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How TMC made India look down during Messi’s GOAT tour
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How TMC made India look down during Messi’s GOAT tour

Messi’s three-day GOAT India Tour concluded on 15 December. During this, La Pulga (Spanish for The Flea) visited four cities: Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi. While the other three cities didn’t make much news on social media. It was Kolkata that made headlines. The reason was the state government’s mismanagement and administrative immaturity in […]

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From Patna to power: Nitin Nabin's gambit
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From Patna to power: Nitin Nabin's gambit

On the very day Rahul Gandhi stood at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on 14 December, raising the allegation of so-called “vote theft” during the Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod rally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced the appointment of 45-year-old Nitin Nabin from Bihar as its National Working President. This was no coincidence. It was a carefully […]

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When Nehru betrayed Patel
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When Nehru betrayed Patel

They say people realise the value of an individual only once he or she is gone. Alas, this cannot be said for India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel died on 15 December 1950. Within an hour of his passing, Nehru instructed his ministers and secretaries not to attend Patel’s funeral; he withdrew […]

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