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Sardar Patel was happy to let Kashmir go to Pakistan
ThePrint brings to you highlights of the conversation between former Congress minister and prominent Kashmiri politician Saifuddin Soz and ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV’s Walk The Talk show. In an astonishing revelation, Soz — whose book Kashmir: Glimpses of History and the Story of Struggle releases today — tells Gupta that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was happy to let Kashmir go to Pakistan in exchange for Hyderabad and it was Jawaharlal Nehru’s insistence that kept it with India.
In an investigative story from the ground, Sanya Dhingra finds out why Haryana has earned the dubious distinction of becoming the most unsafe place for women, with the highest number of gang rapes in India.
At its special general meeting, as BCCI reiterates that the structures in place will be adhered to and that only its committees can take decisions, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) response is now awaited. Anand Vasu brings details.
D.K. Singh analyses what Former Prime Minister and JD (S) president H.D. Deve Gowda’s yoga asana on International Yoga Day and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s conspicuous absence from his government-organised yoga event at Patna’s Patlipura Sports Complex tell us about 2019.