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"The Centre cut short by seven months veteran Malayalam writer A Sethumadhavan's term as National Book Trust chairman and appointed a former editor of RSS' mouthpiece in his place. A senior official of NBT said Baldev Sharma, the former editor of Panchajanya, has been appointed as the new chairman. Sethumadhavan, popularly known as Sethu, was to retire in September but his tenure was cut short after the writer was called by the Union HRD ministry last month and asked to step down, sources said. "My tenure was supposed to end on September 12. I would say it is a hint...

'The Haryana government’s Educational Consultative Committee, headed by RSS ideologue Dinanath Batra, is expected to advise the State Council of Educational Research and Training on selection of Bhagvad Gita slokas to be introduced in school curriculum. On Wednesday, the Education Department urged the council to suggest the slokas it deemed fit for introduction in schools from the coming academic session. Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma confirmed the development and said there was no opposition to the introduction of the Bhagvad Gita in schools. Mr.

'The Charity Commission has opened statutory inquiries into two charities and police are investigating fraud at a third in the wake of an ITV documentary aired last night. Charities Behaving Badly, part of ITV's Exposure series, last night screened footage from "almosty a year" of undercover investigations into three registered charities. The footage showed examples of extremism, religious hatred and support of terrorism.

'An ITV documentary has revealed hatred and extremist views in registered charities. A year-long investigation by the Exposure programme followed three separate organisations: The Steadfast Trust, Global Aid Trust, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK... Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK (HSS) "runs as a voluntary organisation with weekly youth leadership training centres across the country," according to its website. But undercover filming shows children as young as 13 being taught at a summer camp organised by the charity that the number of good Muslims "can be counted on fingers".