Four held on graft charges in Odisha
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Bhubaneswar, March 28 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance department on Thursday arrested an official in Puri after he was caught red-handed while taking bribes from a vehicle owner to release his detained vehicle. The accused Commercial Tax Officer (CTO), Manas Ranjan Behera, is posted to the CT & GST Enforcement Unit, Puri. As per provisions of the government, the complainant had already paid the GST penalty amount of Rs 79,200 on March 19. Yet, Behera did not release his detained vehicle, and demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000. “Finding no other way, the complainant lodged a complaint with the vigi ..read more
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Lalu Prasad can give tickets to anyone for LS polls in Bihar: Giriraj Singh
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Patna, March 28 (IANS) As the seat-sharing arrangement has not been finalised in the Opposition INDIA bloc, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Thursday launched a veiled attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) National President Lalu Prasad and said that he can give tickets to any leader from the INDIA bloc without even holding discussions with the Congress and Left parties in Bihar for the Lok Sabha elections. “INDIA bloc does not exist here in Bihar. Lalu Prasad can distribute tickets to anyone. He is acting like a king. The Congress has no value for him,” Singh said whi ..read more
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I-League 2023-24: Barboza hat-trick takes Delhi FC past Shillong Lajong
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Sri Bhaini Sahib, March 28 (IANS) Substitute Sergio Barboza’s second-half hat-trick powered Delhi FC to a 3-1 win over Shillong Lajong FC at the Namdhari Stadium in Sri Bhaini Sahib on Thursday. Barboza opened the scoring in the 65th minute off a penalty and then added two more goals in the 75th and 90+3 minutes to complete his hat trick. Allan Lyngdoh scored the lone consolation in the fifth minute of second half added time. Delhi have now gone three matches in a row without defeat for the first time this season. Barboza continued his tremendous goalscoring form from the weekend when he also ..read more
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Lalu Prasad can give tickets to anyone, says Giriraj Singh
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Patna, March 28 (IANS) As the seat-sharing arrangement has not been finalised in the Opposition INDIA bloc, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh has launched a veiled attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) National President Lalu Prasad and said that he can give tickets to any leader from the INDIA bloc without even holding discussions with the Congress and Left parties in Bihar for the Lok Sabha elections. “INDIA bloc does not exist here in Bihar. Lalu Prasad can distribute tickets to anyone. He is acting like a king. The Congress has no value for him,” Singh said while inter ..read more
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Mukhtar Ansari’s journey from an illustrious family to the world of crime
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Lucknow, March 28 (IANS) Contrary to the image he later cultivated for himself, Mukhtar Ansari belonged to an illustrious background. The jailed gangster-turned-politician, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Thursday evening aged 60, was the grandson of Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a prominent figure in India’s freedom movement who was also the President of the Indian National Congress. Born on June 30, 1963, in Uttar Pradesh’s Yusufpur, Mukhtar Ansari’s journey from the alleys of crime to the corridors of power was captivating, to put it rather mildly. Ansari’s foray into the world of cri ..read more
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BJP seeks EC action against Bengal govt for leaking Rekha Patra’s ‘personal details’
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Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The BJP has sought the intervention of the Election Commission (EC) and initiate action against the West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress for leaking the personal details of the BJP candidate from Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district, Rekha Patra. Earlier, a row began as Trinamool Congress, on its X handle, shared information on Thursday accusing Rekha Patra, the face of a movement by women in Sandeshkhali against sexual harassment of women in the hands of a section of Trinamool Congress leaders, of siding with BJP after bei ..read more
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Rajasthyan: Kharge, Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka in Congress list of star campaigners for Phase 1
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Jaipur, March 28 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday evening announced a list of 40 star campaigners for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan to be held on April 19. Rajasthan Congress shared the list on its official website, which says the All India Congress Committee has announced star campaigners for the first phase of polling in the state. The list includes the names of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi. The list also features the names of prominent state leaders such as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilo ..read more
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Chinese paddlers shine bright at WTT Champions Incheon
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Incheon (South Korea), March 28 (IANS) All the Chinese top paddlers have made it to the last 16 as the WTT Champions Incheon entered its second day here on Thursday. In the women’s singles, the event’s top seed and world No.1 Sun Yingsha walked away from Japanese player Miu Hirano with three straight sets of 11-7, 11-6, 11-7. Sun said she was well prepared for this match and found herself in quite good condition. “I just focussed myself on snatching every point, without giving my opponent a chance to catch her breath,” she said. Meanwhile, China’s fourth-seeded Chen Meng took the game 3-0 (11 ..read more
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BRS candidate for Warangal LS seat withdraws from contest
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Hyderabad, March 28 (IANS) In a huge blow to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), its candidate for Telangana’s Warangal Lok Sabha constituency, Dr Kadiyam Kavya, has decided to pull out from the contest. In a letter to BRS President and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday, she said she decided to withdraw from the contest. Kavya, daughter of senior BRS leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari, wrote that recent media reports about party leaders regarding allegations of corruption, encroachments, and phone tapping and liquor scams have damaged the party’s image ..read more
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Killers of Jagan Reddy’s uncle always accompany the CM: Chandrababu Naidu
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Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh), March 28 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday called Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy a ‘big liar’ for stating that the killers of his uncle Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy are roaming free. The former Chief Minister hit back at Jagan Reddy a day after the latter’s allegations against the opposition parties, and claimed that Vivekananda Reddy’s killers always accompany the Andhra Pradesh CM. Naidu launched a scathing attack against the Chief Minister while addressing public meetings in Anantapur district as part of ..read more
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