Monday, 30th October 2017

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Opinion

The fear of freedom in Gujarat

Earlier this week, Jignesh Mevani, an elected member of the Gujarat Assembly, was stopped from speaking at the H.K. Arts College in Ahmedabad, where he had himself once studied.

Even presumably ‘independent’ institutions are too fearful to invite Indians who have ever said anything critical about the PM

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A tent has come up on the lawns of Adil Ahmad Dar’s home at Gundhibagh in Pulwama to receive mourners.

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'Something wrong if soldiers are killed so easily'

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