Search For "conversion"
Gujarat Assembly passes bill to stop 'love jihad'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 2 (ANI): To bring more stringent punishment against forced religious conversions through marriage, Gujarat Vidhan Sabha passed the 'Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2021' with a majority.
Read More
Gujarat govt to table 'love jihad' bill before Assembly today
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 1 (ANI): The state government is set to amend the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 to bring more stringent punishment against forced religious conversions through marriage.
Read More
Plea filed in SC seeking direction to control religious conversion
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to take steps to control religious conversion by "intimidating, threatening or deceivingly luring unwitting individuals with gifts or monetary benefits or by using mirac
Read More
Infectious disease outbreaks correlated to deforestation, forest conversio
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 28 (ANI) A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science shows that deforestation, certain types of reforestation, and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease.
Read More
Satin Creditcare completes first call on rights issue
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Micro-finance major Satin Creditcare Network Ltd said on Friday it has successfully completed the conversion of shares from Rs 2.50 paid up per share to Rs 7.50 paid up per share against face value of Rs 10 per share in first call money of its partly paid r
Read More
Study links disease outbreaks to deforestation, forest conversion and palm
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Deforestation, certain types of reforestation and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease, shows a new study in Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
Read More
US Congressman expresses solidarity with Sindhi community as Pak crackdown
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Pakistan against the Sindhis, US Congressman Adam Schiff has condemned the human rights abuses in Sindh province, including disappearances, torture, forced conversions and extrajudicial killings.
Read More
Andhra BJP accuses 'conversion mafias' of illegally capturing holy site at
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 3 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vishnu Vardhan Reddy has accused "conversion mafias" of illegally capturing a holy site at Edlapadu -- that is said to have borne the footprint of goddess Sita and a carving of Lord Narasimha -
Read More
Haryana to table bill against 'love jihad' in upcoming budget session of A
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 26 (ANI): After Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh another Bharatiya Janata Part governed state, Haryana is set to present an anti-conversion bill against religious conversions. The draft of the "love jihad" bill has been prepared and will be present in the upcomin
Read More
UP Legislative Council approves bill prohibiting religious conversion by f
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 25 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on Thursday passed the 'Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2021', which aims to curb religious conversions by fraudulent or any other undue means, including through marriag
Read More
UP Assembly passes Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill 2021
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 24 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2021 was passed by the state Legislative Assembly by voice vote on Wednesday.
Read More
UK urged to pressure Pakistan to hold those responsible for forced convers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): Underlining that Pakistan government narrative and policies have consistently been anti-Hindu, the World Sindhi Congress, an NGO, urged the United Kingdom to pressure Islamabad to hold all parties and community members accountable for forced conversions an
Read More