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Superstition claims life of 4 children in MP's Khandwa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 13 (ANI): Four children have reportedly died in the last 20 days in Langoti village, the tribal block of Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa, while several suffer from fever and throat infection.
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SC dismisses plea seeking direction to control religious conversion
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to take steps to control religious conversion by intimidating, threatening or deceivingly luring unwitting individuals with gifts or monetary benefits or by
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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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Woman arrested for killing neighbour's son on superstition she would there
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): A woman has been arrested for killing her neighbour's child on the superstition that if she does so, then she would be blessed with a child of her own.
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Superstitious parents in Andhra's Chittoor district kill daughters in occu
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI): In a horrific incident, two young women were killed allegedly by their parents in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district, in what police said appeared to be a case linked to superstition.
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Andhra Police perform last rites of pregnant woman after locals refuse cre
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Police performed the last rites of a woman who died during childbirth as the locals refused to cremate her due to superstition.
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Protest held against superstition related to solar eclipse in Bengaluru
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 21 (ANI): A group of 'rationalists' on Sunday organised a protest against superstitions regarding solar eclipse at Maurysla circle in Bengaluru.
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India needs protection, not superstition: Kolkata Cong leaders
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 5 (ANI): The city Congress leaders on Sunday hold a silent protest with candles in their hands while maintaining social distancing against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to 'light diya and lamp' in a spirit to fight against COVID-19 battle. They said
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Light a diya of reason, not that of superstition, says Kapil Sibal on PM M
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the country's citizens to light diyas and candles on the coming Sunday to show India's collective determination to fight against the darkness of coronavirus, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that
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Plea against religious conversion withdrawn from Delhi HC
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay on Friday withdrew the plea from Delhi High Court which sought a direction to take steps to control religious conversions by intimidating, threatening or deceivingly luring unwitting individuals with gifts or monet
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Plea in Delhi HC seeking direction to control religious conversion
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi High 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 miracles,
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Senitta Hygiene Bank takes the digital world by storm
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Jan 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a world where women are fighting for equal rights and pay parity, India is still struggling with the idea of curtailing the superstitions surrounding menstruation.
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