ganguly said, "You have to ask that question to Modi ji and the Pakistan Prime Minister." "Of

Guwahati, Oct 17: The family of a mentally unstable man who died on Sunday while in detention after being declared a foreigner in Assam's Tezpur, has refused to accept his body unless the administration declares him a citizen. 65-year-old Dulal Chandra Paul, who was from Alisinga village of Sonitpur district, died at Guwahati Medical College on Sunday after an illness. The state government has