Friday, November 20, 1998
Fatwa to withdraw wards from schools
Intervening in the ongoing controversy over compulsory recitation of Vande Mataram and Sarswati Vandana, the Muslim Personal Law Board has issued a fatwa, asking Muslims to withdraw their children/wards from government-run schools where the order is being imposed.
Brajesh Mishra is NSC adviser
The much-awaited National Security Council (NSC) was on Thursday formally announced by the Prime Minister's Office, with a three-tier structure that has in-built defects. The NSC, as envisaged in the announcement, is going to be a replication of the government in a different form.
DAP threatens to go the onion way
After onions, tomatoes, potatoes and pulses, it's di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) this time. Amidst rumours of serious shortages and allegations of government bungling as well as hoarding, prices for this fertiliser have begun spiralling.
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