INDIA SUMMARIZED

Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, the man claiming to be the descendant of last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, said  that he favoured an out-of-court settlement on the vexed Ayodhya dispute. He said that the matter should be resolved amicably through talks between religious heads of both communities and the people of Ayodhya. Art of Living founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shanker, had proposed to mediate between   Hindu   and   Muslim   religious figures and announced that he was already in touch with them for an out-of-court settlement of the dispute. Tucy supported Ravi Shankar’s initiative and said that the spiritual guru always preached universal peace. Shilanyas at Ramjanmabhoomi site T alking to reporters Tucy said he had also forwarded a demand to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board to appoint him as the mutawalli (caretaker) of the demolished   Babri mosque   as he was the direct descendant of the   Mughals   and legal h...