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MP Navneet Rana, MLA Ravi Rana sent to judicial custody; Bengaluru school triggers Bible row; more

A Mumbai court on Sunday sent MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana to judicial custody till May 6. The couple was arrested last evening for allegedly "creating enmity between different groups" over their threats to recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's home.

The arrest was made on the basis of an FIR filed by Shiv Sena workers under section 153A of the Indian Penal Code.

After the hijab row, Bible in classrooms triggered another controversy in a Karnataka school. Clarence High School in Bengaluru took an undertaking from parents that they would not object to students carrying Bibles to school.

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