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Swaroopanand is backed by Congress, alleges VHP

Lucknow, Nov 7 (UNI) Describing the effort of Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand to start a dialogue with Muslims on Ayodhya issue as the 'move with Congress backing', the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today called for Hindu unity to counter the move.

''This is uncalled for and meaningless which will be vehemently opposed by the sant community and Hindu population,'' VHP's international President Ashok Singhal told reporters here.

A 'Virat Sant Sammelan ( massive saints conference)' has been convened on November 19 to chalk out a strategy to foil the Shankaracharya's designs to create ''communal disharmony'' during his proposed 'Parikrama' of Ram Lalla at Ayodhya on November 30, he claimed. He said that he, however, respected the Dwarkapeeth.

Reiterating that the grand Ram temple would be constructed at the very site in Ayodhya where the makeshift temple existed, the VHP leader also announced to observe December one to six as a 'week of pledge' to make the people aware about importance of the temple, which according to him was symbol of nationalism and ''Bharatiyata.'' ''The government must come forward to make way for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya,'' he asserted.

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GSI portal to be ready by next year

New Delhi, Nov 7: The Geological Survey of India (GSI) is confident that by end of 2006-07 most of the maps will be ready in GSI platform and made portal worthy. Speaking at the inaugural session of the 41st annual meetng of GSI, Secretary Mines A K D Jadhav said here today that GSI will make available to the user the earth science database regarding the geological map on 1: 50,000 scale in digitized mode.He said in.....

Bopanna beaten, Rastogi wins to draw parity in Indo-Pak tennis test

Islamabad, Nov 7 (UNI) After Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna found himself on the wrong side of a three-set thriller against top Pakistani player Aisam-ul-Haq, Karan Rastogi swept away Aqeel Khan in straight sets as the host and the visitors ended day one of the ongoing tennis test here with even honours. Pakistan captain Aisam, who braved a family tragedy and appeared for his country, fetched the lead for his side, taming big-serving Bopanna 6-3, 5-7.....

Russian arrested for threats against Hilary Duff

LOS ANGELES, Nov 7 (Reuters) A Russian teenager who reportedly wanted to kill Hollywood teen idol Hilary Duff has been arrested, Los Angeles police said. Maksim Myaskovskiy, 18, was booked on Friday on suspicion of stalking and making criminal threats, said Sgt Steve Tobias of the Manhattan Beach Police Dept. He is scheduled to be arraigned oday, Tobias said. According to the celebrity Web site TMZ.com, Myaskovskiy, a Russian emigre, was arrested at a hotel.....
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