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Praying for a Payoff

Mamata hopes doles for Durga Puja will win Hindu hearts and votes

She knows how to pamper them. Twenty-five rural Durga puja committees and another 3,000 in cities are being given grants of Rs 10,000 each ahead of the four-day festivities in West Bengal. They will also be eligible for a waiver of

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