Conversion Issue
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Strict anti-conversion bill passed in UP Assembly: What is it & how many states have implemented it?
India | Jul 31, 2024, 04:52 PM ISTDebates 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 PM ISTAgra: 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
National | Feb 23, 2015, 08:37 PM ISTBharatpur: 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
National | Feb 03, 2015, 08:27 PM ISTKolkata: 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
National | Jan 07, 2015, 09:04 PM ISTSultanpur: 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
National | Jan 07, 2015, 11:20 AM ISTMeerut: 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
National | Jan 06, 2015, 08:26 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 04, 2015, 08:53 AM ISTPatna: 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
National | Dec 31, 2014, 12:51 PM ISTNew 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
National | Dec 22, 2014, 02:28 PM ISTNew 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
National | Dec 19, 2014, 01:04 PM ISTNew 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
National | Dec 19, 2014, 12:24 PM ISTJammu: 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
National | Dec 17, 2014, 05:46 PM ISTNew 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