What led the UP-Bihar migrants flee from Gujarat?
More than 5000 UP, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh migrants working in factories as labourers have fled to their home state, fearing violent attacks on them amidst unabated incidents of violence targeting them in north Gujarat districts.. These migrants were forced to leave the state amid fear after attacks by the angry mob over the alleged rape of a 14-month-old minor in Sabarkantha district last wee...
7m Oct 09, 2018
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Is the current valuation of the stock market justifiable?
The Bombay Stock Exchange and the S&P Index has recently crashed by 806.47 points to close at 35169.16 on thursday. The index has also lost 9.6% of its value since 28 of Aug when it had reached an all time high of 38,896.63. Part of the reason for the fall is untimely developments on the external front such as rising crude prices, fall in the value of the rupee and the rise in interest rates in...
4m Oct 06, 2018
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Modi-Putin Meet: Partners in Progress
When top leaders of two major powers meet, it is never a bilateral affair. It becomes an event of geostrategic significance. The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one such event. Russian President Vladimir Putin headed for India on today looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals including the S-400 air and missile defense system. Fore...
9m Oct 05, 2018
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How much are CJI Rajan Gogoi's total assets worth?
The newly appointed chief justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and his predecessor Justice dipak mishra have amassed considerably lesser wealth and assets as compared to the other senior lawyers arguing before them in the Supreme Court. The assets declarations by the two Supreme Court judges revealed that their collective lifelong savings in bank balance and other assets were perhaps less than the dai...
3m Oct 04, 2018
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Kisan Kranti Padyatra: Does the Government care?
Over 70,000 farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab and other parts of North India with a large convoy of tractors and trolleys are marching to Delhi and are scheduled to reach the Kisan ghat in the capital on 2nd of Oct. However, the Delhi Police is tried to stop the massive congregation of farmers from entering the state. It barricaded all borders of the National Capital and ...
6m Oct 03, 2018
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Sabrimala verdict: What does India think of the fresh judgement
The Supreme Court, in a majority opinion of 4:1 on 28th of september , lifted the centuries-old practice of prohibiting women aged between 10 and 50 years from entering the Sabrimala Temple in Kerala. ''Right to pray'' in the temple for women between 10 and 50 years of age won over the 'right to wait' campaign where the SC said that the Patriarchy cannot trump the freedom to practice religion. ...
12m Oct 01, 2018
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Supreme Court uplifts ban on women entry in Sabarimala temple
The Supreme Court has delivered one of the most keenly awaited judgment in Sabarimala case. by a 4:1 majority, the Court has permitted entry of women of all age groups to the Sabarimala temple, holding that ‘devotion cannot be subjected to gender discrimination. A Constitution Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud, and Indu Malhotra by a 4:1 ma...
7m Sep 29, 2018
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Is BJP Government being Petty says Shashi Tharoor
ITV GOLD Anchor Aditi Lamba had interviewed Congress leader and member of parliament Shashi Tharoor. In the course of the interview, Tharoor had spoken about his association with the Indian National Congress, his views on the recent Kerala flood incident and also his preparations for the upcoming 2019 general elections..let us here what he has to say.
18m Sep 27, 2018
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Aadhaar Verdict: What needs to be linked, What not?
From making Aadhaar mandatory for dispensing welfare scheme benefits, to an attempt to bring transparency in the taxation of individuals, almost all the steps towards making Aadhaar the only gateway for complete financial and social inclusion were challenged before the Supreme Court today. The Aadhaar hearing was one of the longest hearings in the Supreme Court, The first petition challenging A...
10m Sep 27, 2018
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Only Parliament can make law to stop corrupt 'netas' from contesting elections: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today ruled that it cannot issue a disqualification to bar those candidates from contesting elections against whom a chargesheet has been filed in criminal offences.The Court in its judgment noted that Indian democracy has seen a steady rise in criminalisation of politics due to which Parliament needs to step in to curb the same. So what are the directions for curbing criminal...
4m Sep 26, 2018
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Why did RBI said "NO" to 'Yes Bank's Rana Kapoor?
Recently Yes Bank was in the news for all the wrong reasons. With the shares of Yes Bank seeing a sharp decline of 40% on 21st September as RBI on 17th September had given Rana Kapoor, just three months more as MD and the CEO, whereas Kapoor had asked for a 3 years extention, what is it that led the Reserve Bank of India to give him just 3 more months when he sought 3 years? What led to such a ...
6m Sep 25, 2018
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Bishop Franco Mulakkal arrested: Justice is finally served
Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal was arrested by kerala police on friday after being questioned for the third day over allegations that he raped a nun for several occassions between 2014 and 2016. Soon after the report of it emerged, the case triggered protests by members of the church throughout Kerala. The allegations against the 54 year old bishop were first made nearly three months ago. Ker...
4m Sep 24, 2018
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India calls off the meeting with Pakistan, terms it a double game of the neighbouring country?
Following a national outrage over the government's decision to meet with Pakistan on the sidelines of UN General Assembly, the top sources in the government have indicated that the Centre has called off the talks. The deep rooted government sources have told that that the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj won't be shaking hands with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi as a cons...
3m Sep 22, 2018
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Why did A-list poiticians avoided the RSS conclave?
Coming ahead of the general elections, Mohan Bhagwat's elaborations on the RSS’s vision of India hold new possibilities for right-wing politics, which in recent times has become straight-forward and cuts directly to the chase. So in a first-of-its-kind outreach, the RSS had said that they have sent invitations to all the national political parties for the event. But majority of the A-list leade...
3m Sep 21, 2018
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Babul Supriyo loses it again! What's wrong with him?
There was a time when Babul Supriyo a singer got everyone smitten with his magical voice. He seemed to be having the talent of singing and having people mesmerised with his playback singing up his sleeve. But now he seems to have taken an absolute flipside with his conduct with people. This time he courted a controversy after he threatened to “break a man’s leg” during an event for the differen...
5m Sep 20, 2018
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No Hindi no progress, says Vice President Naidu
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday termed the English language a ‘disease’ left behind by the British, stressing that Hindi was the symbol of “socio-political and linguistic unity” in India. He also said that not enough was being done to promote the Indian language. Now, Interestingly, in the same meeting the assembly also adopted English as an official language . I wonder how the Vice P...
5m Sep 17, 2018
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#BharatBandh : What happened so far in the nationwide shutdown.
#BharatBandh: Opposition parties are today unitedly protesting the rise in fuel prices and participating in the nationwide shutdown which was called by the Congress. 20 political parties including NCP, DMK and the Samajwadi Party have extended their support to the Congress against the fuel price hike. Following the shutdown, schools and colleges across the bandh affected states will remain shut...
9m Sep 11, 2018
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SC scraps Section 377: But when will India learn?
On 6th of September, 2018, the Supreme Court decriminalised a portion of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a colonial era provision that criminalises private consensual sexual acts between same sex adults. As the verdict was delivered, students, several gay rights activists celebrated on the lawns of the court. 'Hip hip hurray' echoed throughout the premises. Lot of us glimmered in rainbow ...
13m Sep 10, 2018
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Gauri Lankesh: A year since a 'fearless' voice got silenced
One year ago journalist and editor Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her residence in Rajrajeswari Nagar in Bengaluru. Today, on her first death anniversary, the staff of Lankesh Patrike, is remembering their newsroom leader by relaunching the tabloid with a new name, a new masthead and office. The paper would now be known as Nyaya Patha. Over the last one year, there have been several develo...
3m Sep 06, 2018
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CJI Dipak Mishra to announce 10 vital judgements in next 18 days
Hectic days are ahead for Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who has 20 working days left before his retirement on October 2. In these days the country will await judgments in reserved by the bench presided by him in several high profile cases, which could change the course of current constitutional and political narrative. Verdicts in at least 10 important cases, including a key case related to the po...
5m Sep 05, 2018
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Massive search operation underway in South Kashmir villages today
Security forces started a massive search operation today in around two dozen villages of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. The operation began following reports about presence of terrorists in the villages of Putrigam, Rohmu, Rajpora, Matrigam, Goosu, Frasipora and others. Hw News Network J&K special correspondent Vishal, giving us more information from J&K
3m Sep 04, 2018
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Congress on BJP's path in MP: Here's what Congress workers need to contest elections
The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday announced that the ticket aspirant for the upcoming polls in Madhya Pradesh must have a huge social media presence to avail a ticket. In an issued letter, the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee has made it a mandate for all the state and district post holders, current MLAs and ticket aspirants to get active on social media sites. The letter further...
3m Sep 04, 2018
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Torrential rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR region
Torrential rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR region on today morning bringing some respite from high humidity in the city. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted showers in the area along with a cloudy weather. The Delhi traffic police tweeted alerts about flooding on some roads in the city, and asked people to avoid taking certain routes. Power supply was also affected in some areas ...
1m Sep 03, 2018
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Ladakh Election: BJP opens its account for the first time ever
The Bharatiya Janata Party has finally opened its account by winning a seat in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil elections. The National Conference has emerged as single largest party, while Congress is at the second place. Anusha Bhattacharya gives more insights on this
2m Sep 03, 2018
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"Santhan Sanstha is Innocent" - Sawmi Chakrapani
Yesterday i did a story on Santhan Sansatha and the crimes that they were accused of. For this I had to interview Swami Charapani. A person who calls himself as the president of Hindu Mahasabha. A person who calls himself a Spiritual leader. A person who gloats of being a Hindu representative. Firstly i found out he was none of the above and secondly some political parties too had provided thei...
9m Aug 30, 2018
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Kerala Flood: Citizens donate 118+ crores for relief work
the defence personnel continue to support the state authorities in flood hit areas and various troops are involved in road opening, clearing the landslides an and utilising the natural resources available in the area, so far approximately 26 temporary bridges have been constructed, repaired and approximately 50 roads cleared for the general public. With the floods having left a trail of massive...
5m Aug 28, 2018
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By criticising RSS is Rahul Gandhi losing out?
A day after Congress president rahul gandhi said that lack of adequate job opportunities was forcing youths to take up arms, gandhi on Friday made yet another provocative statement, while speaking at International Institute of Strategic Studies where he compared the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh to the Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood. The Congress chief, who is on a 2-nation tour in the United ...
5m Aug 27, 2018
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Ratan Tata shares stage with Mohan Bhagwat after Pranab Mukherjee
After former President and Congress veteran leader Pranab Mukherjee, industrialist Ratan Tata to share stage with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. He has accepted the invite from an RSS affiliated NGO. He will attend an event organised in Mumbai by RSS affiliated NGO call Nana Palkar Smriti Samiti. He had earlier met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in December 2016 at RSS headquarter. In June this year the for...
9m Aug 25, 2018
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Sam Pitroda talks about Rajiv Gandhi, Digital India and much more
Recently HW News network has entered into a partnership with ITV gold that is a 33 year old, 24/7 TV channel in the united states.. It featured an interview with Sam Pitroda, the Indian Overseas Congress President where he had spoken about his journey during his association with the Congress party during former prime minister Indira Gandhi regime to current congress president rahul gandhi.. let...
6m Aug 22, 2018
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Saviors of Kerala - The Security forces of our nation
Government officials and politicians across india are pledging that a part of their salaries would be contributed toward kerala flood relief. The Shiv Sena today said that its MLAs and MPs would donate a month's salary towards the cause. The government employees in Tamil Nadu and puducherry have also decided to contribute their one month salary to the Kerala flood relief fund. The entire nation...
7m Aug 21, 2018
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#PrayForKerala | Kerala Floods
southwest monsoon in Kerala has unleashed floods and landslides in the state of Kerala, the magnitude of which has rarely been observed in recent memory. The situation, described as unprecedented by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, is considered similar to the violent floods of 1924. The Centre and state administration along with the armed forces are working hand-in-hand across all 14 districts...
8m Aug 18, 2018
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Remembering Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee continues to be on life support system since Wednesday and as per hospital sources at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences his condition “is very critical”. A press release from the AIIMS on Thursday morning said: “Former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s condition continues to be the same. He is critical and is on life support systems....
10m Aug 17, 2018
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Will Rupee fall affect PM Modi's election strategy ?
The value of rupee against the US dollar had depreciated below 70 rupees per dollar mark on Tuesday, (data of rupee) touching a historic all-time low. The analysts suggest that the rupee might further depreciate below the 71 mark. With this, the fear of an increase in prices of consumer goods would spread large over the country. Government data on Monday showed that the retail inflation quicken...
6m Aug 16, 2018
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Remembering 'Comrade' Somnath Chatterjee
Former Lok Sabha speaker and veteran CPI(M) leader Somnath Chatterjee on 13 August passed away in Kolkatta at the age of 89. Somnath Chatterjee was the speaker of Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009 during the UPA1 government. Somnath Chatterjee was associated with the Communist Party of India(Marxist) and was served as the Member of Lok Sabha for 10 terms. Somnath Chatterjee also won the outstanding P...
1m Aug 14, 2018
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All you need to know about National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam
The National Register of Citizen is a list prepared by the government of India to separate illegal immigrants from legitimate citizens of Assam. According to officials, approximately 40 lakh people did not make it to the final list. The demand for updating the NRC in Assam is long-standing. Since the NDA brought citizenship amendment bill in 2016, the demand for the updated NRC started gaining ...
5m Aug 14, 2018
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"If they want to throw me out, then I will not challenge their wisdom" Says Shatrughan Sinha
BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha who called himself as a ""rebel"" reiterated that he wont quit the party on his own and he belong to the people of India first. let us hear what he has to say..
6m Aug 13, 2018
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There is no fear in the media, but there is greed: Arun Shourie
Former Union Minister Arun Shourie had said that the investigative agencies of our country like CBI report to the BJP chief Amit Shah while Modi is busy clicking pictures. While addressing the media he had also given an earful to the failure of the opposition's unity ahead of the 2018 election Anusha Bhattacharya gives more insights in this..
9m Aug 13, 2018
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Remembering 'Kalaignar' Karunanidhi
Former DMK patriarch and five time chief minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi took his last breathe on tuesday evening after fighting a prolonged battle with illness. The 'Kalaignar' holds a record for the longest serving president of a political party, where he served for almost 50 years. He will be buried at Chennai's Marina Beach, where three other former chief ministers including J Jayalali...
4m Aug 09, 2018
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Article 35(A): SC delay the hearing on Kashmir's identity.
"The Supreme Court today adjourned its hearing on Article 35A to 27 August, in the wake of protests in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra added that “it’s an issue to be decided by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court”. The Supreme Court was hearing a public interest litigation challenging the validity of the Article 35A. Some call Article 35A ""discriminatory"" agains...
7m Aug 07, 2018
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UIDAI in your phone book: Whom to be blamed?
"The whole issue that was emerging around for last two days on who put the Aadhaar helpline number in your contact list, came to a relief late Friday night when Google, the Android operating system provider accepted that ""they"" have done it. The company in a statement said that an internal review has revealed that in 2014, the then UIDAI helpline number and the 112 distress helpline number su...
4m Aug 06, 2018
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Is the Government really prepared for the NRC draft?
"On the massive controversy over a new Assam citizen's list that excludes 40 lakh people from the state, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the draft released on Monday is not a final one yet. The list has the names of Assam people and their family who have been living in the state before 1972. Non- Assamese but Indian citizens living in the state have also been added to the list, prov...
3m Aug 04, 2018
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Vijay Mallya demands clean jail ahead of deportation to India
A UK court said that it will rule out Vijay mallya's extradition trail only after Indian authorities submit a video of the cell at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai where the authorities plan to keep Vijay Mallya. This happened the day the embattled liquor tycoon complained that there is no 'natural light' and 'fresh air' inside the Indian prison. The UK court has given 3 weeks of time to submit t...
4m Aug 02, 2018
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Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: How saviours become demons
The Muzaffarpur shelter home case where more than 34 girls were allegedly sexually abused has recently come to light. The medical reports had earlier indicated that 29 out of 44 girls living at the shelter homes had been raped and molested for several weeks. Soon after the reports were out the case was handed over to the CBI. in the recent revelation, the state funded NGO, allegedly resulted in...
3m Aug 01, 2018
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Assam NRC: No country for 40 lakh people
Around 40 lakh people in assam have been left out of a draft list of citizens which got released today. This was the second and final draft of the NRC was published today was published with 2.9 crore names out of the total 3.29 crore applicants in Assam. The state's national register of citizen has been updated for the first time since 1951 to keep an account for illegal migration from neighbou...
4m Jul 31, 2018
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Pakistan Election: Test of 71-year-old Islamic Democracy | HW News English
Pakistan a federal parliamentary democratic republic which got independence in 1947, goes to general election July 25. The people of Pakistan will cast two votes one for the 272 out of 342 seated national assembly, another for the provincial assembly. Members are elected through first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage. opinion polls indicate a tight race with Imran Khan's part...
2m Jul 26, 2018
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Why was David Headley fatally attacked?
"Daood Sayed Gilani, one of the plotters of the 26/11 attack was an american with an pakistani origin.. Daood also famously known as David Coleman Headley lived with his parents in Philadelphia. David, since 2002, started his introductory course with the LeT and within a span of time Saeed became Headley's new handler which ended up with his role in 26/11 attack. He was later sentenced to 35 ye...
4m Jul 25, 2018
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Alwar Lynching: Who's responsible for Akbar Khan's death?
The police from Alwar took more than 3 hours to reach the nearest hospital, while taking a critically injured victim of lynching, Akbar Khan, in Ramgarh, Rajasthan on saturday. As the police first preferred to relocate the cows recovered and were taken to its shelter which was 10 kmns away from the incident. Where as the Community health centre was just 6kmns away. The Rajasthan police is now u...
3m Jul 24, 2018
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"Bjp hatao, Desh bachao" Mamata Banerjee's big move ahead of 2019 battle.
After the 12 hour long debate on friday, the narendra modi led government defeated the no confidence motion in the lok sabha by 199 votes. The day long session in the lower House saw the government and the opposition charges and also moments of drama when Rahul gandhi walked over to prime minister and embrace him with a hug. One of the major players from the opposition bloc, Mamata Banerjee-led...
3m Jul 23, 2018
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Only 15% women representation in Rahul Gandhi's core team.
"Congress president Rahul Gandhi never fail to amaze us. While responding to the controversy, related to remarks made on his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in a web series called 'Sacred Games', amazed the entire nation with his tweet. Rahul Gandhi, the party president, has currently reconstituted the Congress Working Committee, its top policy-making body with a blend of old and ...
3m Jul 19, 2018
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33% increase in crime against women under Yogi's Ram Rajya
Since Bhartiya Janta Party came to power, crimes against women in uttar pradesh have increased in every segment. This fact was revealed in the month of April by the UP legislative assembly. According to the recent report, 26% more rapes have been reported in the state UP between April 2017 to January 2018 as compared April 2016 to January 2017. The state government which promised to maintain la...
3m Jul 17, 2018
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