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Kochi yoga centre in soup over religious conversion, molestation
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kochi (Kerala)[India], Feb. 8 (ANI): A yoga centre in Kerala's Kochi has come under scanner for alleged religious conversions and molestation of women.
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Indian pilgrim dies on religious trip to Nepal
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 8 (ANI): An Indian pilgrim died on a trip to the Madar Baba's main shrine in Nepal's Nawalparasi district on Wednesday.
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Rohingya crisis can incite religious conflict in South Asia: UN
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 6 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday said the possible "acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing" by the Myanmar army against the Rohingyas could incite a religious conflict in the South Asian region.
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India slips to 42nd position in EIU Democracy Index
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Jan 31 (ANI): India slipped to 42nd position out of 167 countries in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Democracy Index report due to a rise of conservative religious ideologies, increasing atrocities against minorities as well as other dissenting voices, according t
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1,687 people in Maharashtra changed religion in 4 years: RTI data
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): The Right to Information (RTI) office on Thursday revealed that as many as 1,687 people opted for religious conversion in Maharashtra in the last 43 months, with 1,166 Hindus embracing other faiths, including Islam, Christianity and Buddhism.
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Gita Press denies reports of shutting down
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): The management of Gita Press, the largest publication house of Hindu religious texts has dismissed rumours that it is shutting down due to financial crisis.
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R-Day: Haryana Minister asks people to hoist tricolour in religious places
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India] January 24 (ANI): Haryana Minister Vipul Goel on Wednesday appealed the public to hoist the tricolour in religious places on the Republic Day.
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Basant Panchmi celebrated with religious fervour, gaiety
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Basant Panchami is being celebrated across the nation today with religious fervour and traditional gaiety.
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Putin takes frigid religious plunge
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia] January 20 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has stripped to his swimming trunks in freezing temperatures before immersing himself in icy waters of a lake in northwest Russia to celebrate the feast of Epiphany.
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Loudspeaker registration deadline extended to Jan 21 by Lucknow admin
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The Lucknow administration on Thursday sent notices to 1,500 defaulters for using loudspeakers without permission at religious and public places.
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China bans kids in Muslim county from attending religious events
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 18 (ANI): Educational authorities in a Muslim-majority county in China have prohibited their children from attending any religious event over their winter holiday, as part of the country's continuing crackdown on religious education.
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Slogans of freedom reverberate at JSMM rally in Sindh
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Sann (Sindh) [Pakistan], January 17 (ANI): Paying tribute to scholar ideologue, and founder of Sindhudesh Movement Ghulam Murtaza Shah Syed, also known as G. M. Syed on his 114th birth anniversary, the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) organised a massive rally where they demanded freedom
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