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Temple in Golden Triangle told to vacate, 16 July 2012
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Compiled by SIRA HABIBU, TAN SIN CHOW and A. RAMAN
KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has given the Sri Muniswarar Kaliyamman temple committee five days to vacate the premises to make way for a new development project, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Hindraf information chief S. Jayathas, representing the 30-man temple committee, urged the developer to incorporate the century-old Hindu temple in the project in Bukit Nanas instead of asking the temple to relocate.
“The temple, located in Jalan Tengah, off Jalan P. Ramlee, is sited on DBKL reserve land and is the only temple for Hindus within the Kuala Lumpur business zone, also known as the Golden Triangle,'' he said.
Jayathas added that the temple should be saved from demolition and given the land title.
> Women under 40 in the Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat area cannot visit a market unaccompanied, get married to the man they love or use mobile phones.
The village panchayat (village council) said this was to protect them from Eve-teasing and harassment, Tamil Nesan reported.
This decision was taken at a panchayat meeting of Asara village in Baghpat district after growing incidents of harassment in the area.
The panchayat blamed the telecommunications boom for the sharp increase in instances of Eve-teasing and elopement because young boys and girls can communicate with each other on handphones.
The restriction has infuriated women's rights activist.
“Instead of taking action against the alleged perpetrators involved in the harassment, the panchayat has decided to keep tabs on the women,'' said director of the Centre for Social Research Ranjana Kumari,
Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this > sign, it denotes a separate news item.
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