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IAS Officer Puja Khedkar's Audi Car, Which Had Illegal Red Beacon, Seized
Pune police on Sunday confiscated a luxury car used by controversial probationary IAS officer Pooja Khedkar by allegedly installing a red beacon light on it illegally, an official said.
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On Red Beacon On Trainee IAS Officer's Audi, Pune Cops Say "Will Act"
The Pune police said it will conduct a thorough inquiry and take necessary action over the unauthorised use of a red-blue beacon and 'Maharashtra Government' sticker on the private car of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar during her posting in Pune.
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Pune Trainee IAS Officer, Who Used Red Beacon On Private Audi, Transferred
A probationary IAS officer in Maharashtra has been transferred to Washim over an alleged misuse of her power as a civil servant.
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Class 8-Pass Poses As Cop With Red Beacon Car In Delhi, Cheats Many Women
A man who has passed till Class 8 conned at least a dozen women of lakhs of rupees by posing as an Indian Police Service, or IPS, officer, the Delhi Police said in a statement.
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Mamata Banerjee Asks Ministers To Stop Using Pilot Cars With Red Beacon
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday directed all her ministers to stop using pilot cars with red beacon anywhere in the state, except highways, and advised them to be very careful while signing any official document.
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Defying Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bengal Minister Uses Lal Batti, Is Unapologetic
A Bengal minister today used a lal batti or red beacon on his car, defying a ban on the VIP status symbol ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Attack On Kolkata's Urdu Daily For Criticising 'Fatwa' Cleric
A gang of around 20 men -- allegedly led by the son of a controversial Kolkata Imam who was recently in the eye of a storm over his use of a red beacon -- tried to storm the office of an Urdu newspaper yesterday to protest against its editorials and articles critical of the cleric.
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Amid Outrage, Mamata Banerjee Asks 'Fatwa' Cleric To Take Off Lal Batti
A day after chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque Noor ul Barkati proclaimed he has 'permission of the British government' to use the red beacon or lal batti, a man was seen removing the beacon from his vehicle. The cleric's bizzare claims had led to at least three complaints being registered against him in police stations in and around Kolk...
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British Gave Me Right To Use Lal Batti, Claims Bengal's 'Fatwa Cleric'
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned red beacons or lal battis across the country, one man says no power can make him drop it. "I have the permission of the British government," says the chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor Ul Barkati.
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Using Red Beacon Is My Right: Kolkata's Shahi Imam
Defying the Centre's ban on use of red beacons, the Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid, Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati on Thursday said he is not bound by the order and as a religious leader, using it was his "right."
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Police, Defence Vehicles Allowed To Use Multi-Colour Beacons
The Centre has allowed emergency vehicles on duty for maintaining law and order, including those of the police, defence and paramilitary forces, to use multi-coloured beacon lights having red, blue and white colours.
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VIPs Misusing Police Beacons? PM Modi Has A Plan To Enforce Lal Batti Ban
The blanket ban on red and blue beacon cars promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into effect late last night. And the Centre has tried to make sure that nobody - not even the police - can misuse the flashing lights on vehicles that have, for decades, become a glaring symbol of power, and VIP culture in India.
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Not Without My Lal Batti, Says Karnataka Minister, Defying PM Modi's Ban
After Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's initial reluctance to do away with the red beacon or lal batti from his official car, in compliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's order, one of his ministers in the Congress government has refused to fall in line with the ban that came into force yesterday.
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Ban On Red Beacons Aimed At Ending VIP Culture Mindset: PM Narendra Modi
The decision to get rid of red beacons is aimed at removing the VIP culture from the mindset of certain people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today and added that the concept should be replaced with "EPI", meaning "Every Person is Important".
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PM Modi On Mann Ki Baat: New India Is Not About VIPs, But EPI (Every Person Important)
Days after his government's 'ban without exception' on red beacon cars, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the it was also necessary to remove the entrenched VIP culture from people's minds. Stressing on his message that "Every Indian is special" he said, "New India is not about VIPs, But EPI" -- EPI being 'Every Person is Important'.
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IAS Officer Puja Khedkar's Audi Car, Which Had Illegal Red Beacon, Seized
Pune police on Sunday confiscated a luxury car used by controversial probationary IAS officer Pooja Khedkar by allegedly installing a red beacon light on it illegally, an official said.
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On Red Beacon On Trainee IAS Officer's Audi, Pune Cops Say "Will Act"
The Pune police said it will conduct a thorough inquiry and take necessary action over the unauthorised use of a red-blue beacon and 'Maharashtra Government' sticker on the private car of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar during her posting in Pune.
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Pune Trainee IAS Officer, Who Used Red Beacon On Private Audi, Transferred
A probationary IAS officer in Maharashtra has been transferred to Washim over an alleged misuse of her power as a civil servant.
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Class 8-Pass Poses As Cop With Red Beacon Car In Delhi, Cheats Many Women
A man who has passed till Class 8 conned at least a dozen women of lakhs of rupees by posing as an Indian Police Service, or IPS, officer, the Delhi Police said in a statement.
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Mamata Banerjee Asks Ministers To Stop Using Pilot Cars With Red Beacon
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday directed all her ministers to stop using pilot cars with red beacon anywhere in the state, except highways, and advised them to be very careful while signing any official document.
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Defying Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bengal Minister Uses Lal Batti, Is Unapologetic
A Bengal minister today used a lal batti or red beacon on his car, defying a ban on the VIP status symbol ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Attack On Kolkata's Urdu Daily For Criticising 'Fatwa' Cleric
A gang of around 20 men -- allegedly led by the son of a controversial Kolkata Imam who was recently in the eye of a storm over his use of a red beacon -- tried to storm the office of an Urdu newspaper yesterday to protest against its editorials and articles critical of the cleric.
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Amid Outrage, Mamata Banerjee Asks 'Fatwa' Cleric To Take Off Lal Batti
A day after chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque Noor ul Barkati proclaimed he has 'permission of the British government' to use the red beacon or lal batti, a man was seen removing the beacon from his vehicle. The cleric's bizzare claims had led to at least three complaints being registered against him in police stations in and around Kolk...
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British Gave Me Right To Use Lal Batti, Claims Bengal's 'Fatwa Cleric'
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned red beacons or lal battis across the country, one man says no power can make him drop it. "I have the permission of the British government," says the chief cleric of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan mosque, Noor Ul Barkati.
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Using Red Beacon Is My Right: Kolkata's Shahi Imam
Defying the Centre's ban on use of red beacons, the Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid, Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati on Thursday said he is not bound by the order and as a religious leader, using it was his "right."
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Police, Defence Vehicles Allowed To Use Multi-Colour Beacons
The Centre has allowed emergency vehicles on duty for maintaining law and order, including those of the police, defence and paramilitary forces, to use multi-coloured beacon lights having red, blue and white colours.
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VIPs Misusing Police Beacons? PM Modi Has A Plan To Enforce Lal Batti Ban
The blanket ban on red and blue beacon cars promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came into effect late last night. And the Centre has tried to make sure that nobody - not even the police - can misuse the flashing lights on vehicles that have, for decades, become a glaring symbol of power, and VIP culture in India.
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Not Without My Lal Batti, Says Karnataka Minister, Defying PM Modi's Ban
After Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's initial reluctance to do away with the red beacon or lal batti from his official car, in compliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's order, one of his ministers in the Congress government has refused to fall in line with the ban that came into force yesterday.
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Ban On Red Beacons Aimed At Ending VIP Culture Mindset: PM Narendra Modi
The decision to get rid of red beacons is aimed at removing the VIP culture from the mindset of certain people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today and added that the concept should be replaced with "EPI", meaning "Every Person is Important".
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PM Modi On Mann Ki Baat: New India Is Not About VIPs, But EPI (Every Person Important)
Days after his government's 'ban without exception' on red beacon cars, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the it was also necessary to remove the entrenched VIP culture from people's minds. Stressing on his message that "Every Indian is special" he said, "New India is not about VIPs, But EPI" -- EPI being 'Every Person is Important'.
