Sourav Roy Barman
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Reporter with @ThePrintIndia. Write on politics and policy. Ex- @IndianExpress (https://t.co/5jQ8VmCKny) , @pti_news
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Joined January 2010
World Bank has withdrawn three papers, including one that flagged a “most concerning” (12 percentage points) decline in the use of toilets in rural India between 2018 and 2021. "Institutional structures that supported Swachh Bharat were not sustained.”.
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Look at what this trader had to say when a shop run by a Muslim, located next to a market owned by him, came under attacked. He not only intervened and handed over the arsonist to police, but also had a message to share. Pls listen:
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NEW: NCERT introduces 'criticism of Indian secularism' in Political Science 📚. "In India, vote bank politics is also associated with minority appeasement. The parties disregard principles of equality & give priority to the interests of a minority group".
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The @IndianExpress coverage on BJP fielding Pragya Thakur is exemplary. The front page headline, explainers, and the editorial - each segment drives home the key message that this is the first instance of a major political party fielding someone accused of terrorism/facing trial.
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Was inside Jamia between 6 pm - 9.30 pm. Will be sharing a few clips to help you make sense of the gravity of the situation. This one was taken outside gate No 13 of the campus at 6.30 pm. @IndianExpress
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Subramanian Swamy with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after their meeting in Delhi. @IndianExpress
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Schools, prayer hall, houses reduced to ashes; as Manipur fire brigade struggled to douse flames, 3 engines from Myanmar aided efforts. Manipur's Moreh was up in flames on Jan 17 as state commandos ‘led arson spree’. Reporting from Indo-Myanmar border:.
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Despite testing negative, completing quarantine period, over 3,000 Tablighi Jamaat members remain confined in Delhi's quarantine centres. Delhi Health Dept, for unexplained reasons, has written twice to MHA seeking "directions" for their release.
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Former President K R Narayanan: "We got independence in August 1947.But independence in news and information we got only with the establishment of PTI in 1949.That is the significance of PTI. ".
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UP: Wrong that Wright Brothers invented aircraft, ancient India had 'invisible planes'. Haryana: Rishi Kanada proposed atomic theory, not Dalton. Gujarat: Astrology & astronomy two sides of same coin. Proposed topics from states for new NCERT textbooks:.
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Pranab Mukherjee begins his speech with the customary "Ladies and Gentlemen. " But where are the ladies? #OverheardinNewsroom.
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#THREAD on what we saw/heard in Maujpur - Feb 25. Till about 12 pm, men, young and old, were busy "preparing". Every single scrap of metal, piece of wood were extracted. They patrolled the lanes and bylanes.
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Update: Delhi govt finally orders release of Tablighi Jamat members, confined in institutional quarantine centres despite completion of quarantine period/turning Covid-19 negative. @IndianExpress
Despite testing negative, completing quarantine period, over 3,000 Tablighi Jamaat members remain confined in Delhi's quarantine centres. Delhi Health Dept, for unexplained reasons, has written twice to MHA seeking "directions" for their release.
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The NCERT has dropped content on Gujarat riots from the Class 12 Political Science curriculum as part of a “textbook rationalisation” exercise.
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Responding to BJP's demand that special observers be appointed in mosques to prevent "hate speech" during #Elections2019, AAP said: "We welcome all steps by EC to prevent any communal discord. However, observers should be attached with RSS shakhas as well." @IndianExpress.
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“If voices of hate are loud, voices of reason should be louder.”. Students and senior faculty members of IIM Bangalore and Ahmedabad write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to speak out against hate speech and attacks on minorities.
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Breaking News: The U.S. is preparing for a possible evacuation of embassy staff and citizens in Kabul. Officials say the city could fall to the Taliban within 30 days: @nytimes.
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If Vajpayee was the PM, he would have called the Home Minister, and ordered him to open a dialogue with the Delhi CM. I have no regret that I don't work the with the "small fries" in the current establishment: Yashwant Sinha addressing AAP supporters @IndianExpress.
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#LockdownDiary: If you are poor, don't own a car, collect garbage from households, make middle class India's work from home possible, chances are that you will be randomly beaten up on duty.
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The Ministry has also slipped in a word of advice to me.
Our advice to Shri Barman is to see things holistically & be aware that Delhi Metro is one of the best performing metros across the globe. It is not just ridership alone, but like the blind men & the elephant story, he should not see it from one side & miss the others.
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The Delhi government shared daily Covid-19 testing data till April 29. Then stopped. At one point, even lab wise testing data happened to be part of daily bulletins. Later, two broad categories were created - govt labs, pvt labs. Now data missing altogether.
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Sadly, not a single major Delhi paper has this brutality on their front page. Once again this Calcutta daily stands out and how!
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A university that "could not be found" by US authorities, a consulting group that has been "formed recently", some common links and a long list of glaring discrepancies. Tale of a Memorandum of Understanding .
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Typing this from a little-known quaint town in Central India. Wanted to share with you all my deep sense of gratitude for a local reporter, battling daily threats from local coal, sand mafia, haughty young officers surrounded by orderlies -- all for the abiding love of journalism.
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Captured the moment last month, on June 19, moments after she entered the North Avenue flat of @SanjayAzadSln. Her broad smile chose to hide behind the mask. :) .
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@ArvindKejriwal Metro will launch new corridors over the next few months. Ridership will automatically go up substantially. But the fact remains, it may have permanently shut its doors to the city's 'invisible population', its large working class, who travel from far-flung areas.
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Outside gate number 15. Scores of students were stuck inside. A pitched battle was on right outside the gate. Explosions every now and then. This was taken around 7.15 pm.
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Most info that journalists struggle to find out, despite calling, texting public servants, should ideally be present in govt websites, available not just for the press, but people at large. Very often even routine work feels like investigative journalism.
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Address a press conference, sir.
Tune in tomorrow at 11. Tomorrow’s episode will be focused on the situation prevailing due to COVID-19. #MannKiBaat
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February 26, 2018 - June 1, 2023. Goodbye, @IndianExpress. Your press card was a badge of honour, your newsroom - a home, a classroom, which embraced an unworthy student and made him a better reporter, a better person. Thank you editors, colleagues. Reposting an old thread.
December 15, 2009. Letter to the editor of The Indian Express. First of many till about 2014. An opinion I do not endorse anymore. But that thrill of seeing name in print. Unforgettable.
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Just in: The AAP government is working out dates for a TM Krishna concert. @msisodia's office has already contacted the singer. @IndianExpress.
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Sodium hypochlorite solution (bleach) was also sprayed on migrants and their belongings at Delhi's Anand Vihar Terminal on Sunday. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation did so. Picture by Prem Nath Pandey of @IndianExpress
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Everything mentioned in this thread and more have been documented in this story in today's @IndianExpress . With @dipankarghose31 Pls read
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Marks a complete shift from what was taught until the 2023-24 academic session — that if students “think hard”, they will find there is “little evidence” to suggest that vote bank politics favours the minorities in the country.
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Use the name "Bharat" instead of India, tone down content on "Hindu defeats", launch course on India studies along the lines of "Pakistan Studies" - proposals on table as Centre develops new NCERT curriculum, textbooks .
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Among the 44 Tablighis facing trial instead of pleading guilty: A New York resident with Burmese roots; a Parisian missing his sister's wedding; one ad man from Sumatra; a youth from Jakarta. Also, a tale of making two difficult choices, two decades apart
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If you are fighting polls to win and someone frames a trap for you, you should not be naive to walk into that: @SandeepPathak04 looks back at the Gujarat Assembly poll results, and the party’s plans for the all-important Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
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Delhi CM @ArvindKejriwal on Jharkhand poll verdict: It seems the people of one state have conclusively decided that they don't want NRC and CAA. @IndianExpress.
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Delhi CM @ArvindKejriwal to attend the conclave of opposition parties scheduled to be hosted by Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu in Delhi on December 10. @IndianExpress.
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Students writhing in pain, suffering recurring episodes of shock, amputations; a tear gas cannister resting quietly on a hostel bed, near a burnt patch of wall - all mutely testifying the turn of events on the night of December 15. #AMU #CAA_NRC_Protest.
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NCERT has now added new passages highlighting vote bank politics/criticism of secularism. Additions include:. 1. "Mobilisation of a social group to vote en masse for a particular candidate or political party during elections distorts electoral politics".
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This is what Mohammed Zubair, a brutal assault on whom was captured by a Reuters photographer, had to say to @mohanreports."They made communally charged slurs and took (BJP leader) Kapil Mishra’s name.".
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It all started here. Had @SushantSin not broken this story, Hollande would not have been asked any uncomfortable question that elicited the crucial response everyone is talking about #Rafale.
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Around 6.30 pm, more vehicles were set on fire outside the Gokulpuri tyre market, which shares a boundary with a petrol pump. There was no police presence in the vicinity of the market, charred and smouldering.
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SCOOP: "NCERT Social Science textbooks have too much about conflicts, movements, little about engaging young people on citizenship, make ethical poll decisions". Election Commission writes to Centre. Wants to vet the books for “correctness and relevance”
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Minutes later, multiple ambulances drove past the road towards Holy Family Hospital, which is located close the campus. Pvt security guards could be heard discussing the need to immediately take out injured students.
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BJP stalwart LK Advani to be the chief guest at Delhi Assembly's Silver Jubilee Celebration on December 15. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia to be present as well. @IndianExpress.
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Delhi govt to hold Laxmi Puja this Diwali. CM Arvind Kejriwal and his Cabinet colleagues to perform the puja, which will be telecast live for "people of Delhi to join in". The rituals and mantras to generate positive vibes, says Kejriwal. @IndianExpress.
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Delhi Police Commissioner has launched a helpline - 011-23469536 - where people can lodge grievances related to police high-handedness during #CoronaLockdown, says CM @ArvindKejriwal. @IndianExpress.
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Delhi socio-economic survey: 42.59% households spend below Rs 10,000/month; 30% households do not have direct tap water access; 78% do not own computers; of 20.05 lakh households surveyed, 1.22 lakh depend on community toilets, 11,497 open defecation . Only @IndianExpress
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BREAK: Delhi govt-commissioned employment survey captures severe post lockdown job crisis in the national capital. Unemployment rate in Delhi rose from 11.1% in Jan-Feb to 28.5% in Oct-Nov 2020; among women 54.7%.
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2. "Whole group works as a single monolithic unit during voting. Despite the diversity within the unit, the party or leader pursuing such vote bank politics tries to artificially construct a belief that the interest of the group is one.".
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And lastly, an editorial for the ages. "For the BJP, therefore, the decision to give Thakur a ticket affirms its approval of a politics that not only celebrates hate speech but also appears to condone hateful action."
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As I always do, I raised the importance of respecting human rights and the vital role the civil society and a free press have in building a strong and prosperous country with Mr Modi: @POTUS, addressing a press conference in Vietnam.
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A colleague, who came under attack, recounts his ordeal.
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Our news cycle has pushed them out. But let me tell you a story. I met Rajendra Prasad on the flyover abutting The Lalit. This being the site of most of the long shot images of the #KisanMuktiMarch. Despite being tired, hungry and sleep deprived, they marched along determinedly.
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“Chunav ladna, ladana, jeetna, ye kaam toh main roz karta hoon. but today I am not here for that.". His journey from Godse to Gandhi. And his unmasked ambition. #SundayProfile - Prashant Kishor.
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Been nearly eight years. Still a joy when more than one story makes it to the print. Front page, poll page, nation page. Nothing groundbreaking, no great exclusive or scoop. But felt good today.
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Holding back the video testimonies of students who were beaten up, dragged outside from a site of religious worship inside the campus. But can share that multiple voices corroborated the allegations. Including pvt security guards deployed inside the campus.
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His four-day Delhi visit from May 1 was scheduled long back. IANS says "summons". Well.
PM Modi summons Tripura CM Biplab Deb over controversial statements.
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Evidence "flimsy", "riddled with gaps". Going by Zee News clips, used by police in the chargesheet, sloganeering cannot be attributed to @kanhaiyakumar and other accused. Delhi Govt stand: Kanhaiya, Umar, Anirban and others did not commit sedition.
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As the bodies were wheeled in. @Asthasaxena88 and @jignasa_sinha reports from the hospitals.
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🧵RSS involvement in school curriculum revision: At work, current and former president of Vidya Bharati; ABVP Chhattisgarh chief and its ex-national head; national co-convenor of Swadeshi Jagran Manch; functionaries of Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal and more.
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My colleague @mohanreports was in neighbouring Chandbagh, which witnessed a pitched battle for nearly three hours. Read about the police's role and more
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Our take on the continued presence of elites, not just of the bhadralok variety, in the political life of Bengal and Tripura and the limitations of the hackneyed 'bhadralok vs subaltern' narrative .
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NCERT director DP Saklani interacted with PTI editors and reporters on Saturday. He justified some of the previously reported changes. "We want to create positive citizens not violent and depressed individuals”.
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Around 8 pm, the flames outside the market had subsided, but a residential property, about a kilometre away in Chandbagh, was burning. Charred remains of several vehicles lay overturned. Not a single streetlight was functional. The anti-CAA protest site lay demolished.
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Gujarat election results closer than you think: Victory margin between 200 to 2000 votes in 16 seats. My piece
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Between June 18 and July 24 (morning), 4,04,141 lakh rapid tests were carried out in Delhi. Out of the total, only 2818 people (showing symptoms) were re-tested through RT-PCR method, of which 404 tested positive. (Delhi govt affidavit in HC).
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By afternoon, there was a definite pattern: properties owned by Muslims were targeted for arson and police arrived after the stores were set ablaze. We saw a hair cutting salon, two fruit juice shops, one bike repair shop being attacked and set on fire.
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The Delhi Metro continues to carry well over 3 lakh passengers fewer than it used to before fares were hiked in 2017, perusal of month-wise ridership data between May 2017 and February 2019 show.
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Ambulances zipped past one after another. There was no way one could record them. Flipping out mobile could prove extremely costly. Journalists were asked to open galleries of their phones and warned not to capture pictures, videos. CCTVs across the stretch were smashed.
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4. “As vote bank politics fails to acknowledge diversity within the minority group, taking up issues of social reform within these groups has also proved difficult." NCERT said the rewritten section on vote bank politics is a "relevant criticism of Indian Secularism".
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Being critical of govt and its policies aren't seditious, and clampdown on unpopular views will throttle democracy - Delhi Govt standing counsel Rahul Mehra had told the Home Dept, advising that the request to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar and others under sedition charges be rejected.
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He is a reporter. But established media houses have coined a term for people they pay peanuts as wages - "stringers". You will rarely come across a human being as selfless as him. Journalists like Hari bhai personify courage, resilience. They deserve better.
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3. "In India, vote bank politics is also associated with minority appeasement. This means that the political parties disregard the principles of equality of all citizens and give priority to the interests of a minority group.".
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It will be a tool against constant attempts to manipulate our past to advance a particular narrative: @msisodia. For, the story of Delhi is not just about epic wars and the fall and rise of kingdoms.
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. @PTI_News says the Chinese ambassador refused to reply to questions about China’s transgressions of the LAC; China not allowing Indian patrols from Finger 4 to Finger 8 areas in Pangong Tso; build up of troops in almost all areas of the 3500 km LAC.
"The merits of this incident is very clear. The onus is not on China.". "Galwan Valley is on the Chinese side of the LAC, where the ground situation of control and management is very clear.". Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong to @ManashPBhuyan.
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The RTI response from #DelhiMetro on my queries on ridership. Some basic calculation will help you arrive at the figure of 3 lakh drop/day. Metro may still be making money. But the question, as @ArvindKejriwal asked y'day, is where have the commuters gone?
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A few metres ahead, a large mob could be seen freely moving around and targeting specific properties as RAF stood, a few metres away. Cars were allowed to pass amid religious cries, which had a menacing communal tone.
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As tension rose, reinforcements - paramilitary and SSB - arrived. They were greeted with slogans - Musalmaanon ko danda maaro, hum tumhaare saath hai, Delhi Police zindabad and various other slogans.
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Avoid putting young protesters and comics in jail and charging them with sedition; avoid labeling anyone who expresses disagreement as “anti-national” and a “loser.” That could be a start.
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In its official response to @ThePrintIndia , World Bank said the papers have been retracted due to “technical and procedural issues”. Researchers involved cited "government pressure". Details in the story:
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Air Vice Marshal maintains would be "premature" to discuss casualties inflicted through air strikes. Q: On what basis did top news agencies, having hundreds of subscribers in multiple languages, lead with the "350" figure? Yes, TV news too, but that shouldn't surprise us.
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BJP down to 98 now.
EC website - BJP 99 INC 77 BTT 2 Ind 3 NCP 1.
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A large posse of policemen being pushed back by protesters. Minutes earlier, they had cleared the road. The lights inside the campus were switched off by then.
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Also in AAP office, a message against CAA, NRC. Retd govt employee Vijay Singh Varun holding up the poster amid victory celebrations. @IndianExpress #DelhiElectionResult
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Gathering near main stage of Ghazipur protest site. Farmers raising slogans in support of BKU leader Rakesh Tikait and RLD vice president Jayant Chaudhary, who just left the venue after spending some time. @IndianExpress
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Shiromani Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa with BKU's Rakesh Tikait at the Ghazipur protest site. @IndianExpress
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Asked if he plans to join the TMC, Swamy said: I was already with her (Mamata Banerjee). There is no need for me to join. @IndianExpress.
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This explainer by @DeeptimanTY is a must read. The author takes a close look at the charges against Thakur and the judicial proceedings over the years.
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It's official: TM Krishna to perform tomorrow, November 17, at the Garden of Five Senses. The AAP government has organised the concert. Time to be announced shortly. @IndianExpress.
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Day after police entered the Jamia campus, reading rooms, mosque, people from many parts reached the area, which saw a wave of protests. Near a local metro station, police stopped young men heading to the protest site, took down their names, addresses and contact numbers.
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Can't really get away with a Twitter apology. What you did was criminal and should be treated by the authorities as such.
2/n My unconditional apology for misleading tweet. Big lesson for future. Wi be far more careful henceforth.
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