Rallies banned in New Delhi

Rallies banned in New Delhi

NEW DELHI (Reuter): Indian police have banned rallies and
protests in New Delhi for four days before a Supreme Court ruling
on a dispute between Hindus and Moslems over a religious site,
state-run radio said yesterday.

All India Radio said the Delhi police announced that rallies
were banned for four days from yesterday.

Newspapers said orders had been issued as a precaution before
the court's ruling on the dispute at the northern city of
Ayodhya. Hindu zealots tore down a 16th century mosque there in
December 1992, sparking communal riots that killed more than
2,000 people, mostly Moslems.

Militant Hindus want to build a temple on the site of the
mosque, which they say was built over the birthplace of their
warrior god Lord Rama.