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After row, Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy withdraws order that suspend
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As the order suspending grants to Karnataka temples triggered controversy, Muzrai Department Minister Ramalinga Reddy instructed the officials to immediately withdraw the order suspending the grants. So protests against the suspension of grants by pro-Hindu organizations and BJP leaders were
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CPI (M) leader moves intervening application in SC in hate speech matter
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat has moved an application to the Supreme Court and alleged that there were hate speeches by leaders of certain religious outfits.
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"Concerned over incidents of religiously motivated violence...": US State
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Expressing concern over the targeted attacks on churches in response to the reported desecration of the Quran in Pakistan, the US asserted that resorting to violence or the use of threats is never an acceptable form of expression, urging Pakistani authorities to conduct an investigation i
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Church attacked in Pakistan's Faisalabad over blasphemy allegations
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In yet another attack on religious minorities in Pakistan, a church has been vandalised and set ablaze in Faisalabad district, according to Lahore-based Bishop Azad Marshall.
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Pakistan: No functional temple in Narowal for Hindus, people travel miles
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The members of the Hindu community, residing in the Narowal district of Pakistan have to face a lot of difficulties and travel long distances to perform their religious and cultural rituals, including marriage and death rites because of the absence of any functional temple in the district.
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UAE condemns terrorist attack on religious shrine in Shiraz, Iran
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a religious shrine in the city of Shiraz, Iran, which resulted in numerous deaths and injuries.
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Belgium: Protestors demand suspension of Pakistan's GSP status for next fo
Updated : 2 years, 7 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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Minority Rights March held in Pakistan against forced conversions
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The march emphasized the need for legislation that criminalizes forced conversion, a concern that has troubled minorities for a long. The participants came from Hindu, Christian, Sikh and other religious minority communities in Pakistan.
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VHP's Braj Mandal Yatra in Nuh to resume on August 28: Mahapanchayat
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"The religious organisations have told the Panchayat that their Yatra is incomplete and they want the Yatra to resume on 28th August. The panchayat has agreed to their demand and supported them," Ratan Singh, a Member of the panchayat said.
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Preparations in full swing at schools across J-K for Independence Day
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A short cultural program was organized by students under the banner of Anjuman Bazm-e-Anshar on the theme of national unity and unity in plurality.
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Pakistan: Remove bar on non-Muslims becoming President, PM, demands Minori
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Alliance chairman, Akmal Bhatti, while addressing a 'Jinnah's Pakistan public rally' said misuse of sensitive religious/blasphemy laws should stop in the country and there has to be the provision of free and fair justice to the victims.
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Buddhism is a sanctuary for the soul in the 21st Century: Report
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Buddhism offers a spirituality not contingent on theistic beliefs. It speaks to those yearning for a connection beyond the material, without the constraints of dogmatic doctrines. Its premise, rooted in understanding the true nature of reality rather than blind faith in a supreme being, reso
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