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TMC MP’s letter to Mamata Banerjee exposes corruption, dictatorial attitude within party: BJP

New Delhi, 8/9: TMC MP Jawahar Sircar’s letter to West Bengal Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee has exposed the “dirt, corruption and dictatorial attitude” within the party, the BJP said on Sunday as it pressed for her resignation. Sircar wrote to Banerjee stating that he has decided to resign from the Rajya Sabha…

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Centre discharges Puja Khedkar from IAS with immediate effect

New Delhi, 7/9:  The central government has discharged Puja Khedkar, former probationary civil servant, from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with immediate effect, official sources said on Saturday. Khedkar has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing Other Backward Classes (OBC) and disability quota benefits to ensure her selection in the service. She has denied…

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Amid impasse in alliance talks, AAP says those underestimating party will regret it

New Delhi, 7/9: Amid uncertainty over an alliance with the Congress for the assembly polls in Haryana, AAP on Saturday warned that those who “underestimate” the party would “regret” it. AAP national secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak said during a press conference that the party was ready to contest from all 90 seats in the Haryana…

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Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia were used by Congress as pawns: Brij Bhushan Singh

Gonda, 7/9: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia were used by the Congress as “pawns” in their “conspiracy” to take control of the Wrestling Federation of India and attack the BJP, former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said on Saturday. A day after Olympians Phogat and Punia joined the Congress, the senior BJP leader…

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Excise policy case: Kejriwal was party to criminal conspiracy, says CBI

New Delhi, 7/9: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was “party to the criminal conspiracy” of the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy since the beginning, the CBI has alleged in its latest supplementary charge sheet in the case. Concluding its probe with the submission of the fifth and final charge sheet in the case,…

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