India: Whither secularism? Government releases Rs5 coins with Vaishno Devi emblem

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Whither secularism? Government releases Rs5 coins with Vaishno Devi emblem
Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013, 6:42 IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA

by R N Bhaskar



Coins and currency notes were never meant to promote any religion. However, curiously, just when national elections are round the corner, the government has released into the market five-rupee (Rs5) coins which

Show ownership proof: Court to Kalkaji priests

Show ownership proof: Court to Kalkaji priests
Abhinav Garg, TNN | Nov 19, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday demanded proof from the various pujaris staking claim on Kalkaji Temple land in south Delhi. Brushing aside colonial era court records and other documents translated from Urdu to English cited by some of the pujaris, a bench of Justice B S Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra said "

Temple, Toilet and Sangh Politics - Ram Puniyani

Temple, Toilet and Sangh Politics

Ram Puniyani

After a long campaign the RSS combine succeeded in demolishing Babri Mosque on 6th December 1992. While Advani was the lead person in the whole phenomenon, there were many RSS swayamsevaks who formed the foundation of this dastardly act, one of them being Narendra Modi, the BJP’s current Prime Ministerial candidate. The importance given to this