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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
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We do not recognise a Taliban govt: Afghan students in Pune
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Karbi Anglong Agreement signed, groups already pan it as a “gimmick”
Assam gov’t to compensate next of kin of those who died during the armed struggle for an autonomous state
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Security arrangements, and restriction on the movement of people continued on September 3, Geelani was buried before dawn on Sept 2
FM on Petro Prices: What’s the logic?
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