S Sudarshan

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Demonstrators from the the Maratha community marching in Amravati last Tuesday. Among their demands are reservation in education and employment. — Photo: S Sudarshan
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Rugved Raikawar (on the chair) gets support from other students during his day-long hunger strike on Sunday in Nagpur. The Class VII student wants schools to find ways to reduce the weight of their heavy school bags.
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Nagpur, 09/12/2016: Leader of Opposition in state Legislative council (C) Dhananjay Munde along with other mla's protest wearing onion garlands, against state government for not getting 50% grants from Central Govt. for Onion.
Photo: S Sudarshan.
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Activists of Jamiyat-A-Ulma, Maharastra, took out a silent procession in Nagpur on Thursday.
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Crowds gather outside Bindal plaza in Gondia, near Nagpur, on Wednesday after an early morning fire in the building left seven people dead. Photo: S Sudarshan
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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi addressing an election meeting at Tipu Sultan Square in Nagpur on Tuesday.
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Vidarbha Rajya Aghadi staging ‘Rail Roko’ at Sewagram railway station on Thursday.
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RSS Supremo Mohan Bhagwat
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Supporters of AIMIM at a rally at Azad Nagar in Nagpur on Sunday.
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The national flag being hoisted at Edara Bakyatussalehat madarassa in Nagpur.
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People carry a giant national flag past the Futala lake in Nagpur.
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Seeking answers: Geeta, wife of Bandu Sonule, along with members of her family. Bandu, a farm labour from Manali village in Yavatmal district, died after spraying pesticide on cotton crop.
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Small lettering in English makes it difficult for those using the pesticides to read any warning or precautions.
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Preparation at Deekshabhoomi is in full swing for Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din (Mass Conversion Ceremony Day) where lakhs of Buddhists visit the monument, marking the day on which Indian social reformer Dr. B R Ambedkar and his followers converted to Buddhism coinciding with Dussehra in Nagpur.
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Lawyers brought it to the notice of the judge that the song was originally penned in Bengali and subsequently translated to Sanskrit as Vande Mataram.
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