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    Rush Hour: Congress urges Wangchuk to end fast, UP orders demolitions at Rampur university and more
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    An Agniveer died in Operation Sindoor. A year later, his parents are still fighting for pension
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    These poems by Amal Mathew and Satya Dash have won the 2026 Osmosis Poetry Prize
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    Amid TMC rebellion, Mamata Banerjee says Abhishek Banerjee ‘fighting like tiger’
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    How the ‘Satluj’ wave could shape Punjab politics
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    HC sends Assam woman to foreigners tribunal for relief. She is arrested and pushed into Bangladesh
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    Taslima Nasrin is returning to Kolkata. But will Bangladesh ever end her exile?
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Watch: Bihar panchayat poll candidate arrives on buffalo to file his nomination

Azad Alam cited his inability to afford petrol or diesel, news agency ANI reported.

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Sep 14, 2021 · 10:23 am
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#WATCH | Bihar Panchayat Polls 2021: Azad Alam, a candidate from Katihar district's Rampur panchayat arrived to file his nomination on a buffalo yesterday pic.twitter.com/CBIF0bbqPl

— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2021

Bihar Panchayat Polls: Azad Alam, a candidate from Katihar dist's Rampur panchayat arrived to file his nomination on a buffalo y'day

I'm a cattleman, I came here on a buffalo because I can't afford petrol or diesel: Alam

Polling will be held from Sept 24 to Dec 12 in 11 phases pic.twitter.com/aNMUixNK4L

— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2021
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