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Hindu prayer in Nevada State Legislature

Washington, Mar 9 (UNI) History will be created when Director of Public Affairs of Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada Rajan Zed will offer Hindu prayers at the opening of the Nevada State Assembly session on March 19 and Nevada State Senate session on May 7, both in Carson City.

This will be first time any Hindu prayer will be delivered in the Nevada State Legislature since its formation in 1864, says a news release quoting Pastor Albert Tilstra, Chaplain Coordinator for Nevada Legislature. Zed will be seated at the podium next to the Presiding Officer.

Mr Rajan Zed says that though he still has to choose which prayer he will deliver, but he is thinking something from Rig Veda, the oldest scripture of the world still in common use, dated from around 1,500 BCE. But he adds that keeping with the Legislature tradition, prayer will offer inspiration, reflection, and encouragement, and will be thought provoking. The prayer will then be included in the Daily Journal of the legislature, which is a permanent public record.

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Maoists propose abolition of monarchy in Nepal's Parliament

Kathmandu, Mar 9 (UNI) Members of Parliament of the CPN-Maoist and Janamorcha Nepal today registered a proposal to directly announce Nepal a republic by abolishing monarchy. The parties in their proposal said Parliament should directly declare Nepal a republic if the king is found to be involved in conspiring to disrupt the constituent assembly election to be held in June this year. One fourth of the house members could register a proposal to abolish the monarchy, an idea that would.....

15 candidates left in fray for Rajnandgaon bypoll

Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, Mar 14 (UNI) Fifteen candidates were left in the fray for Rajnandgaon assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh where byelections are scheduled to take place on March 29. ''Three candidates -- Brijmohan Joshi, Bhagvat Prasad Sonkar and Rakesh Srivastava -- withdrew their names on the last day of withdrawing names today,'' District Election Officer R S Vishwakarma told UNI. The key contestants include Mr Devrat Singh (Cong), Mr Leelaram Bhojwani (BJP) and Mr Balkrishna Agrawal (BSP). The Rajnandgaon seat fell.....

President Musharraf files reference against chief justice

Islamabad, Mar 9 (UNI) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today filed a reference against the country's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for gross misuse of authority and conduct. Iftikhar Chaudhry has ceased to function and the President has appointed Justice Javed Iqbal as the acting Chief Justice. This is for the first time in the Pakistan's judicial history that a reference has been filed against the Chief Justice in the seven-member supreme judicial council. The reference has been filed under article 209.....
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