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  Conversion row: Madras High Court orders CBI probe into Thanjavur girl's suicide case

  India | January 31, 2022 16:41 IST

  Justice G R Swaminathan ordered the transfer of the case after hearing the arguments of the petitioner, the girl's father and also the school management.

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  Karnataka: Anti-Conversion Bill likely to be tabled in Assembly during winter session

  India | December 13, 2021 14:59 IST

  Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said the proposed Anti-Conversion Law that the state government intends to introduce in the winter session of Assembly is only to prevent religious conversions by inducements.

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  BJP leaders should marry their sisters, daughters to 'reconverts': Shivpal Yadav

  Politics | January 19, 2015 10:09 IST

  Faizabad: Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders should get their sisters and daughter married to reconverts.“BJP leaders involved in conversion should get their sisters and daughter

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  Elements from both sides raking up 'ghar wapsi' issue: Naqvi

  Politics | January 10, 2015 8:06 IST

  Hyderabad: Trying to do a balancing act on the religious conversions, Union Minister of State for Minority Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said "some elements from both sides" were raking up

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  I'm not in favour of putting up Godse statues, says Rajnath Singh

  Politics | January 07, 2015 12:58 IST

  New Delhi: Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, has made it clear that he is not in favour of installing statues of Nathuram Godse who had assassinated Mahatama Gandhi, the ‘Father of the Nation'.“I am absolutely

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  National law needed on conversions: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | January 06, 2015 8:18 IST

  New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said a national law must make clear how voluntary conversion can take place while he also asked people not to expect a big bang union budget.Jaitley admitted

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  Around 1,700 Hindus convert to Buddhism in Bihar

  India | January 05, 2015 14:17 IST

  Patna: Around 1,700 Hindus in Bihar have embraced Buddhism citing the religion's emphaisis on unity and no discrimination among its followers, an official said on Monday.Of these, 1,200 belong to Bainkathpur and Kudarbagha villages in

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  PM Modi's silence on re-conversions will upset social equilibrium: Congress

  Politics | December 31, 2014 12:55 IST

  New Delhi: Alleging "connivance" between the Sangh Parivar and the BJP-led government at the Centre, Congress today said the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of re-conversions will upset the social equilibrium

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  Conversion row: RSS wants civil war in the country, says Azam Khan

  Politics | December 29, 2014 10:55 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan yesterday launched a scatching attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for its religious conversion campaigns saying the attempts by right-wing Hindu organisation will trigger civil war

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  Will welcome those ready to return to Hindu fold: Togadia

  India | December 29, 2014 7:49 IST

  Hyderabad: Senior VHP leader Pravin Togadia has said they will welcome people from other religions, who are willing to embrace Hinduism."We will not allow conversion of a single Hindu. In India those Muslims and Christians,

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  RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat told to check the conversion issue

  India | December 27, 2014 9:14 IST

  New Delhi: BJP Government had clearly conveyed it to RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat to check the conversion row being hyped by the RSS. Top leaders of the party have also chosen to keep away from

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  Bihar chief minister orders probe into alleged conversion

  Politics | December 25, 2014 22:25 IST

  Gaya: Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday ordered a probe into the alleged conversion of over 60 persons, belonging to the scheduled caste, to Christianity on the occasion of Christmas at a village

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  Conversion row: Nothing wrong with reverse conversions, says Shiv Sena

  Politics | December 22, 2014 12:42 IST

  Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Monday said that there's nothing wrong with reverse conversions and flayed “those who kept mum when Hindus were converted to Muslims.”“Till yesterday, Hindus were converted to Muslims. Then, nobody said those

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  Don't want to convert the world but to win its heart: VHP

  Politics | December 21, 2014 20:25 IST

  New Delhi: Asserting that Hindu values will be restored in the country, Vishwa Hindu Parishad today said they have never wanted to convert the world but only to "win over its heart".Speaking at a book

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  VHP says it re-converted over 200 Christian tribals in Gujarat

  India | December 21, 2014 8:37 IST

  Valsad (Gujarat): Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) yesterday "re-converted" over 200 tribal Christians to Hinduism by holding rituals at Aranai village in Valsad district of BJP-ruled Gujarat, claimed a local leader.The right-wing outfit also said the

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  BJP against forcible conversions: Amit Shah

  Politics | December 20, 2014 13:31 IST

  Kochi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah today said his party was against forcible conversions and asked other political parties in the country to support a bill in this regard if they were 'sincere'

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  70 Hindus allegedly converted to Christianity in UP

  India | December 18, 2014 15:02 IST

  Lucknow: Over 70 Hindus have been allegedly converted to Christianity in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district. While district officials are probing the matter, a suspect from an outfit called India Hope Center has been arrested, police

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  Stern action against those flouting laws: UP CM on conversion row

  Politics | December 17, 2014 22:58 IST

  Lucknow: In an apparent reference to the ongoing conversion row, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that the state government would take stern action against those acting against the Constitution and law.Addressing a

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  Conversion row continues in Rajya Sabha

  Politics | December 17, 2014 14:34 IST

  New Delhi: The uproar over reported conversions and comments by MPs of the ruling BJP continued to rock the Rajya Sabha for the third consecutive day Wednesday, forcing several adjournments.The opposition was also upset that

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  Conversion row BJP's bid to divert focus from key issues: Congress

  Politics | December 16, 2014 21:50 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today claimed that the issue of conversions was “part of larger diversionary tactics” of BJP even as it attacked the saffron party for trying to shift the attention away from the fundamental