‘Supporter of BJP met me’
‘No point in contesting’
‘Mother’s injury’
‘Went into depression’
Surat candidates explain why they withdrew from the election scroll.in/article/106699… via Scroll.in

Just a reminder that there are *only* 38 days left of this campaign.

'While the Election Commission is taking measures to counter the soaring temperature, BJP workers in Muzaffarnagar & Rampur were asking party leadership to turn up the heat. 'Polarise nahin ho raha hai,' was the common refrain.'

Anuj Kumar, on Western UP

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Please, in your busy day today, spare a moment to remember the 1,134 workers who were killed and the thousands more who were maimed and traumatized so we could have disposable clothing. #RanaPlaza ⁦

Forgetting Rana Plaza | From Poverty to Power frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/forgetting-ran…

“He is missing, his phone is switched off and his location remains unknown.'

This is some episode playing out in Gujarat's Surat -- where BJP candidate won 'unopposed' and...now Congress supporters are pointing fingers at their own candidate..who is AWOL

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After Supreme Court rap, Patanjali issues another public apology — bigger in size

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As US State Dept releases Human Rights report, every question to Blinken is about Gaza

The India Women’s Team arrive in Sylhet for the 5-match T20 international series against Bangladesh.
#BCB #Cricket #BANWvINDW #Bangladesh #HomeSeries #T20Iseries #womenscricket

Why Did Modi Call India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’? Because He Could.

The brazenness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vilification of India’s largest minority group made clear he sees few checks at home or abroad on his power.

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Just two people. Decade of hardwork. Live their dream together.

How it started years ago, how it's going now.

#INDvsBAN #CricketTwitter

'ABC News South Asia bureau chief Avani Dias was told a routine visa extension would be denied by the Indian gov, days after it blocked her reporting on YouTube in the country..informed..via a phone call..her most recent...episode 'crossed a line'.'

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“If anyone still had any doubts about this, the era of the Indian teenage prodigy is here.”

Amit Kamath

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Are Muslims bearing more children? Or are fertility rates actually declining? A fact-check on Modi's controversial speech in Rajasthan, from Vignesh Radhakrishnan and Rebecca Rose Varghese

Vishwanathan Anand deserves the Bharat Ratna. No disrespect to Sachin Tendulkar, but it remains an act of historical injustice that Anand wasn’t the first Indian sportsperson to get the Bharat Ratna. His achievements and inter-generational legacy are incomparable

Hats off to Columbia Daily Spectator, Bwog & Columbia Journalism students reporting for various media for telling the world what is going on @columbia.

Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ Who Would Take India’s Wealth

The direct language used against the country’s largest minority was a contrast to the image Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents on the world stage.

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#ElectionsWithTheHindu | The Election Commission on Monday declined to comment on remarks made by Prime Minister #NarendraModi in his poll speech in Rajasthan.

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Elections are won on the ground by gaining people’s mandate and not by creating fake polls. Individuals/ groups who try to create false narratives should know this basic fact.

Taking strict action Axis My India has lodged an FIR over the circulation of a fake opinion poll in its

“Due to increasing moisture incursion, the discomfort may increase” over the next 72 hours, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in a notice on Monday.

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