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35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths
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Cambridge scholar told to go back to India: UK academics protest
Asiya Islam has been based in the UK for over a decade and was awarded a three-year Junior Research Fellowship after completing her PhD from Newnham College.
US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi celebrates Golwalkar, RSS
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Modi-Shah strike at critique, GOI to revoke Aatish Taseer’s Overseas Citizen of India card
MHA claims Aatish Taseer attempted to “conceal information” that his father was of Pakistani origin
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Globally remove links of video defaming Ramdev, Delhi HC directs Facebook, Google, Twitter
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