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Jharkhand: Hemant Soren sent to 5-day ED custody, JMM and Congress MLAs fly to Hyderabad after Champai Soren takes oath

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Jharkhand: Hemant Soren sent to 5-day ED custody, JMM and Congress MLAs fly to Hyderabad after Champai Soren takes oath

JMM leader and former chief minister of Jharkhand, Hemant Soren, has been sent to five-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate by the High Court in connection with an alleged land scam case.

Hemant Soren was arrested by the ED after several summons in the alleged land scam case and several hours of questioning on Wednesday night.

Earlier, Soren was sent to one-day judicial custody by a special PMLA court in Ranchi.

Earlier, the ED said it had recovered cash worth in excess of Rs 36 lakh from the possession of the JMM chief along with documents linked to the ongoing investigation into the alleged acquisition of land by ‘fraudulent means’.

The agency added that land parcels spanning 8.5 acres were part of the criminal proceeds that the former CM allegedly acquired. ED stated that in a raid conducted on April 13, 2023, they unearthed several property-related records and registers that were in the possession of Revenue Sub-Inspector Bhanu Pratap Prasad.

It informed further that the probe further revealed that Bhanu Pratap Prasad and others are part of a “very large syndicate involved in corrupt practices of acquiring properties forcefully as well as on the basis of false deeds.

The former CM on Friday moved the Supreme Court against his arrest, but the court refused to entertain his plea, challenging his arrest by the ED in the land deal case and asking him to approach the concerned High Court with his petition.

A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh, and Bela M. Trivedi said that they are not inclined to entertain the petition.

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Soren, submitted that the matter deals with a Chief Minister who has been arrested. The top court remarked courts are open to everybody and high courts are constitutional. If they allow one person then they have to allow everybody, the top court said.

Soren challenged the ED’s summons dated January 22, 2024, and January 25, 2024, purportedly issued under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, as illegal, null, and void, and accordingly quash the impugned summons and all steps taken and proceedings emanating therefrom.

The JMM chief claimed that he has been facing constant harassment at the hands of the ED, alleging that the probe agency was misusing its authority and powers at the bidding of its political masters.

The probe pertains to proceeds of crime generated by allegedly forging official records by showing ‘fake sellers’ and purchasers in the guise of forged or bogus documents to acquire huge parcels of land having value in crores.

JMM Congress MLAs onboard a plane to Hyderabad

In the meanwhile, several MLAs from JMM and Congress have reportedly taken a plane to Hyderabad as Champai Soren took oath as the new CM in Jharkhand. Congress’ Alamgir Alam and RJD’s Satyanand Bhokta also took the oath as a ministers in the Jharkhand cabinet. Some MLAs, but reportedly not all, have taken a plane to Hyderabad, to prevent poaching attempts.

In the 81-member Jharkhand assembly, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has 29, its ally the Congress has 17 seats while the RJD and the CPI (ML) have 1 seat each. With the support of 43 MLAs the INDIA bloc has the numbers to sail through a floor test.

On the opposition bench the Bharatiya Janata Party has 26 seats, AJSU 3 while Independents and others have 3 MLAs. 1 seat in the assembly is vacant. Floor test for Champai Soren will be scheduled withing 10 days. Champai Soren, who was the state transport minister in Hemant Soren’s cabinet, is a 7-time MLA from the Seraikela constituency.

Hemant Soren was arrested by the ED on Wednesday, January 31, after several hours of questioning in the land scam case.

(With inputs from ANI)

Doordarshan to retelecast Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan from February 5: Details

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Doordarshan to retelecast Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan from February 5: Details

On Friday, the official X handle of state broadcaster Doordarshan announced that Ramanand Sagar’s iconic show based on the Hindu Epic Ramayan will be retelecasted on DD National twice a day from February 5. One episode of the show will air in the evening between 6 pm to 7 am while the repeat telecast will be broadcast in the afternoon between 12 pm to 1 pm.

Ramayan, an iconic show from the 80s and 90s, features Arun Govil as Shri Ram, Deepika Chikhalia as Maa Sita, and Sunil Lahri as Brother Lakshman. The show was widely popular and attracted unprecedented viewership when it was first telecasted.

The announcement comes weeks after the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Mandir concluded on January 22, when an enthralling idol of Lord Ram as a five-year-old child and oozing divinity was installed at the majestic new temple. An elaborate ceremony was organised to mark the event, with eminent personalities in attendance. PM Modi attended the event as a Yajman for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony. UP CM Yogi Adityanath and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat were also present on the occasion.

Notably, Ramayan was also retelecasted during the first lockdown announced by the Centre in March 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. During that time, the retelecast created quite a flutter, with the first episode crashing Doordarshan’s website and becoming the top-searched item on Google India. It had trended at the top on social media platforms.

Ramayan on Doordarshan had attracted viewership from all sections of the population and millennials were hooked as well. Memes, jokes and discussions regarding the show flooded social media platforms. There were apprehensions that the re-telecast may not be very popular given the advancement of cinematography techniques, computer graphics and the changing taste of viewers, but Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan smashed all speculations and became one of the most-watched shows in the history of Indian television.

The popular television show ‘Ramayan’ based on Valmiki’s Epic Ramayana has become the highest-viewed entertainment program globally. It registered record-breaking viewership and created a world record when 77 million people watched the show in a single day. The record was created on the 16th of April at 9 p.m. Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan aired on Doordarshan for the first time between 1987 and 1988. The show features Arun Govil, Deepika Chikhalia, Sunil Lahri, Arvind Trivedi, Sanjay Jog, Sameer Rajda, Dara Singh and Bal Dhuri in lead roles.

Poonam Pandey’s death sparks discussion about how model-turned-actor was subjected to abuse by ex-husband Sam Ahmed, had suffered brain haemorrhage

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Poonam Pandey’s death sparks discussion about how model-turned-actor was subjected to abuse by ex-husband Sam Ahmed, had suffered brain haemorrhage

Update: Poonam Pandey is not dead. She faked her own death to raise awareness about cervical cancer. She is alive. Read more here. Old report continues below which is based on her lie.

Model and actress Poonam Pandey passed away today (2nd February) due to cervical cancer. Pandey, who left this world at the young age of 32, was surrounded by a lot of controversies for the last few years.

Sam Ahmed and Poonam Pandey

Poonam Pandey was married to Sam Ahmed. Problems in their married life started appearing after a mere 11 days of marriage.

Later, when she was a contestant in the reality TV show “Lock Up”, Pandey revealed that her husband used to beat her from morning till evening.

Notably, an abusive relationship where the woman gets upset and starts taking contraceptive pills can also trigger Cervical cancer. This has also been proven in research.

Poonam Pandey secretly married Sam Ahmed in September 2020 and on 22nd September, Goa Police arrested Sam Ahmed in a domestic violence case.

Poonam had alleged that Sam beat her and then made her suffer the consequences. In the year 2022, the news of her divorcing Sam came around. It was learnt that she did not want to be in a relationship with anyone for 5 years.

Pandey had revealed during her time in “Lock Up” that her husband used to beat her from morning till evening, controlled her, did not allow her to be alone, and used to get angry even when she used the phone.

She also suffered a brain haemorrhage due to domestic violence. While talking to Karanvir in “Lock Up”, Pandey said, “Sam did not beat me just once, my brain injury (pointing to the left side of her head) has not yet healed, because he beat me at the same place. Used to beat again and again. I used to apply makeup, gloss and laugh in front of people. I used to act very cool in front of them.”

She told another contestant Pairal Rohatgi that she never knew why Sam used to beat her. During the show, she also mentioned Sam Ahmed’s dirty addiction to drinking alcohol.

She said, “If a person starts drinking at 10 in the morning and continues drinking till late night and there is no one to save you at night, what can you do? Even the staff would run away in fear.”

Poonam Pandey, Cervical Cancer and Causes

Poonam Pandey had come to know some time ago that she was suffering from cervical cancer. But her bad relations with her ex-husband Sam Ahmed were already in the news.

Pandey’s death has sparked a discussion online about the torture she was subjected to in her married life.

A bad marital life can make women victims of forced abortion through contraceptive pills or morning-after pills (different from normal contraceptive pills, which are more harmful), and become habitual. This affects their body and one of the affects is Cervical cancer.

According to the Cancer Research Organization of England, the consumption of contraceptive pills increases the risk of cervical cancer.

A research by Gutmasher, an American research organization, contraceptive pills can be a reason for the increase in cervical cancer cases.

These researches show that if someone has taken birth control pills for a long time, they have a higher chance of getting cervical cancer.

Convicted sex offender Abdul carries out alkali attack in London, inflicts ‘life-changing injuries’ on woman and her toddler: What happened

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Convicted sex offender Abdul carries out alkali attack in London, inflicts ‘life-changing injuries’ on woman and her toddler: What happened

On Wednesday (31st January) evening, an Islamist identified as 35-year-old Abdul Shakoor Ezedi carried out an alkali attack at Lessar Avenue near Clapham Common in South London.

As per reports, Abdul threw the corrosive substance at a 31-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged three and nine. The victims were inside their car at the time of the attack.

Thereafter, the accused fled the crime scene in his car but rammed into a stationary vehicle. Following the collision, he escaped from the area on foot.

Reportedly, 4 members of the public and 5 police officers were also injured while helping the victims. All of them were later admitted to a hospital. The 31-year-old woman and her 3-year-old child are suspected to have ‘life-changing injuries.’

Meanwhile, the police have launched a manhunt to nab Abdul Shakoor Ezedi. As per reports, he was last spotted buying a bottle of water from a Tesco in the Caledonian Road area of North London.

Abdul is a native of Afghanistan and lives in Newcastle city of England. It has now come to light that he arrived in the United Kingdom in a lorry way back in 2016. Two years later, he was convicted ‘sexual assault/exposure.’

He was given an unpaid work order as part of his sentence by the Newcastle Crown Court in 2018. Abdul was released from probationary supervision in 2020. He applied for asylum on two occasions but it was rejected.

The Islamist later claimed to have converted to Christianity and was granted asylum in 2021/2022. While speaking about the matter, police Superintendent Gabriel Cameron dubbed the incident as a ‘horrible crime against a vulnerable woman.’ He emphasised, “We will catch him, I’m wholeheartedly confident.”

An eyewitness identified as Shannon told the BBC, “As I run outside, I’ve seen this guy throwing a child on the floor, he picked her up and threw her again. I’ve then seen her mum walking up the road saying ‘I can’t see I can’t see’.”

She took the child to safety while her partner tried to apprehend a fleeing Abdul. “I chased him halfway down the road, but I was in slippers so didn’t get very far…As I came back, that’s when I saw the woman who had been attacked…so I ran inside to get some water and just sprayed her down with water,” her partner added.

Kerala: Judge VG Sridevi gets threats from Islamists for death sentence to 15 convicts in Ranjith Sreenivasan murder case, cases filed

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Kerala: Judge VG Sridevi gets threats from Islamists for death sentence to 15 convicts in Ranjith Sreenivasan murder case, cases filed

Judge VG Sridevi, who awarded the death sentence to the terrorists of the banned jihadi organisation Popular Front of India and its political outfit Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in connection to the brutal murder of Bharatiya Janata Party leader and advocate Ranjith Sreenivasan, has now come under fire from Muslim fundamentalists. She is being threatened through social media which has led to an increase in her security.

The Alappuzha South Police have reportedly filed at least six cases about threats against the judge. According to the authorities, the First Information Report has been launched against Beevi KU, Aslam Valavupacha, Naseermon Khalil, Azad Ameer, Rafi Thiruvananthapuram and Shafeeq for provoking violence. Furthermore, two persons have been arrested regarding the matter.

The judge at Kerala’s Mavelikkara Additional District Sessions Court, Alappuzha pronounced the verdict on the 2021 murder case of Ranjith Sreenivasan, the state (Other Backward Class) OBC Morcha secretary of the BJP. She issued death sentences to the fifteen convicts of the aforementioned Islamist groups on 30th January this year. The radicals in Kerala have been attacking her ever since the ruling. She has become the target of a social media hate campaign by Islamic fanatics affiliated with PFI. They are posting her pictures online. The Kerala Police have beefed up her security in response to these concerns.

The two offenders have been caught by the cops from Thiruvananthapuram and Allapuzha. Judge Sridevi’s protection was stepped up earlier on 30th January. A further set of chargesheet is anticipated to be submitted in the case which contains the identities of the fifteen PFI cadres who were involved in plotting the murder and erasing evidence.

Ranjith Sreenivasan was murdered in front of his family members on 19th December 2021 by entering his house. Naeem, Mohammed Aslam, Anoop, Ajmal, Abdul Kalam alias Salam, Abdul Kalam, Safaruddin, Manshad, Jaseeb Raja, Nawas, Sameer, Nazir, Zakir Hussain, Shaji and Shernus Ashraf were found guilty of the crime by the Mavelikkara Court.

All of them are residents of Alappuzha and are associated with the outlawed PFI and its political wing SDPI. The first eight of these perpetrators have been held directly responsible for the murder. The court has imposed four more sections including section 302 (which prescribes the punishment for murder) on them. Notably, while they were assassinating the victim, the rest were standing guard outside his residence with deadly weapons.

In addition, culprits number 13, 14, and 15 in the case were adjudged culpable of murderous conspiracy by the court. The police had produced a hit list before the court that was obtained from Anoop’s phone. It became a significant piece of evidence in the matter. More than 150 individuals, including Ranjith Sreenivasan, were named on the list. They also featured the names of numerous leaders belonging to BJP and Hindu organisations.

Telangana: One-year-old boy mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in Hyderabad

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Telangana: One-year-old boy mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in Hyderabad

In a horrifying incident, a one-year-old baby boy sleeping in a shack with his father was pulled out and killed by a pack of stray dogs in Hyderabad’s Shamshabad early Thursday (February 1) morning. Locals witnessed the pack feeding on the child and called the police.

Reports say that is the ninth serious incident of dog attacks on children in the city since March of last year. RGI Airport inspector K Balaraju stated that they have filed a case based on a complaint lodged by the father of the child, K Suryakumar, and have begun an investigation.

Suryakumar, a worker, has been living in a makeshift hut near the Rajiv Gruhakalpa complex in Shamshabad city. On Wednesday (31st January) night, he and his elder son, one-year-old K Nagaraju, a 20-day-old newborn, and other family members slept in the hut. The new mother was not present when the incident occurred.

Suryakumar was woken up at about 1.30 a.m. by residents who informed him that a gang of stray dogs was feeding on a child. When he ran out, he saw that the child had died. “We fed milk to Nagaraju and went to sleep at 12.15 am, but did not notice anything suspicious then,” Suryakumar told the police. In a similar incident in February 2023, a four-year-old boy was mauled to death by strays in Amberpet.

The boy’s father filed a complaint with the police, claiming that his child died due to the injuries caused by dogs. A case has been filed, and an investigation is ongoing.

Meanwhile, locals have complained about the increasing number of stray dog assaults in the area. They are afraid of going out and are anxious about their children’s safety in addition. People have also claimed that their complaints went unheard since authorities did nothing to address the situation.

Another dog-biting incident transpired on Wednesday when a girl was mauled by a stray dog while playing outside her house in Ganesh Nagar of Peerzadiguda, Medchal-Malkajgiri district. The dog was seen pulling the child by her feet when three women rescued her.

Allahabad High Court declines interim stay on Varanasi court order allowing Puja inside ‘Vyas Tehkhana’ in Gyanvapi complex

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Allahabad High Court declines interim stay on Varanasi court order allowing Puja inside ‘Vyas Tehkhana’ in Gyanvapi complex

In another major victory for Hindus in the Gyanvapi case, the Allahabad High Court today refused to stop puja at the Vyas Cellar in the mosque complex which started yesterday as per Varanasi District Court order. The Gyanvapi Mosque committee had moved the High Court seeking a stay on the district court order, but the court refused to allow the plea.

However, the Allahabad High Court directed the state government to maintain law and order situation in the area.

The Muslim side had approached the High Court after Supreme Court refused to hear its plea on an urgent basis. The CJI had told them to move the High Court instead.

A bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal heard the petition filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee challenging the Varanasi District Court’s January 31 order allowing Hindus to perform prayers in the Vyas Ji ka Tehkhana, the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque. After hearing the both sides, the court refused interim stay on the district court order.

During the hearing, the court noted that the masjid committee has not challenged an earlier court order on January 17 appointing the District Magistrate as the receiver. In the 31 January order, the court ordered the receiver to facilitate the worship of Hindu deities found in the cellar. The court noted that the 31 January order was a consequential order of the earlier order, and therefore the earlier order should have been contested first.

The court told the masjid committee, “You haven’t contested the order dated January 17th, appointing the District Magistrate as the receiver. This is a consequential order…Amend your appeal.”

The judge noted that unless the January 17 order appointing a District Magistrate as court receiver is challenged, it may not be possible to hear the mosque committee’s challenge to the 31 January order.

Presenting its side, the Muslim side claimed that there is urgency in the matter, as puja has already started in the cellar. He objected to the fact that puja was started within hours of the court order, while the court had given 7 days to the administration to do it. Senior advocate SFA Naqvi appearing for the Muslim side claimed that there is chaos in the are due to ‘hasty’ implementation of the court order to allow puja.

He requested stay on the 31 January order, saying they will be amending the plea to challenge the 17 January order. But advocate Vishnu Sankar Jain appearing for the Hindu side objected to it, saying that as the plea is faulty, it is not maintainable.

Jain also stated that the current case of prayer in the Vyar Cellar is different from the ongoing main case on Gyanvapi, which is concerning the religious character of the Gyanvapi compound.

It is notable that on 31 January, Judge AK Vishvesha of the district court passed an order allowing Hindus to pray at the Vyas Ji ka Tehkhana. The court had directed the administration to remove the fence in front of the cellar and make necessary worship within 7 days.

 Accordingly, the district administration removed the steel grill and created a pathway to the cellar on the night on 31 January, and allowed Hindu priests to enter the cellar to perform initial rituals, which were concluded by 3.30 AM. Later in morning, women from the Vyas family went to the cellar for puja. After that, daily five aartis are taking place in the cellar.

Tamil actor Vijay enters politics, names his political party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam

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Tamil actor Vijay enters politics, names his political party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam

Tamil film actor Vijay on Friday took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to announce his entry into politics. The actor named his political party ‘Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam’ and released a statement.

In the statement, actor Vijay stated that his newly launched party will not contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and will not support any other party, citing the decision made during the General and Executive Council Meeting.

Born on June 22, 1974, Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, professionally known as Vijay, is a prominent Indian actor and singer primarily active in the Tamil cinema industry. Renowned for his versatile talents, he stands as one of the top-earning actors in India and has consistently secured a place in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list on seven occasions.

With a lead role in 67 films, Vijay, affectionately called Thalapathy (meaning Commander), enjoys a substantial fan base both nationally and internationally. His accolades include an Osaka Best Actor Award and a South Indian International Movie Award. Notably, in 2023, Vijay achieved the distinction of being the highest-paid actor in India.

Canada: Gunshots fired at the house of Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s aide Simranjeet Singh, police launch probe

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Canada: Gunshots fired at the house of Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s aide Simranjeet Singh, police launch probe

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has launched an investigation into an overnight shooting incident at the South Surrey residence of Simranjeet Singh, a friend of India-designated Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada-based CBC news has reported.

In a statement, Surry RCMP said that they responded to reports of gunshots just after 1:20 am Thursday at a residence located near the 2800 block of 154 Street.

CBC News reported that Corporal. Sarbjit Sangha said officers stayed in the area and spoke to neighbours and witnesses, and are currently reviewing CCTV footage to find out more about the shooting. No one was injured.

A CBC News reporter who went to the house on Thursday afternoon found a car that had been heavily damaged by gunfire, along with multiple bullet holes in the house itself.

Corporal Sangha did not confirm how many shots were fired into the house, and said police believe the incident was isolated in nature.

“The investigation is in, still, very early stages so the motive of this shooting has not been determined as of this time,” she was cited as saying.

In September last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had claimed that there were “credible allegations” that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey in June 2023.

India, however, denied the allegations as absurd and motivated. Relations between India and Canada have been strained ever since.

In December last year Trudeau said that he had made the allegations public as he expected the information to be leaked.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

South India got investments, North Indian states lagged behind because of Congress govt’s Freight Equalisation Policy: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

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South India got investments, North Indian states lagged behind because of Congress govt’s Freight Equalisation Policy: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

 Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday blamed the freight equalisation policies of the successive Congress governments at the Centre for North India lagging behind in development.

He was reacting to Congress MP DK Suresh’s recent remark that southern states of the country will raise a demand for a separate country if the Centre ‘continues the trend’ of not releasing funds for them. Suresh said this after Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Interim Budget in Parliament on Thursday.

“It is also necessary for the people of India today, especially in North India, to know why it is that North India has lagged behind South India in development,” Chandrasekhar said while talking ANI.

“The answer to that is, from 1952 under the Congress till 1995, almost 40 years, the Congress government pursued a freight equalisation policy that made it absolutely no incentive for companies to invest in Jharkhand, to invest in Bihar, to invest in the north of India,” he said.

The Union Minister said that people from states like Jharkhand and Bihar should be asking Congress why this policy was pursued.

“South India garnered all the investments because of the freight equalisation policy. So if anything, today the people of states like Jharkhand and people of states like Bihar should be asking Congress, Why did you do this to us for 50-55 years?” He said.

“Now MPs from the Congress in the south are saying we should not help north India. So this is the hypocrisy of the Congress. This is the double speak of the Congress that one leader talks about jodo, another leader talks about ‘todo’,” he added, referring to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Chandrasekhar further said that DK Suresh’s remark should anger every Indian.

“This is an issue that certainly every Indian should be angry about. The Congress party today, under Rahul Gandhi, sets out to do the so-called Jodo yatra and tries to fool people about his Jodo yatra. You have senior leaders talking about dividing India and seceding South India from North India,” he said.

Congress MP DK Suresh stoked the controversy after Sitharaman presented the interim budget.

“The Centre is not properly giving the right share of GST and direct taxes to South Indian states. The South Indian states are facing injustice. The money collected from southern states is being given to North Indian states. If this continues, we will be forced to demand a separate country,” Suresh had said.

He further threatened to raise a demand for a separate country if the trend continues.

“The centre is getting over Rs 4 lakh crore from us and what we are getting in return is negligible. We have to question this. If this is not rectified, all southern states have to raise their voices demanding a separate nation,” he said. 

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

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