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  Tharoor accuses Modi of 'silence' on conversion, other issues

  Politics | January 23, 2015 21:50 IST

  Jaipur: Attacked by detractors within the party of praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today accused Modi of maintaining “silence” on his ministers comments on controversial issues and conversion campaign by groups

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  Ghar Wapsi: Make no mistake, it had started during Mughal period, says RSS

  Politics | January 19, 2015 18:45 IST

  New Delhi: Unfazed by the criticism over the issue of religious conversions, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) continues to maintain that there is nothing wrong in ‘Ghar wapsi', the reconversion of Muslims and Christians to

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  Re-conversion to continue till Centre bans the practise: VHP

  India | January 17, 2015 15:02 IST

  Mangaluru:  VHP leader Pravin Togadia has said that religious re-conversion would continue until the Centre banned such practise. Delivering a keynote address at ‘Virat Hindu Hridaya Sangama' at Puttur near here last evening, Togadia said

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  Will go ahead with 'Ghar Wapsi', Ram Temple construction: VHP

  Politics | January 14, 2015 23:50 IST

  New Delhi: Amid a major row over religious conversion, VHP on Wednesday said nothing will deter it from going ahead with its core agenda of 'Ghar Wapsi' and Ram Temple construction, and that it will

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  VHP leader echoes Sakshi's remarks on four kids

  Politics | January 12, 2015 15:02 IST

  Bhilwara (Raj):  BJP may have distanced itself from party MP Sakshi Maharaj's remark that Hindu women should have four children, but VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi has come out in support of his view.“Earlier we used

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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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  Kareena Kapoor Khan's morphed image used against love jihad on VHP magazine

  Bollywood | January 08, 2015 15:52 IST

  New Delhi: Vishva Hindu Parishad's (VHP) women's wing Durga Vahini has launched a campaign against love jihad by using a morphed photo of popular Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor.The magazine reportedly claims to address the issue

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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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  BJP leader Om Mathur appreciates 'Ghar Wapsi' programme

  Politics | January 07, 2015 7:14 IST

  Jaipur: Appreciating Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP)'s 'Ghar Wapsi' programme, senior BJP leader Om Mathur on Tuesday said there was nothing wrong if a person converts by his own wish."Forceful conversion is wrong hence a stringent

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  'Ghar wapsi' is not 'conversion" : RSS leader Vaidya

  India | January 04, 2015 8:35 IST

  Ahmedabad: Defending the controversial ghar wapsi program, senior RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya yesterday said 'conversion' is a wrong term to be used for 'home coming'."Conversion is not an appropriate word for ghar-wapsi. This is not

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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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  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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  Why VHP thinks that 'Ghar Wapsi' complements Modi's development agenda

  Politics | December 27, 2014 12:52 IST

  New Delhi: Burqa-clad Muslim girls with limited education and boys of the community "who become terrorists in madrasas" would benefit from the "Ghar Wapsi" (homecoming) campaign once they come into the Hindu fold, Vishva Hindu

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  BJP pitches for anti-conversion law

  Politics | December 20, 2014 16:13 IST

  Kochi: As the NDA Government continued to face opposition heat over the conversion issue, BJP President Amit Shah today pitched for an anti-conversion law in the country and wanted the ‘so called secular' political parties

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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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  Can Modi really take on the Hindu hawks?

  Politics | December 20, 2014 10:00 IST

  The sudden cancellation by the saffron hotheads of the religious re-conversion programmes to welcome the minorities into the Hindu fold suggests that Narendra Modi has finally decided that enough is enough.However, he may have left

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  Christians not in favour of anti-conversion law

  India | December 18, 2014 17:03 IST

  New Delhi:  Delhi Archbishop today said the Christian community was not in favour of any anti-conversion legislation and called the ‘Ghar Wapsi' campaign of certain RSS-linked outfits a “threat” to peace and harmony. “Conversion is a