Gratuitous reference?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 28/07/2014

The Hindu carried a report on July 26 titled, 'Delhi government school denies admission to two Muslim girls.'The story goes into the problems a father is having admitting two daughters to the senior classes of any government school, but there is nothing in the account linking the problem to their religious identity. Why then does it occur in the headline?

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