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Religious Conversion Racket: ATS obtains seven-day remand for Chhangur Bab
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"A case was registered with the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). Today, the UP ATS has obtained a 7-day remand for Chhangur Baba and his main associate, Neetu alias Nasreen. They will be questioned about the network of their gang, the money trail and their illegal properties. The process to seize
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SC to hear in May pleas challenging anti-conversion laws
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will hear in May a batch of petitions challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriage.
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"Making provision of death penalty for those involved in religious convers
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
He emphasised that his government will not tolerate misconduct or conversion and will ensure that those involved in religious conversion face the death penalty.
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Rajasthan Cabinet approves Anti-Conversion bill
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In a significant move, the Rajasthan Cabinet, approved the Anti-Conversion Bill. The bill, which aims to curb forced religious conversions, will be presented in the state legislature during the upcoming parliament session.
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Amit Shah unveils Birsa Munda's statue, hails his "courage to stand agains
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
"Birsa Munda spoke against the religious conversion while taking his secondary education. In 1875, while getting a secondary education, he raised his voice against religious conversion. When the entire country and 2/3rd of the world was ruled by the British, at that time, he showed courag
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"We have made sure Uttarakhand doesn't lose its original form": CM Dhami h
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"We took action on land jihad. You all know the kind of encroachment... Till now, we have freed more than 4000 acres of land from encroachment... We made laws against religious conversion. We have made sure that Uttarakhand doesn't lose its original form," he said.
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UN experts lambast Pakistan for failing to stop forced conversions, marria
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the same UN press release the experts expressed concern that forced marriages and religious conversions of girls from religious minorities which have been coerced are validated by the courts, often invoking religious law to justify keeping victims with their abductors rather tha
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UN experts condemn forced marriages, religious conversions in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking, child, early and forced marriage, domestic servitude and sexual violence," the experts said in a statement issued in Geneva on Thursday.
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Belgium: Protestors demand suspension of Pakistan's GSP status for next fo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The protestors demanded that the Pakistan government must take tangible steps to improve religious freedom conditions and state of minorities’ rights in Pakistan, and the European Union must not extend Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Plus status for another four years unless Pakistan
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Religious conversions through online gaming platforms happening not just i
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that recently an incident of converting schoolchildren through online gaming was reported, and such incidents of religious conversion are happening not just in UP.
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Bollywood is responsible for religious conversions: IAS officer Niyaz Khan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
When asked whether bollywood is responsible for conversion, he said, "100 percent Bollywood is responsible for conversions. Bollywood has been the role model of our country, people even consider artists as god-like figures. People imitate Western culture, resulting in movies that depict nudi
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"Many conversions took place in 15 years": Chhattisgarh CM Baghel slams BJ
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Accusing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of being responsible for religious conversions, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday alleged that the number of churches that were built in 15 years (of BJP rule) were not built before or after that.
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