One of the longest and most controversial legal battles in Karnataka -- the Hubli Idgah Maidan case which led to several communal clashes -- has come to an end. The Supreme Court, in a recent judgment, ruled that the Idgah Maidan in Hubli was the sole property of the Hubli-Dharward Muncipal Corporation and no other organisation had any right over this property.
'The Karnataka government has registered a case against my hoisting of tricolour at Hubli Idgah Maidan, which I consider a national honour rather than an offence,' Bharti said.
A court in Hubli on Monday rejected a petition filed by the previous S M Krishna government seeking withdrawal of a case against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti.
On the heels of her discharge by a court in a 10-year old criminal case, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti will launch a 16-day 'Tirange Yatra' from Hubli in Karnataka to Jallianwallah Bagh in Punjab on September 10
The BJP leader faced charges of rioting, in which five people were killed in police firing, when she defied prohibitory orders to hoist the national flag at Hubli's Idgah Maidan on the Independence Day in 1994.
'I will surrender before the court. If I am put in jail, I will stay there. If I am released I will take to the streets for the right to unfurl national flag at the Idgah Maidan,' said the fiery leader.
Among all Joshi's other portfolios -- he is also minister for coal and mines -- it is parliamentary affairs that is politically the most crucial. But to make a success of his job, he may have to hone his people skills a bit more, reports Aditi Phadnis.
'Teaching lessons is the objective behind every school.' 'For the moment, a state seems intent to teach a lesson -- that students of Classes 4, 5 and 6 can wage war against the mighty Indian nation,' says Krishna Prasad.
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