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Mumbai: At first glance, the draft development plan (2014-2034) for Mumbai seems noble. No one disputes that the street network of India’s commercial hub is old and narrow. On-street parking has further reduced its capacity. Inadequate footpaths and encroachment has forced pedestrians on to streets. So, draft proposed new andContinue Reading

Cong refers to Advani’s ‘convent education’ to slam Goa min

By: Matters India

On: April 8, 2015

In: National

Panaji — Opposition Congress today hit back at Goa minister Deepak Dhavalikar, whose party MGP is the alliance partner in the BJP-led government, over his remarks on convent schools and Indian culture, saying that BJP veteran LK Advani still remains a “Hindutva icon” despite being the product of a missionary school.Continue Reading

Fight over yoga in US can tie us up in knots

By: Matters India

On: April 8, 2015

In: National

That’s what a school in Encinitas, California, calls the padmasana or lotus position in its effort to make yoga sound more all-American. It worked. A three-judge panel of the 4th district court of appeal has upheld a lower court ruling that the Encinitas school district could continue to offer yogaContinue Reading