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Revered Buddhist leaders of Sri Lanka welcome creation of Ladakh as UT
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 9 (ANI): Two of the most revered Buddhist religious leaders of Sri Lanka have welcomed India's move to carve out Buddhist-majority Ladakh as a Union Territory, stating that it would further strengthen ties between the two countries.
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Jharkhand CM on religious conversion of tribals: No one can eradicate thei
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Sunday expressed concern over the religious conversion of tribals by "some foreign powers" to eradicate their identity from the state.
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Muslim youth roughed up for participating in 'Kanwar Yatra'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 3 (ANI): A Muslim youth who went with his friends to Haridwar in a "Kanwar Yatra" and returned home along with a bottle of holy "Ganga-Jal" was allegedly roughed up by members of his community for "anti-religious" activities.
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Aligarh: City Mufti appeals to Muslims to avoid Namaz on roads, use terrac
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Days after district administration banned all types of religious activities on the roads, City Mufti Mohammad Khalif Hameed has also urged all administrators of mosques and those offering prayers in them to avoid using roads for Namaz and instead
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Customer refuses food from non-Hindu rider, Zomato says 'not sorry'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Zomato, the homegrown restaurant search, and food delivery platform, which is also known for its savage comebacks, recently called out a customer for religious discrimination and the company's classy reply is winning the internet!
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Delhi HC dismisses petition seeking regulation of education imparted in re
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a direction to Centre and various states for regulation of education imparted to students in Madrasas, Maktabahs, and Gurukuls based in India.
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Fail to understand why people link lynching with religion: C K Bose
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 26 (ANI): The intellectuals who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the lynching incidents in the nation are trying to give it a religious color, said BJP leader and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's grandson, Chandra Kumar Bose, on Friday.
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Aligarh DM bans religious events on roads
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): The Aligarh local administration on Friday banned religious activities on roads after a group of a right-wing organisation allegedly started the practice of chanting Maha Aarti on every Tuesday and Saturday.
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Pakistan can play with religious sentiments of Sikhs, warns expert
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 23 (ANI): An academician has asserted that Pakistan, which has sabotaged the previous peace initiatives between the two countries, must be hatching anti-Indian conspiracies around the Kartarpur Corridor too.
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US-based minorities' body urges unity against religious persecution in Pak
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): The rise of extremism and persecution of people based on faith and ethnicity is deplorable, said South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) chairman Nadeem Nusrat, calling for a united stand to set aside these differences.
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SC gives two weeks to Centre to reply on banning green crescent-star flags
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday granted two weeks to the Centre for replying on a plea seeking a ban on hoisting of green flags with a crescent and a star at buildings and religious places across the country.
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Ishrat Jahan using Islam to boost political career: AIIA president Moulana
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], July 18 (ANI): All India Imam Association (AIIA) President Moulana Sajid Rashidi on Thursday said Ishrat Jahan is using the Islam religion to move forward in her political career hours after she claimed that she was allegedly threatened for attending a Hindu rel
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