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Directive
to govt on Plus 21 channel
NEW DELHI,
March 26 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today asked
the Centre whether adult programmes under the
controversial Plus 21 channel were being telecast through
cable networks by Global Internet Ltd in violation of the
Cinematograph Act. A Division Bench comprising acting
Chief Justice Devender Gupta and Mr Justice K.S. Gupta
ordered the Centre to probe how many cable operators were
retransmitting programmes of Plus 21 adult channel in
violation of law and submit a report to the court in this
regard by May 3, the next date of hearing. Dalai Lama
BEIJING,
March 26 (PTI) Chinese President Jiang Zemin has
lashed out at the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the
Dalai Lama, accusing him of heading a separatist group
and broke diplomatic convention to attack the Swiss
Government over anti-China protest by Tibetans in Bern.
'The Tibet issue is not a religious but a political issue
concerning the Dalai Lama,' Jiang was quoted as saying by
official Xinhua news agency last night in Bern, where he
is on a state visit.
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