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  Strict anti-conversion bill passed in UP Assembly: What is it & how many states have implemented it?

  India | July 31, 2024 16:52 IST

  Debates over unlawful conversion are often echoed in the political domain across the country, especially in northern states. Right-wing organisations and political parties keep demanding harsh laws against religious conversion. There are anti-conversion laws in place in several states.

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  Family claims conversion back to original faith in Agra

  India | May 02, 2015 12:28 IST

  Agra: A family of 17 members here said it has returned to their original faith after having converted to Hinduism last year.Rahmat (70), the head of the said family, told mediapersons that they converted back

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  Conversion was main objective behind Mother Teresa's service: Bhagwat

  Politics | February 23, 2015 20:37 IST

  Bharatpur: Conversion to Christianity was the main objective behind Mother Teresa's service to the poor, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said today."Mother Teresa's service would have been good. But it used to have one objective, to

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  State's responsibility to stop forced conversions: BJP

  Politics | February 03, 2015 20:27 IST

  Kolkata: Asserting that BJP is against the practice of forced religious conversions, the party's national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh today said that the onus was on the state governments to stop such activities.  “Our stand

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  Won't allow conversion of Hindus: VHP chief Togadia

  Politics | January 07, 2015 21:04 IST

  Sultanpur: Vishva Hindu Parishad President Praveen Togadia today said his organisation would not allow anymore conversion of Hindus and urged Muslims to return to the Hindu-fold.“We will not allow anymore conversion of Hindus... In the

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  All Hindu women must bear at least 4 children to preserve religion: Sakshi Maharaj

  Politics | January 07, 2015 11:20 IST

  Meerut: BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has once again stirred a controversy by saying that all Hindu women must produce at least four children to protest their religion.  The Unnao MP said this on Tuesday while

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  Existing laws regarding conversion are sufficient: Paswan

  Politics | January 06, 2015 20:26 IST

  New Delhi: "Existing laws regarding conversion are sufficient," Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said even as BJP has been pushing for an anti-conversion bill in the wake of controversies triggered by some Hindutva groups. Paswan,

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  Nearly 500 Hindus convert to Buddhism in Bihar

  India | January 04, 2015 8:53 IST

  Patna: Nearly 500 Hindus, including women and children, converted to Buddhism Saturday in half a dozen villages in Bihar's Gaya district, officials said.All those converted to Buddhism are resident of Khanjahapur, Usri, Bara, Joda Masjid,

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  Break silence on conversions, Agnivesh tells Modi

  Politics | December 31, 2014 12:51 IST

  New Delhi: Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on the issue of religious conversions and reassert his agenda of development and said Hindu chauvinists "should fix

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  Parties indulging in vote bank politics: Gadkari on conversion

  Politics | December 22, 2014 14:28 IST

  New Delhi: Amid a controversy over religious conversions, Union minister Nitin Gadkari today said that political forces "disturbed" over the victory of BJP are trying to convert the agenda of development into that of vote

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  Opposition derails pre-lunch sitting of RS, House adjourned twice

  Politics | December 19, 2014 13:04 IST

  New Delhi: For the fifth day in succession, a united opposition led by Congress today created turmoil in Rajya Sabha demanding a reply from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on forcible religious conversions, leading to two

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  PM will have to find a way out on conversion issue: Azad

  Politics | December 19, 2014 12:24 IST

  Jammu: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday sought deliberation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of conversion, which has bought Parliament to a halt, and said PM will have find a way

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  Demand for PM Narendra Modi's reply in Parliament on conversion is legitimate: Opposition

  Politics | December 17, 2014 17:46 IST

  New Delhi: Blaming the government for the ongoing logjam in Rajya Sabha, Opposition parties on Wednesday said their demand for a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of conversion is "legitimate".CPI-M leader