State machinery was widely employed to secure favourable outcomes in India’s recent regional elections against three progressive regional governments who dared to challenge Narendra Modi, asserts VIJAY PRASHAD
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Last-minute Christmas shoppers will hurry home from Princes Street for parental present-wrapping sessions.
The concourse at Waverley will be rammed with families awaiting the arrival home of loved ones.
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