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  Gujarat recalls book on Ambedkar referring to mass conversion of Hindus

  India | August 12, 2015 21:17 IST

  Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has withdrawn a school book on Dalit icon B R Ambedkar that contains vows he prescribed during the mass conversion programme of 1956 for not conforming to the prescribed format.The book

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  Forced conversion an issue in Pakistan's south Sindh province

  World | July 16, 2015 22:28 IST

  Karachi:  A leading Pakistani Hindu group has expressed concern over the forced conversion and marriage of young Hindu girls to Muslim men in the country's southern Sindh province.The members of Pakistan Hindu Seva Welfare Trust

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  70 children converted to Christianity in Madhya Pradesh

  India | May 02, 2015 14:22 IST

  Bhopal: Around seventy children of Saint Francis Sevadham, an orphanage at Shyampur in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, have been allegedly converted to Christianity. Name of Father Rogen Kristen, who administered the establishment earlier, has

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  DDA clarifies on conversion norms for single floor units

  India | May 01, 2015 8:33 IST

  New Delhi: Leasehold-to-freehold conversion will be allowed for properties where construction of more than one dwelling unit on a single floor has been made after getting due approval from the local body and according to

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  Am ready to leave India, difficult days ahead for Muslim community: Azam Khan on Rampur conversions

  Politics | April 15, 2015 17:52 IST

  New Delhi: After being accused of encouraging conversions of 800 Valmikis in Rampur, UP minister Azam Khan today said that he is ready to leave India with his entire family if he is so harmful

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  VHP warns of more church attacks, says conspiracy behind nun's rape

  India | March 17, 2015 8:53 IST

  New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) yesterday defended attacks on church in Haryana's Hisar and warned that such attacks would happen again if conversion does not stop.The comment was made by VHP joint general secretary

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  After 'ghar wapsi' & 'love jihad', Hindu radical groups start 'Bahu lao, Beti bachao' programme in Bengal

  India | March 13, 2015 13:08 IST

  New Delhi: After controversial 'ghar wapsi' and 'love jihad' programme, the RSS and affiliated groups have come up with another conversion programme 'Bahu lao, Beti bachao' (bring a daughter-in-law, save a daughter).This time they are

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  FIR against Pravin Togadia in Bengal

  Politics | January 29, 2015 17:58 IST

  Kolkata: An FIR was registered Thursday against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Pravin Togadia and functionary Jugal Kishore for hurting religious sentiments following the alleged conversion of over 100 tribals in West Bengal, police said.The

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  Hindutva remarks, conversion damaging NDA's prospects: Kushwaha

  Politics | January 11, 2015 13:05 IST

  New Delhi: Reflecting the growing unease within the government over controversial remarks by Hindutva hardliners and conversion, a senior Union minister today said such issues are “damaging” NDA's prospects, citing example of Kashmir where it

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  Ghar wapsi not conversion, says VHP

  Politics | December 29, 2014 18:19 IST

  Hyderabad: Demanding a legislation to ban religious conversions, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Monday said "ghar wapsi" cannot be termed conversion.A joint meeting of central board of trustees and management committee, the highest decision making

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  Conversion a social issue: Yogi Adityanath

  Politics | December 28, 2014 16:41 IST

  Ballia: BJP MP Yogi Aditynath, who has justified religious conversions, today said that it is a social issue and should not be associated with the Narendra Modi government.“Conversion is a social issue and it has

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  At least 58 people embrace Hinduism in Kerala

  India | December 26, 2014 14:21 IST

  Kottayam: At least 58 persons, most of them belonging to Christian families, embraced Hinduism at two temples in the district as part of the "ghar vapsi (home coming) programme under the initiative of Vishwa Hindu

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  Stringent law needed against forced conversions: Vinay Katiyar

  Politics | December 23, 2014 7:14 IST

  Ghaziabad (UP):  Advocating for a stringent law against forced conversions, BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Katiyar today said a “relaxation” must be there for the “converted person” to revert back to his or

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  Conversions should stop: Bhaiyyaji Joshi

  India | December 22, 2014 17:46 IST

  Haridwar: Religious conversions should be stopped as it is creating many problems in the country, General Secretary of RSS Bhaiyyaji Joshi said here today. “We want people to follow their own religion with dedication. Religious conversion

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  Conversion is tricky issue, all aspects should be looked into: HC

  India | December 18, 2014 6:58 IST

  Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has ruled that conversion is a tricky issue and while considering such disputes courts should ensure that conversion has not been done forcibly and fraudulently or with some allurement.A Lucknow

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  Muslims, Christians in India were Hindus: Pravin Togadia

  India | December 17, 2014 16:50 IST

  Ahmedabad: Adding fuel to fire in the recent conversion-row, working president of right-wing organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Pravin Togadia said ancestors of Indian Muslims and Christians were Hindus.  “The ancestors of Indian Muslims were

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  Religious conversion is BJP conspiracy to polarise vote: Tariq Anwar

  Politics | December 15, 2014 18:25 IST

  Patna:  Launching a scathing attack on BJP, NCP General Secretary Tariq Anwar today said raking up of religious conversion issue was a “well thought conspiracy” of the saffron party for “polarisation of vote” and divert

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  Flashback: How 800 Dalit Hindus in Meenakshipuram were converted to Islam 33 years ago

  India | December 12, 2014 6:50 IST

  New Delhi: On February 19, 1981, when the late M G Ramachandran was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, the nation woke up to a news item which said nearly 800 Dalit Hindus in the

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  Forcible conversion of Hindu girls in Pak be treated as abduction, says panel

  World | September 05, 2012 11:46 IST

  Islamabad, Sep 5 :  A parliamentary committee formed by President Asif Ali Zardari to look into the grievances of Pakistani Hindus on Tuesday suggested that instances of the forcible conversion of Hindu girls should be