News digest: Crackdown on shell firms, 10 years of Lehman crisis, and more

After striking off 70,000 shell firms, govt axe to fall on another 100,000

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has started working on the second phase of weeding out shell companies.

After sending show-cause notices to 225,000 companies, 70,000 have been struck off and another 100,000 will go soon, said a senior corporate affairs ministry official. Read More

'Ajeya Bharat, Atal BJP': PM Modi's theme song for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

In the concluding session of its two-day National Executive meeting on Sunday, the two topmost leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief