"Pandharpur Temples Act doesn’t affect religious rights" : Government's Reply to Subramanian Swamy

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The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that the Vitthal and Rukmini temples in Solapur are open to people of all faiths and that the Pandharpur Temples Act of 1973, does not impair or curtail the rights of the devotees or pilgrims but was introduced in the interest of the general public. On August 21, a Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Arif S. Doctor directed the State government to file its reply to senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy’s petition, which claimed that the government had taken over the administration of the town’s temples perpetually in an arbitrary manner.  Reported the Hindu.  #MaharashtraHeadlines #Maharashtra #Pandharpur #BombayHighCourt #SubramanianSwamy’  #HWNews

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00:00 Dear viewers, this is Shashank and you are watching Maharashtra Headlines.

00:03 In this show we update you with top news from the state of Maharashtra.

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00:16 IMD issues yellow alert for several Maharashtra districts for today.

00:21 The Indian Meteorological Department that is the IMD has issued a yellow alert for Friday

00:27 in Mumbai, Thane, Palgarh, Raigadh, Ratnagiri, Dhole, Jalgaon and Nashik districts of Maharashtra

00:34 reported the Hindustan Times.

00:37 Pandharpur Temples Act doesn't affect religious rights, Maharashtra to High Court

00:43 The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that the Vitthal and

00:47 Rukmani temples in Solapur are open to people of all faiths and that the Pandharpur Temples

00:54 Act of 1973 does not impair or curtail the rights of the devotees or pilgrims but was

01:02 introduced in the interest of the general public.

01:05 On August 21, a bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Arif S. Doktar

01:13 directed the state government to file its reply to senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader

01:19 Dr Subramanian Swamy's petition, which claimed that the government had taken over the administration

01:25 of the town's temple perpetually in an arbitrary manner, reported The Hindu.

01:31 15-year-old dies after javelin pierces his head during school practice

01:36 A 15-year-old boy tragically lost his life when a javelin thrown by another student struck

01:41 his head during a school practice session in Maharashtra's Raigadh district, the police

01:46 said.

01:47 Another dower who had stooped down to tie his shoelaces was unaware of the javelin heading

01:52 towards him.

01:53 The shocking incident occurred at the INT English School in Purar Goregaon on Wednesday

01:59 afternoon while students were engaged in javelin-throwing practice in school.

02:04 Dower was an active member of the javelin team which was preparing for a taluka-level

02:09 competition, an official said, reported English Jagran.

02:13 Fadnavis responsible for police action on Jalna Maratha Kota agitation, says Supriya

02:19 Sule.

02:20 Nationalist Congress Party Working President Supriya Sule on Thursday said Maharashtra

02:25 Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was responsible for the police action on Maratha

02:30 Kota agitation in Jalna on September 1 and alleged the state and union governments were

02:36 not serious about reservations for various communities.

02:41 Several persons including 40 police personnel were injured and 15 state transport buses

02:46 were set ablaze in violence that started after police sought to shift a person on hunger

02:52 strike in Antarwali Sarthi in Ambar tehsil in Jalna to the hospital.

02:58 GR on Kunbi not enough says Maratha activist Manoj Jangare Patil.

03:04 In order to quell the hunger fast of Maratha Kota activist Manoj Jangare Patil, the state

03:09 on Thursday issued a government resolution i.e. GR to form a committee led by retired

03:15 Judge Sandeep Shinde to examine and set up the process of providing Marathas from Marathwada

03:22 who have Nizam era documents with Kunbi caste certificates.

03:26 This will allow them to avail of OBC reservation since the Kunbi caste comes in the OBC category,

03:33 reported the Times of India.

03:35 That's it for this episode of Maharashtra Headlines, for more such news and updates

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03:41 Thank you.

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