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Hindi speakers’ take-over of Mumbai? Bihar Bhavan allowed on prime Mumbai Port trust land!
In a controversial decision by the now ‘four engine sarkar’, prime port trust land at Elephant Estate has been reportedly been sanctioned for the ‘Bihar Bhavan’ in Maharashtra’s capital of Mumbai; this decision has drawn huge flak from Marathi speakers and protests are likely to follow; to be built at the cost of Bihar’s tax payers, this is also part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s plant of a proto fascist, “Hind-Hindi-Hindustan.” One language, One Faith, One Nation
AASU and Assam Gov’t agree to push for NRC reverification again
Decision taken at meeting of Assam Accord committee; demand had already been rejected by the Supreme Court
Kashmir: Four killed in Hyderpora gunfight
IGP Kashmir says civilian was "militant associate", family denies charge
When will Indian fishworkers be assured of their safety on high seas?
National Fishworkers Forum India, Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace & Democracy condemn firing on Indian fishworkers by Pakistan’s maritime security agency
UP: Mid-day meal cooks get Rs. 7,500 but three months salary still pending
Varanasi’s local authorities say they could only pay five months of mid-day meal cooks’ salaries with the funds they received
Why did Times Now give a platform to communal, seditious statements?
Times Now Summit 2021 allows Kangana Ranaut to say independence was ‘alms’, Himanta Biswa Sarma to say ‘India belongs to Hindus’
No Koli voices in the planning of coastal road project: Mumbai’s fisherfolk
Worli’s Koli community appeals to the BMC to heed the request of a wider navigation span
Will Haryana Chief Minister listen to Padma Shri wrestler’s silent demand?
Hearing impared international level wrestler Virender Singh is sitting on protest with his Padma award, asking the Manohar Lal Khattar led Haryana gov't to give deaf athletes their due
Hundreds mourn Srinagar resident Mohammad Ibrahim Khan
Khan was a salesperson at a shop owned by a Kashmir Pandit and was shot dead, allegedly by militants, on Monday evening, the second such killing in 24 hours
More skeletons tumble out of the Rafale closet
French portal Mediapart reveals how Dassault paid huge bribes but the CBI failed to investigate the alleged kickbacks despite having documentary evidence!
Will the US tag India a ‘country of particular concern’?
Recommendation by USCIRF timed in anticipation of the State Department’s announcement about the CPC and Special Watch List (SWL) designations
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