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Gujarat govt to table 'love jihad' bill before Assembly today
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 1 (ANI): The state government is set to amend the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 to bring more stringent punishment against forced religious conversions through marriage.
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Plea filed in SC seeking direction to control religious conversion
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to take steps to control religious conversion by "intimidating, threatening or deceivingly luring unwitting individuals with gifts or monetary benefits or by using mirac
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Complainant seeks Lt Governor sanction to prosecute Kamal Haasan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): A letter has been written to Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal seeking prosecution sanction under section 196 (1)(a) Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) against Kamal Haasan in a Criminal complaint matter for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Hindus by as
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Biden administration declares Chinese actions in Xinjiang as 'genocide'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions with Beijing, the Biden administration on Tuesday (local time) declared Chinese actions against the Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang as 'genocide'.
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Flattered to be recognised by China for calling out genocidal crimes, says
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 29 (ANI): Taking a jibe at the Chinese government over the issue of rights abuses in Xinjiang, USCIRF Chair Gayle Manchin has said he feels flattered to be recognised by "Communist China" for calling out genocidal crimes against religious and ethnic minorities in th
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Mob ransacks Hindu temple in Pakistan's Rawalpindi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], March 29 (ANI): In yet another incident of religious intolerance in Pakistan, a mob ransacked a Hindu temple in Rawalpindi city of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Eight die, six injured in road accident in Andhra's Nellore
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), March 28 (ANI): At least eight people died and six were injured after a tempo hit a lorry near Damaramadugu village in Buchirajupalem Mandal of Nellore district on Sunday.
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US condemns China's sanctions against American, Canadian officials over hu
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 28 (ANI): The United States on Saturday (local time) condemned China's sanctions against two American religious-rights officials and a Canadian MP and said that Beijing's attempt to silence criticism of human rights abuse in Xinjiang invites international scrutiny.<
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China sanctions American, Canadian officials as backlash grows over Xinjia
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 28 (ANI): Further escalating the tensions with western countries, China on Saturday announced sanctions against American and Canadian officials in charge of religious affairs.
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Pak court orders registration of FIR against Aurat March organisers for di
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 28 (ANI): A Pakistani court ordered registration of the First Information Report (FIR) against the organisers of this year's Aurat March in Islamabad for allegedly displaying "obscene posters" and making sacrilegious remarks against religious personalities.
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Indore: With rising COVID numbers restrictions imposed on public gathering
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 26 (ANI): In the wake of an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh, the Crisis Management Committee in Indore has curtailed the timing of markets ahead of Holi. All religious places will also be closed till further orders.
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Chicago City Council rejects misleading resolution critical of Indian govt
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Chicago [US], March 25 (ANI): The Chicago City Council on Wednesday rejected a resolution which sought to condemn "violence against certain castes and religious minorities" in India, following intense pushback from the Indian diaspora in the United States over concerns that it could lead
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