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Today is a new dawn in the history of the Indian Union. For the first time - outside the Hindi- and Bengali-speaking areas - two states speaking the same language have been created. Both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the two successor states to Andhra Pradesh, that come into existence on Monday, swear by Telugu.
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UP ka Gundaraj! The deteriorating law and order in Uttar Pradesh came under sharp focus after two cousins were gang-raped and killed in a rural area of Badayun district, with opposition parties blaming the Samajwadi Party government for not acting against the accused. -
A Peaceful Stabbing ? Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who attended Narendra Modi`s swearing-in as India`s new Prime Minister on Monday, Hours after arriving in Delhi for the event, Mr Sharif said in his first TV interview, "I intend taking up threads from where (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee and I left off in 1999." -
End of the Road ! Now seven decades after the first Ambassador rolled out,Hindustan Motors has put the brakes on its Uttarpara, West Bengal factory. "The company`s best efforts to revive the unit have failed. Given the circumstances, it has no alternative but to declare suspension of work at the plant with effect from May 24, 2014," a spokesperson from the CK Birla Group company said in a statement on Saturday. -
Peace Talk! With Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accepting Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi`s invite to attend his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, the neighbouring country believes the development is a right move in the direction of the composite dialogues. -
Splitting Broom ! Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has received a major blow as Shazia Ilmi, founder-member and prominent face of the party, on Saturday quit the AAP.Shazia Ilmi`s announcement to part ways with the party came minutes after Captain Gopinath, pioneer of Indian low cost airlines, resigned from the AAP.