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VHP is conducting a nation-wide road blockade on Wednesday over the issue of Ram Setu

By Contributor on September 12, 2007

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is conducting a nation-wide road blockade on Wednesday to oppose the government’s proposal to make a waterway through the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka.
The VHP says the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal project would cause the demolition of the so-called Ram Setu, which finds mention in the epic Ramayana.
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School Teacher Uma Khurana is free on a bond of Rs 5000

By Contributor on September 10, 2007

Sacked government schoolteacher Uma Khurana, arrested after a television sting claimed she was pushing students into prostitution, walked free today after a court granted her bail saying she was “more of a victim than an offender”.
Delhi High Court, which also had taken cognisance of reports that the sting was fake, asked the government why [...]

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HC says recognise the Gita as rashtriya dharma shastra

By Contributor on September 10, 2007

Justice S N Srivastava of Allahabad High Court, who had stirred up a hornets’ nest earlier by ruling that Muslims are not a minority, has now come out with the order that “it is the duty of every citizen of India under Article 51-A of the Constitution – irrespective of caste, creed or religion [...]

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