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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

Kochi, Oct 17: Dashing all the hopes, Vatican has rejected the appeal of Sister Lucy Kalapura, a nun who belonged to the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC), against the decree expelling her from the congregation. A letter sent by Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, apostolic nuncio, to Sr Ann Joseph, superior general, FCC, Aluva, mentioned that the Congregation for Oriental Churches had rejected

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

Nagpur, Oct 17: The Congress on Wednesday took potshots at the BJP for its demand to confer the Bharat Ratna on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar and sought to know by the saffron outfit is not seeking the country's highest civilian award for Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse. Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said the BJP-led government needs to seriously think about the path it wants to take

Mumbai, Oct 17: Credit growth at Indian banks has dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years, the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data shows, as slowing domestic consumption weighs on demand. This adds to the challenges facing Narendra Modi as he begins his second term as prime minister with India's economy at its weakest levels in six years. "The slowdown in credit growth this time is a

New Delhi, Oct 17: The Congress party on Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show "courage" and announce the removal of cap on withdrawal of money by depositors of scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank. Otherwise, it said, he should stop giving challenges to other parties on "non-issues". The statement from Congress spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh came at a

New Delhi, Oct 17: Breaking his silence on his cancelled visit to Denmark, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the reality of the BJP was exposed before the world when the centre did not allow him to travel to the country for a conference on climate change. "BJP did not let me go but I was happy that the organiser asked me to participate through video conferencing. This is not

New Delhi, Oct 16: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday defended cutting of trees for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poll rally, saying such a thing was done earlier too, but more trees were also planted. His remarks came a day after the opposition parties alleged that some trees on the campus of Sir Parshuram College in Maharashtra's Pune city were chopped on Monday for Modi