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Government school students cannot be compelled to recite Hindu prayers: Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday clarified that no student can be compelled to recite Hindu prayers in a government school, Bar and Bench reported. It was hearing a petition challenging a June 12 order by the Bharatiya Janata Party government directing state-run schools to mandate that prayers such as the Saraswati Vandana and the…
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‘Pritam and Pedro’ review: A light-hearted exploration of friendship and redemption
Goa Police inspector Pedro has been relegated to the cybercrime department even though he neither knows nor cares about what a “cloud” could also mean. Pedro (Arshad Warsi) points out that he is a boots-on-the-ground type, a man of action who prefers a pistol over a mouse. This grumbling Luddite teams up with the talented…
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As Kshama Sawant runs for US Congress, she’s hoping to shake up both Democrats and Republicans
Kshama Sawant is known to many South Asians in the US as the politician who introduced the first ordinance against caste discrimination in the country. The ordinance, which was passed by the Seattle city council in February 2023, set an important precedent in recognising caste as an exclusionary system in a country with a vast…