Denigrations

Bhubaneswar (Orissa): "We will certainly protest this and also ask the Centre to initiate appropriate action in this matter," Orissa's Law Minister B B Harichandan said.

Parbhani (Maharashtra): News about criticism on Hindu Dharma was published in daily newspaper 'Sanatan Prabhat'. Devout Hindus took a serious note of it and took out a protest march to the District Collector’s office.

Furore over sketches depicting Prophet Mohammed in the nude found in M S University campus on Wednesday night spilled over on the streets of vadodara on Friday afternoon.

The Bharatiya Janata Party does not support a concept of personal artistic freedom to hurt religious sentiments, Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani said here on Tuesday at the parliamentary party meeting.

A representation was given to the State Govt. by HJS about denigration of deities and national heroes by having their pictures on crackers. On behalf of the Govt PESO has taken notice of the representation.

In 'Haasyarang' a supplement of the Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' a picture drawn by Shri. Khushal Kale has been published showing a woman is shown filling a bucket with water from the flow of river Ganga from Lord Shiva's hair.