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Here’s all you need to know about the tale of India’s first sea bridge.</a></div><div class="author"></div></div></div><div class="element row-element"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-row-people-shouldnt-misuse-their-rights-in-a-democracy-says-shinde/article69416943.ece" ><div class="video picture"><img src="https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/7v2t49/article69417476.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Screenshot%201097.png" data-original="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/7v2t49/article69417476.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Screenshot%201097.png" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE" alt="Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde during an exclusive interview for the launch episode of ‘Pulse Maharashtra’ on The Hindu’s YouTube channel. 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Photo: YouTube/The Hindu" class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><div class="label"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/">India </a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-row-people-shouldnt-misuse-their-rights-in-a-democracy-says-shinde/article69416943.ece"> Kunal Kamra row: People shouldn’t misuse their rights in a democracy, says Eknath Shinde </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-row-people-shouldnt-misuse-their-rights-in-a-democracy-says-shinde/article69416943.ece">Eknath Shinde hints at Uddhav group’s involvement in the incident and adds that he does not support the violence at the studio</a></div><div class="author"><div class="author-name noimg"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Vinaya-Deshpande-Pandit-23958/" class="person-name lnk">Vinaya Deshpande 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height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><div class="label"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/">India </a></div><h3 class="title"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-bill-narrow-margin-of-defeat-in-rajya-sabha-surprises-opposition/article69413504.ece"> Waqf Bill: Narrow margin of defeat in Rajya Sabha surprises Opposition </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-bill-narrow-margin-of-defeat-in-rajya-sabha-surprises-opposition/article69413504.ece">The INDIA bloc has only 81 members and at least six of them were absent during voting; additional votes were contributed by AIADMK and the non-INDIA bloc Opposition parties such as BJD, YSR Congress and BRS</a></div><div class="author"><div class="aut-img author-img"><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Sobhana-K--Nair-3541/" class=" lnk"><img alt="Sobhana K Nair" src="https://www.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" 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