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Printu Mahadevan, a spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has been pleased to make it known to Rahul Gandhi that he “will be…
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When the Constitution of India granted the right of universal adult franchise to citizens, it did not, unlike the American system, require…
Long before the assembly elections were finally held in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, this columnist had anticipated that the…
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