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UF favours restoring of Masjid: Veerendrakumar
One of the leading lights of the Janata Dal, M P Veerendrakumar, expressing his views on the political scene says that the party is in favour of the Masjid being rebuilt where it was demolished. "It was my party's government which decided to quit on the issue of protection of the Babri Masjid when the then PM V P Singh stopped BJP leader L K Advani's Rath Yatra to Ayodhya. No one can accuse us of ditching the minorities or question our secular credentials", he says.
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Referendum on Australian republic likely soon: Howard
The Australian government could hold a referendum on cutting its ties with the British monarchy to become a republic next year, said Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday. Speaking at the commencement of a two week constitutional convention in Canberra, he said, that if a clear support for a republican model should emerge from the convention, his government would put that model to a referendum of the Australian people before the end of 1999.
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Security up in TN after verdict in Rajiv case
Security has been beefed up on the road and rail bridges connecting Mandapam and Rameswaram island in the wake of the announcement of death sentence for 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi murder case. Tamil Nadu Special Police and reserve police personnel have been stationed on the bridges while additional police pickets have been posted at the Mandapam Refugee Camp.
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Who's more trustworthy: Birlas' too set up a poll fund
The Rs 20,000-crore Aditya Birla group has launched an election fund, consciously avoiding all the pitfalls that have made a similar effort of the Tata's a non-starter. The Birlas' newest baby - General Electoral Trust - will fund only those candidates and parties which are contesting from constituencies where the group's profit centres are based.
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