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6 Cong MLAs who joined TMC to retain membership

Six Congress MLAs who had joined Trinamool Congress in Tripura in May this year have been allowed by the Speaker to keep their membership of the 60-member House. Speaker Ramendra Debnath said "I have heard the views of the six MLAs led by former Leader of the Opposition Sudip Roy Burman, who joined TMC and …

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August 29, 2016

Widows, manual scavengers tie Rakhis to priests in Vrindavan

In a one-of-its-kind event, hundreds of widows from Vrindavan and liberated manual scavenger women on Wednesday publicly tied Rakhi to 50 upper caste sages, Sanskrit scholars and priests at the century-old Gopinath temple in Vrindavan. Defying tradition, the women were in the temple town at the initiative of NGO Sulabh International. Around 100 widows, mostly …

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August 17, 2016