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Couple alleges forced religious conversion in Rajasthan's Alwar, police in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], October 20 (ANI): A couple in Rajasthan's Alwar has lodged an FIR alleging that their parents, who had converted to another religion earlier, are pressurising them to convert also and stopping them from worshipping their gods, a police officer said.
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Calcutta HC orders CBI-NIA to probe alleged forced religious conversion ca
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 22 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Authority (NIA) to probe an alleged case of forced conversion in West Bengal's Malda district.
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Delhi Police files FIR after priest alleges assault by mob accusing him of
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Delhi Police on Thursday filed an FIR after a Christian pastor alleged he was assaulted by a mob in the national capital's Fatehpur Beri over suspicion that he was indulging in forced religious conversions.
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Society of Immaculate Heart of Mary moves to Madras HC in Thanjavur girl s
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 28 (ANI): Society of Immaculate Heart of Mary moved a petition before the Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Friday in the Thanjavur's girl suicide case.
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State govt's move to carry out surveys of churches, missionaries 'unnecess
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 17 (ANI): The Archbishop of Karnataka, Peter Machado on Sunday termed the state government's move to carry out surveys of churches and Christian missionaries to find out about forced religious conversions as 'unnecessary'.
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Forced religious conversion cannot be testament of expansion, trust on any
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said here that forced religious conversion cannot be a testament of expansion and trust in a country where both, believers and atheists coexist.
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Uttarakhand to make law against forced religious conversions more stringen
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 10 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said police have been ordered to take strict action against forced religious conversions and activities of 'love jihad' in the state.
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ED conducts searches in Delhi, UP in money laundering case linked to force
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted searches at six locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in a money laundering case linked to forced religious conversion.
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Why are J-K regional parties silent on 'abduction' of Sikh girls in Srinag
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 28 (ANI): Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President Manjinder Singh Sirsa has questioned the silence of Jammu and Kashmir's regional parties on the issue of the alleged abduction and forcible conversion of two Sikh girls in Srinagar
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UP ATS arrests three more in forced conversion case
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested three more persons in the forced religious conversion case following arrests of two persons earlier.
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UP forced conversion racket: Hearing on police remand of arrested accused
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): A local court here on Tuesday will hear the application by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) seeking police remand of Mufti Qazi Jehangir Alam Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam, who were arrested from Delhi in a case of forced religi
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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.
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