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Madras HC flags maladministration in Chidambaram Lord Shiva temple, constitutes Board to cure ills
New structures put up by them indiscriminately makes it sufficiently clear that there is maladministration of the temple property. The extensive damage to the heritage structure, the defiance to render the true and proper accounts, were among the points mentioned by the court in its order as factors that warranted judicial interference.
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According to the advisory, BS-VI, CNG and electric vehicles will be allowed to enter the national capital in accordance with prescribed rules and exemptions.
IIT student suicide: Sahil Wakode's parents move Bombay HC seeking CBI, SIT probe
The petition alleged that police had failed to probe the case with the seriousness it merits and, hence, sought the probe to be monitored by a retired judge.
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Plea in SC seeks to determine whether Ram temple stands on land adjudicated in Ayodhya dispute
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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for throwing acid on 3 sisters
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Man gets life imprisonment for killing brother in Nanded in 2023
Venkat Baswant Nakkawar (32) bludgeoned his brother Sanjay Baswant Nakkawar to death with a stone. Venkat was arrested later by Degloor police.
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Madras HC flags maladministration in Chidambaram Lord Shiva temple, constitutes Board to cure ills
New structures put up by them indiscriminately makes it sufficiently clear that there is maladministration of the temple property. The extensive damage to the heritage structure, the defiance to render the true and proper accounts, were among the points mentioned by the court in its order as factors that warranted judicial interference.
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