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Hijab verdict: Two SC judges disagree on whether allowing Hijab in educati
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday differed on the Hijab issue: One judge opined that permitting one to wear their religious symbols would be the antithesis to secularism while another judge held that restriction on Hijab was an invasion
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AIMPLB files application for impleadment in SC, says Places of Worship Act
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board filed an application for impleadment in the matter dealing with the Places of Worship Act 1991 and defended it saying that the object of the Places of Worship Act, 1991 is to prevent such disturbance of public ord
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Full transcript of Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's interview with ANI
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 4 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an interview to ANI, said that the country believed in secularism and protecting minorities. She also expressed confidence that Bangladesh was safe from any debt-trap situation that Sri Lanka suffered.
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TMC's Jawahar Sircar objects to Irani's appointment as Minority Affairs Mi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Hitting back at Trinamool Congress MP Jawahar for raising questions over the appointment of Smriti Irani as the Minority Affairs Minister, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said he hopes one can free the mind from the shackles of "pseudo-secularism and ap
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Another plea in SC challenging Places of Worship Act 1991
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Another plea has been filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the Constitutional validity of certain sections of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, saying the Act violates the principles of secularism.
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'Religious intolerance only on TV': Sadhguru says no major riots in past 1
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Founder of Isha Foundation Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev said that there is a "lot of heat" in television studios, which is being exaggerated to suggest that there is rising religious intolerance in the country while underlining that the last one decade has been
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Another plea challenging Places of Worship Act 1991 filed in Supreme Court
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Another plea challenging the Constitutional validity of certain sections of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday stating that the said Act violates the principles of secularism.
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Another plea challenging Places of Worship Act 1991 filed in SC
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): One more plea challenging the Constitutional validity of certain sections of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, saying that the Act violates the principles of secularism, was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday.
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Fresh plea in SC challenges Places of Worship Act
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday challenging the constitutional validity of certain sections of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, saying that it barefacedly violates the principles of secularism and rule of law.
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"Selective secularism is dangerous for the country," says director Vivek A
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 17 (ANI/PR Newswire): "The Kashmir Files dared to show the truth of Kashmiri Hindu genocide which all the movies made on Kashmir had conveniently ignored," said Director Vivek Agnihotri, as he hit out at the 'prevalent selective secularism' which, he said, wa
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Turkey imposes systematic religious discrimination on minorities: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 4 (ANI): After more than a hundred years of its supposed secular foundations, the institutionalised religious intolerance and racism in Turkey has continued to persist and has even accelerated in recent times, a report said.
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PIL in Delhi HC seeks uniform education system up to Class 12
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking direction from the Centre to implement a uniform education system, common syllabus and common curriculum in the mother language, up to Standard 12 for all students in consonance
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