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Religion should have no connect with politics, administration, says Yechur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 27 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury On Thursday said that religion should have no connection with either politics or administration.
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SC must see its contradiction on Hindutva, says K T S Tulsi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 27 (ANI): Following the Supreme Court's refusal to review the Hindutva Act which states that using religion during an election campaign does not amount to a corrupt practice, senior Supreme Court advocate K.T.S. Tulsi on Thursday said the judgment has only paved
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"Every religion describes a way of life": KTS Tulsi on Hindutva
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 26 (ANI): After the Supreme Court announced to continue its hearing on the Hindutva case, senior advocate KTS Tulsi today said if Hinduism is a way of life than why not other religions, adding religion and religious way of life can't be said to be two different t
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Seeking votes in garb of religion: SC to hear pleas today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 24 (ANI): The seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court today will hear whether seeking votes in the name of religion will amount to corrupt practice under the representation of the people's act warranting disqualification or not.
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Imposing Sangh's Hindu Rashtra agenda in name of UCC dangerous: NCP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Oct. 16 (ANI): Asking the government not to go ahead with the Sangh's agenda of imposing a Hindu Rashtra in the name of the Uniform Civil Code, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) warned that a dangerous precedent is being set that could comprise the idea of a secular I
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Israel suspends ties with UNESCO in spat over holy site
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Oct. 15 (ANI): The Israeli Government has suspended ties with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after the UN body passed a draft decision, which Israel says ignores Judaism's ties to the religion's holiest site.
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Don't equate triple talaq with Uniform Civil Code, says BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct. 15 (ANI): Urging the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) not to equate the issue of triple talaq with the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the code is not limited to a particular religion or ideology,
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Stop politicising Uniform Civil Code: Naidu tells AIMPLB
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Urging the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) not to politicize the issue of Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said it is high time that all communities should come together and uphold the di
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India is a university of tolerance: Rajnath Singh at All India Christian C
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh attended the All India Christian Council on Friday and spoke on religious tolerance and terrorism. He called India a "University of Tolerance" as it has high tolerance for different religions. He also added that te
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Uniform Civil Code: Law panel questionnaires starting point, says Delhi Ch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Christians has welcomed the move proposed by the Law Commission for setting up questionnaires seeking public opinion for formulating a Uniform Civil Code for all religion.
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Will never accept Uniform Civil Code, says Abu Azmi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra), Oct 13. (ANI) : Expressing his resistance towards the latest stand taken by the Supreme Court over the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, president of the Maharashtra state branch of the Samajwadi Party (SP) Abu Azmi on Thursday said India is a democratic count
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Girl dies after fasting: Jain Samaj president blasts media for twisting fa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad, Oct. 10 (ANI): Expressing grief over the death of a 13-year-old girl in Hyderabad last week after fasting for 68 days during the holy period of 'Chaumasa', Jain Samaj president Ashok Kumar Sanklecha today said that she might have died due to some complications, adding th
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