POLITICS

How Badal govt allowed two IAS officers in Rs 1200 crore Patiala land scam go scot-free
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A detailed study of the 10-page Ladhar report dated April 16, 2012, and other documents clearly show that Badal government allowed the former Patiala DC Vikas Garg (now Secretary, Transport) to escape trial by denying prosecution sanction to the court to put him on trial and also directing the Vigilance Bureau to cancel the FIR against him.
'I will definitely return': Sanjay Raut's touching note to Mom
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Sanjay Raut recalled how his Mom - Savita R. Raut - had sat stoically near a photo of the Shiv Sena founder, the late Balasaheb Thackeray at their home, when the ED team raided their home (July 31), and how she finally lost composure and broke down when the sleuths took him away that evening.
'What is the exact stand', SC to Centre on pleas against Places of Worship Act 
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A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Ajay Rastogi asked the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, "What is the exact stand of the central government..., how much time, and when are you going to file (its response in the matter..."
Will implement Udaipur declarations if elected Cong Prez: Mallikarjun Kharge
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Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters in Bhopal, the Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mallikarjun Kharge said that all the declarations made during the Udaipur conclave were finalised after long discussions and they are the need of the hour.
President Poll: Congress to mix ballot papers ahead of counting
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Madhusudan Mistry, Chairman of the CEA, said, "In AICC also there will be a booth, especially for all senior leaders, working committee members and all those whose identity card is from a different state but are staying in Delhi. If they write to us that they want to vote in Delhi then we will make arrangements here as well, they can also vote here in AICC."
SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal questioned by Punjab SIT in 2015 police firing case
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Former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini was removed from the top police post by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in 2015 following incidents of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and subsequent violence in the state in which the police force was accused of excesses that left two people dead.
Sans Mulayam, Akhilesh faces huge challenge
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The passing away of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh has increased the burden manifold on the frail shoulders of Akhilesh Yadav. Akhilesh Yadav now faces the challenge of keeping the party as well as the family together because the Yadav family and the Samajwadi Party have so far existed more or less as one entity. The party has been the family and family is the party.
PM Modi, Amit Shah ignorant of JP movement: Nitish Kumar
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Upon returning from Nagaland late on Tuesday night, , Nitish Kumar retorted to Home Minister Shah saying, "I don't give any importance to the outbursts of Narendra Modi or Amit Shah. Have they contributed to the JP movement in any way? Sadly, people who have nothing to do with the freedom struggle are talking about the JP movement. Who knew Modi before 2002," Kumar said while pointing towards Gujarat riots of 2002. It was in the light of these riots that Modi made headlines.
Raje's confidante Devi Singh Bhati's return to BJP hangs in balance
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As per official sources, many party leaders who left the BJP before assembly or parliamentary polls now want to return back to the party. In the same series, on October 8, BJP leader and former minister Bhati had announced his return to the BJP. He monitored all arrangements during Vasundhara Raje's recent visit to Bikaner.
PM Modi to visit Rajasthan on Nov 1
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Officials said that PM Modi will address a large public meeting at Mangarh Dham in the tribal district of Banswara. Mangarh is situated on a hill near Anandpuri in Banswara district on the Rajasthan-Gujarat border. Assembly elections in Gujarat are due this year while Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will go to polls in 2023.
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