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Nov 7 2009, Shiv

So far Bengal is concerned, it’s having an ominous undertone may it be Marx, Mata or Maoists. So far I am concerned Maoists are the offspring of the unholy relation between TMC and left - a sort of a mafia which has been patronized by both with a...

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In this image released by Mass Appeal Entertainment/Koch Records, the latest CD from the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, “Eye Legacy,” is shown.