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UNSC condemns attack on religious school in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack on innocent students and children at the religious school in Aybak, in the Samangan province, on 30 November," the UNSC statement said on Thursday.
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Winter session of Haryana Assembly from December 22: CM Manohar Lal Khatta
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The meeting of the state's council of ministers on Thursday also decided on giving people a 10 per cent rebate on scrapping their old vehicles and buying a new one.
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US condemns Afghanistan blast, says children have right to education witho
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, US Special Representative for Afghanistan said, "Terrible news from Samangan this morning. Children were among those killed and injured in an attack on a religious school. The United States condemns this senseless attack against innocent civilians. All Afghan children have
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Uttarakhand Assembly passes strict anti-conversion Bill
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Two important bills were passed by voice vote in the Uttarakhand assembly on the second day of the supplementary budget session on Thursday. A strict law regarding religious conversion in the state is now in place after the passage of the Uttarakhand Religion Freedom (Amendment) Bill 2022.
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Centre step-motherly towards Tamil refugees; CAA arbitrary: DMK to SC
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has told the Supreme Court that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 is "arbitrary" as it only considers religious minorities from three countries while keeping Sri Lankan Tamils staying in India as refugees.
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India, Indonesia both home to world's largest Islamic populations, says NS
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Much like in India, Islam in Indonesia was spread by traders from present-day Kerala and Gujarat and Sufis from Bengal and Kashmir. This peaceful spread led to the development of a syncretic culture, where not only pre-Islamic religions flourished side by side, but age-old traditions and lo
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Right to freedom of religion doesn't include fundamental right to convert
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
It is "cognizant of the gravity and the seriousness" of the issue, said the Centre in its affidavit filed on a PIL claiming that fraudulent and deceitful religious conversion is rampant across the country.
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Six booked for raping, forcing conversion in UP's Bareilly
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly police have registered a case against one youth named Akleem allegedly for raping a girl.
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Mangaluru: Doctor among 3 booked for forced religious conversion
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An FIR has been lodged against three people including a female doctor for allegedly trying to forcibly convert a girl to Islam in Karnataka's Mangaluru.
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Tihar officials provided preferential treatment to Satyendar Jain: Delhi C
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Jailed Minister Satyendar Jain moved a plea in Delhi court for having special food as per his religious belief. The Delhi court on Saturday dismissed Jain's plea.
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Delhi court dismisses Satyendar Jain's plea for special food in jail
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the matter, Tihar Administration stated that as per the jail record, there is no request available with the office of the Superintendent Central Jail where the UTP Satyander Jain had informed about himself observing fast in accordance with his religious belief. Therefore, the question of
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Chinese trollers insult Islam, unleash blasphemy on Prophet: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the social media space, the Wumao army, which is a group of state-backed internet commentators, is often seen hurting the Uyghur religious sentiments. Social media often described Muslims as extremists and terrorists, even though PRC nurtures close relationships with conservative Muslim s
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