Probe Agencies Work Independently, It's For Courts To Judge Their Actions: PM Modi
NDTV
The prime minister said he was surprised that opposition parties were glorifying those convicted for corruption and were out of jail on parole, an apparent reference to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the opposition, accusing it of shielding the corrupt, and declared that action against corrupt leaders will continue and "those looting the nation will have to pay".
Responding to the debate in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address, PM Modi said strong words were used against the government and much anger was expressed for taking action against the corrupt.
"You can criticise me as much as you want, but my fight against corruption will continue. Those who have looted the nation will have to pay back. I make this promise to the nation from this sacred House," the prime minister said.
The BJP, Vishnu Deo Sai said, has shown huge respect to Ambedkar, no matter who headed the government -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Narendra Modi.
Shyam Benegal, who burst on the scene with his first film "Ankur" in 1974, was a chronicler of India's times and politics.
A second-cousin brother of the late legend, actor-film-maker Guru Dutt, Shyam Benegal was 90 and breathed his last at a private hospital in Mumbai. He is survived by his wife Nira and their daughter Pia.
The union government has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials.
"Adani Defence Systems & Technologies Ltd (ADSTL) has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 85.8 per cent shareholding in Air Works India (Engineering) Private Ltd," a company statement said.
Several domestic carriers, between October and November, received hundreds of "hoax" messages or calls on their official communication channels including on social media.
Former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's BJD has made it clear that they are not against Electronic Voting Machines, questioning instead the integrity of the election process.
Lavi Pal alias Rahul Saini was arrested after an encounter in which he was injured on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.
Seven Indians were injured in the deadly car-ramming attack in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.
The man, identified as Zakir, gesticulated to a biker to help him, even as the truck kept accelerating, showed the 36-second clip.
All the accused were arrested in November and December after reviewing data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C), said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (cyber).