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Rahul Gandhi gets 2 years for Modi defamation in India

India's opposition Congress Party Leader Rahul Gandhi arriving at a court in Surat, India. [AP]

An Indian court found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation Thursday over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname and sentenced him to two years in prison.

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