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In big win for Modi, Indian state leader teams up with his ruling BJP

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scored a major political victory on Thursday when the chief minister of a populous northern state joined forces with his ruling party, further weakening the field of credible opposition candidates.

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In big win for Modi, Indian state leader teams up with his ruling BJP

IndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModiscoredamajorpoliticalvictoryonThursdaywhenthechiefministerofapopulousnorthernstatejoinedforceswithhisrulingparty,furtherweakening

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India's attempt to quash student dissent brings country's intolerance into focus

The students at India's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi are at war with the government. The confrontation started all of a sudden after Indian police arrested the student unions' president Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of sedition and declaring him "anti-national."