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  Karnataka: 'Came back home', says Jagadish Shettar after rejoining BJP | VIDEO

  Karnataka | January 26, 2024 11:09 IST

  Responding to a question asked by a reporter on contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the former Chief Minister said, "Whatever the high command directs, I will do."

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  Mohan Bhagwat roots for 'ghar waps' of Hindus, asks Oppn to shed arrogance

  India | December 16, 2021 19:11 IST

  Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Hindutva leader Sadhvi Rithambara were among the seers from across the country who attended the gathering. The participants also pledged to protect the “modesty and honour of Hindu sisters” and strengthen Hindu society by rising above the divisions of caste and language.

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  Ghulam Ali to attend music launch of 'Ghar Wapsi' in Mumbai; hosts seek security

  Bollywood | January 27, 2016 11:25 IST

  Mumbai: Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali will be in the city this week to attend an event and his hosts have sought adequate security for him from Maharashtra government, months after his concert here was

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  Modi government does not encourages meat ban, ghar wapsi: Mukhtar Naqvi

  Politics | September 20, 2015 17:04 IST

  New Delhi:  Distancing the Narendra Modi government from controversies such as the meat ban in parts of India and "ghar wapsi” call to Bollywood music director A.R. Rahman, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar

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  Faatwa row: Time for A R Rahman's 'ghar-wapsi', says VHP

  India | September 16, 2015 20:49 IST

  New Delhi: Vishwa Hindu Parishad today asked A R Rahman, whose composition for a film on Prophet Muhammad has invited a fatwa against him, to re-convert to Hinduism, saying it was time for his "ghar-wapsi".VHP

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  BJP, RSS using Ambedkar's ideas to justify Ghar Wapsi: Arundhati Roy

  India | April 30, 2015 7:07 IST

  New Delhi: Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy has accused BJP and RSS of using the ideas of B R Ambedkar to justify 'ghar wapsi' campaign, which she claimed was based on politics rather than religion.Roy

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  'Ghar Wapsi' will continue: Praveen Togadia

  Politics | April 27, 2015 20:33 IST

  Gopalganj: Claiming that the majority community was not safe in their own country, VHP International president Praveen Togadia on Monday defended 'Ghar Wapsi' aimed at re-converting members of other religious groups into Hinduism and said

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  Anti-conversion a state matter, Centre cannot enact such a law: Law ministry

  India | April 16, 2015 12:00 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Law Ministry has informed the Centre that it cannot bring an anti-conversion law as the matter exclusively lies within state's jurisdiction.According to a report published in Hindustan Times, the law ministry

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  BR Ambedkar a 'nationalist' with 'right perspective': RSS

  Politics | April 11, 2015 11:06 IST

  New Delhi: As Congress and BJP vie for appropriating BR Ambedkar's legacy, RSS is seeking to project him as a "nationalist" leader with a "holistic" view and his caution against the threat of political Islam

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  Ghar wapsi: Anti-conversion law needed, says Kalraj Mishra

  Politics | March 25, 2015 11:18 IST

  Lucknow: Amdist ongoing row over “ghar wapsi”, BJP leader and Union Minister Kalraj Mishra today said an anti-coversion law was needed and every party must support it.“We have been saying from the beginning that a

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  Modi govt making Muslims 'insecure': All India Muslim Personal Law Board

  India | March 23, 2015 18:59 IST

  Jaipur: Expressing concern over rise in incidents of religious intolerance in the country, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday passed a resolution to launch a parallel campaign to counter 'ghar wapsi' propaganda

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  Rajnath Singh calls for debate on anti-conversion law, pledges full support to minorities

  Politics | March 23, 2015 14:55 IST

  New Delhi: Pledging full protection to minorities, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today questioned the practice of conversions and advocated a debate on the need for an anti-conversion law.He also wanted to know whether people cannot

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  Not only Muslims but Christians also uncomfortable under Modi's reign: Muslim Law Board

  India | March 23, 2015 9:58 IST

  Lucknow/Jaipur: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AILMPB) on Sunday said that both Muslims and Christians are insecure during BJP's rule. The AILMPB passed a resolution to launch a campaign to counter ‘ghar wapsi'

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  Not Christians-Muslims, untouchability and discrimination responsible for conversions: Senior RSS leader

  India | March 21, 2015 10:11 IST

  New Delhi: A senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader yesterday said that Christians and Muslims should not be blamed for the conversion of Hindus because practice of untouchability and discrimination based on caste are responsible

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  About 2,000 reconverted to Hinduism in MP: RSS's central India wing

  Politics | March 17, 2015 23:20 IST

  Bhopal: RSS today sought to justify its reconversion programmes by saying it was “national necessity” while it claimed that ‘ghar wapsi' was going on “unnoticed” in Madhya Pradesh and nearly 2,000 people have re-embraced Hinduism

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  'Ghar wapsi' issue to figure at Muslim Personal Law Board meet

  Politics | March 17, 2015 11:06 IST

  Lucknow: The issue of ‘ghar wapsi' programme by some Hindu organisations is likely to figure prominently in the three-day meet of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) scheduled to be held in Jaipur

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  Churches conduct special prayers on Ghar Wapsi

  India | March 15, 2015 12:43 IST

  New Delhi: A Papal call to the faithful for a 24-hour communion with God in Catholic churches across the world in the backdrop of growing terrorism and violence and rampant persecution of Christians turned out

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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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  VHP organizes 'Ghar Wapsi' ceremony in Birbhum, Trinamool witnesses silently

  India | February 21, 2015 11:20 IST

  Kolkata: It is well known that West Bengal's ruling party – Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are arch rivals yet lately, Trinamool was seen silent over a ‘shuddhikaran' ceremony conducted by a BJP affiliate

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  'Ghar Wapsi': Church seeks PM's urgent intervention

  India | January 30, 2015 18:36 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's urgent intervention to end the “anxieties of the community” over issues like “Ghar Wapsi” and “saffronisation of education.”The church's strong concern