PM Modis response to the query about the Indian cricket coach; plus more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that "it is my resolve" that "I will not do Hindu-Muslim" and that "the day I do Hindu-Muslim, I will be unworthy of public life" on the day he submitted his nomination from Varanasi. These statements followed his criticism of the Congress a few days prior, when he remarked, "Muslims have the first claim to the nation's resources... They will distribute (this riches) to infiltrators and those with more offspring.In the meantime, BJP president J P Nadda has not only defended every one of PM Modi's utterances in response to the Election Commission's complaint from opposition parties that the PM's speeches were divisive, but he has also asked the EC to take action against the Congress for allegedly demeaning Hinduism.This time, there is an added twist to the Amethi contest: a match between a Union minister and a so-called "chaprasi (peon)". If K L Sharma's commitment to Gandhi represents both his strongest and weakest parts, then BJP workers whisper about Smriti Irani's "high handedness" and the potential consequences for them.In Mumbai's Ghatkopar neighborhood on Monday night, a massive billboard collapsed, leaving 14 people dead and 75 injured.

However, city authorities had red-marked it more than a year earlier, and nothing had been done about it. What The Indian Express's records investigation and conversations with important officials revealed is as follows.The Enforcement Directorate has informed the Delhi High Court that it will include the Aam Aadmi Party as an accused in the Delhi excise policy case in its next prosecution complaint regarding alleged money laundering. This would be the first time a political party has been accused of money laundering.near the continuing battle between Israel and Hamas, a retired Indian Army colonel lost his life when his car was attacked near Rafah. Since the fighting started in October of last year, this is the first time that an international staff member of the UN has died in Gaza.