Bengaluru, April 28 -- April 28 : Union Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti, V. Somanna, has issued directions to the authorities not to remove sacred threads and mangalsutras from candidates appearing for the exam for the nursing superintendent posts organised by the Railway Recruitment Board.

Earlier, a circular issued by the Department of Railways, mentioned in the candidates' admission letters, had stated that individuals wearing sacred threads, mangalsutras, and other religious symbols would not be allowed inside the exam centres. Various Hindu organisations had expressed outrage over this circular A mangalsutra is a sacred necklace, usually with black beads and gold, worn by Hindu married women. It symbolises the marital...