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The authorities in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district on Saturday demolished nine mosques and shrines, and 45 homes in the Prabhas Patan area near the Somnath temple for alleged land encroachment, the Hindustan Times reported. The demolition drive started in the…

It’s a clammy Sunday morning in Kavaratti as the islanders slowly emerge from their homes to catch up with each other. Some meet at the tea shacks that pepper Lakshadweep’s capital, all 4.22 sq km of it . Others, usually…