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RSS worker dies by suicide in Kerala after being denied BJP ticket; allege
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
An RSS worker died by suicide after reportedly being denied a BJP ticket for the upcoming local body elections in Kerala. The deceased has been identified as Anand K Thampi, a resident of the Thrikkannapuram ward under the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
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"Youth of Bihar can move without security, so can I...": Prashant Kishor
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
He also criticised the state's law and order condition and took a dig at the police, accusing them of collusion with illegal mafias. "As long as the police remain busy extorting money from the liquor and sand mafia, the law and order situation will not improve," he said.
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"No sand-mafia, only peit-mafia": MP Minister on Morena sand mining incide
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Empathizing with the accused, Kanshana dismissed allegations of sand mafia, instead referring to them as "peit (stomach) mafia" -- people working to feed themselves rather than organized criminals.
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MP: Family of ASI Mahendra Bagri, killed by sand mafia, to get assistance
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"An assistance amount of Rs 1 crore will be provided to the family of ASI Mahendra Bagri who was killed by a sand mafia with a tractor. The state government will send the proposal to the Election Commission for approval," CMO said in the statement.
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2 involved in sand mafia held for ramming cop with their vehicle in Shahdo
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Two people allegedly involved in the illegal sand mining industry were arrested after ramming their vehicle into a police officer in the Naudhiya area of Shahdol district, an official said on Sunday.
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'Mafias flourishing under YSRCP govt': Rajnath Singh holds roadshow in And
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Under the YSRCP government, land mafia, sand mafia, mining mafia and liquor mafia are flourishing. The power of the ordinary people is diminishing and their progress is diminishing. But when the NDA government is formed here, either the mafias will be jailed or leave the state," the Raksha
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BJP leader Tarun Chugh demands CBI probe into sand mafia operations in Pun
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged operations of the sand mafia gangs in Punjab.
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If TDP, JSP, and BJP alliance comes to power, action would be taken agains
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Under YSRCP, Pedakurapadu is famous for Sankara Rao, who is a local YSRCP MLA. The YSRCP MLA has built a road on the Krishna River to loot sand. I assure you that we will provide free sand and will save 40 lakh building construction workers by taking action against the sand mafia," Naidu
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Sand mining scam in Tamil Nadu: ED attaches assets worth nearly Rs 130 cro
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets valued around Rs 130.60 crores including movable assets amounting Rs 128.34 crores approx which consist of 209 sand excavators employed in illicit sand mining in Tamil Nadu.
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Bihar: Mining inspector among 6 injured in sand mafia attack in Kishanganj
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
An inspector of the mines department and five home guard jawans were seriously injured allegedly after being attacked by a gang of sand mafias during a joint raid in Bihar's Kishanganj district on Wednesday.
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Madhya Pradesh: Revenue official crushed to death by sand mafia in Shahdol
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A Patwari (revenue official), who had gone to stop illegal sand mining in the Son River of Shahdol district, was crushed to death by a truck allegedly at the behest of the sand mafia late on Saturday night, the police said.
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"Is this a new incident?" Bihar Minister downplays death of sub-inspector
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Reacting to the incident of a police sub-inspector being mowed down by a tractor carrying illegally mined sand in Jamui, Bihar Minister Chandra Shekhar said that the incident is nothing new and asked whether such incidents did not happen in other states.
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