Hindus
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Those insisting on eating beef want "freedom to insult Hindus": Organiser
India | Nov 09, 2015, 11:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Against the backdrop of Kerala House beef controversy, an article in 'Organiser' has said those insisting on eating cow meat wanted the "freedom to insult Hindus" and have "indirectly silenced sane voices". "In
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To 'protect' Hindu girls, Muslims barred from Gujarat Garba event
India | Oct 05, 2015, 07:39 AM ISTAhmedabad: A right-wing group on Sunday said it has issued a "diktat" barring entry of Muslims at Garba events during the upcoming Navratri festival at Mandvi town in Gujarat's Kutch district to prevent "love jihad"
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Proportion of Hindus down 3.7 percent point over 50 years
India | Aug 26, 2015, 01:37 PM ISTThe proportion of Hindu population in the country declined marginally to 79.8% at the end of 2011, according to Census data released recently, from 80.5% at the end of 2001.The percentage of Muslim population, on
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Muslims record decadal growth of 24.6 pc, Hindus 16.8 pc
India | Aug 26, 2015, 06:14 AM ISTNew Delhi: Muslims recorded a decadal growth rate of 24.6 per cent between 2001 and 2011 touching 17.22 crores while the Hindus grew at 16.8 per cent to clock a population of 96.63 crores during
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4,300 Hindus, Sikhs persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan provided Indian citizenship
India | Jun 17, 2015, 03:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: As a first step to grant Indian nationality to nearly two lakh refugees from neighbouring countries, the NDA government has given citizenship to around 4,300 Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and Afghanistan in
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US university mulling banning sacred Hindu symbol swastika
World | Apr 25, 2015, 08:53 AM ISTWashington: The prestigious George Washington University here is contemplating a ban on swastika, a sacred symbol for Hindus and Buddhists, as authorities believe it resembles the Nazi symbol and may hurt the sensibilities of some
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This Konkan village drafts a 100-year pact to maintain communal harmony
India | Feb 11, 2015, 11:37 AM ISTMumbai: To maintain the communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims, a 100-year pact has been signed in Burondi village of Ratnagiri district. The notarised pact lays down a code of conduct for members of both
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Bill for disposition of property by Hindus in Pakistan deferred
World | Jan 06, 2015, 07:06 AM ISTPeshawar: The tabling of a bill to remove "certain existing disabilities" in disposition of property by Hindus in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in the assembly was deferred on Monday.Provincial Law Minister Imtiaz Shahid informed the
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70 Hindus allegedly converted to Christianity in UP
India | Dec 18, 2014, 03:02 PM ISTLucknow: 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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Muslims, Christians in India were Hindus: Pravin Togadia
India | Dec 17, 2014, 04:50 PM ISTAhmedabad: 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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Flashback: How 800 Dalit Hindus in Meenakshipuram were converted to Islam 33 years ago
India | Dec 12, 2014, 06:50 AM ISTNew 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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Curbs on gatherings relaxed in Delhi's Trilokpuri
India | Oct 31, 2014, 12:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Orders prohibiting any gathering and movement of large groups in the riot-hit Trilokpuri area of Delhi were relaxed Friday for 13 hours, police said, adding that permission to organise a religious programme in
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23 Hindus return to Pakistan from Jodhpur
India | Oct 11, 2014, 07:03 AM ISTJodhpur: After a group of 40 immigrants from Sangad district in Pakistan returned to the neighbouring country on June 27, another batch of 23 people from Umarkot on the other side of the border boarded
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BJP objects to Kerala ad barring Hindus from applying for job
National | Aug 21, 2014, 01:56 PM ISTThrissur(Kerala): A BJP functionary in Kerala on Monday took objection to an employment advertisement issued by a business concern in Thrissur that said only Christian and Muslim candidates need apply. Talking to reporters, the BJP
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Mamata Banerjee targets BJP: Will act against communal riots
National | Aug 13, 2014, 11:46 AM ISTKolkata: Targeting the BJP without naming it, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said some political parties were trying to cause a communal divide in the state and warned that her party will take
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Uma Bharti bats for uninterrupted flow of Ganga
National | Jul 08, 2014, 11:11 AM ISTNew Delhi: Political leaders, environmental activists and spiritual personalities came together here Monday for wide-ranging discussions on ways to clean and develop the Ganga - a river holy for the Hindus.Union Tourism and Culture Minister
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Spiritual hub Varanasi will be Modi's battleground
National | Mar 16, 2014, 06:24 PM ISTVaranasi: One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Varanasi is also among the most sacred sites for both Hindus and Jains and has played a major role in developing Buddhism. It will
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4 Pakistani Hindus, jailed for overstaying visa, return home
India | Sep 18, 2013, 05:13 PM ISTVadodara: Four Pakistani nationals jailed in India for overstaying their visa today returned to their country via Wagah border in Punjab, authorities said here today.Ashok Yadav, District Superintendent of Police, said that Gujarat police escorted
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Deletion of Constitutional provision; SC asks Centre to reply
India | Jul 05, 2013, 09:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 5: The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to a plea seeking deletion of a provision in the Constitution that treats Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists as Hindus for all legal
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Hindus in Pakistan 'victims of religious apartheid'
World | Jun 30, 2013, 04:36 PM ISTIslamabad, June 30: Hindus in Pakistan are not "equal citizens of the state but victims of a religious apartheid", a new non-political organisation, the All Hindu Rights Forum, has said.The forum has been set up