religious conversions
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UP: 4 booked for assaulting, trying to convert Sikh man to Christianity
Bijnor: An FIR has been lodged against four persons in Badhapur police station of Bijnor district for allegedly assaulting a Sikh youth and forcing him to convert to Christianity by cutting his…
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SC to hear on January 2 plea against forced religious conversions
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on January 2 a fresh plea seeking directions to the Centre and states to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversions by “intimidation,…
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Pastors, others held in religious conversion case in UP
Lucknow: Thirteen people have been arrested from different locations of Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district in connection with their alleged involvement in illegal religious conversions. In Talgaon, a pastor and five of his…
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Politics on religious conversion harming the country: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP Chief Mayawati on Sunday said that the ruckus created in the country over religious conversion is inappropriate and worrying. “When done with force, everything is bad. And changing one’s religion…
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Unlawful conversions: Uttarakhand villagers clash with organisers of event
Uttarkashi: Villagers clashed with organisers of an event attended by Christian clerics at Devdhung in Uttarkashi district, accusing them of unlawful conversion, officials said. The incident was reported on Friday, Sub Divisional Magistrate…
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Couple in UP booked for forced conversion to Christianity
Sitapur: A couple, visiting Sitapur along with tourists from Brazil, has been booked under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act for allegedly forcing people to convert to Christianity. The…
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Forced religious conversion against Constitution: Supreme Court
New Delhi: Reaffirming that forced religious conversion is a “serious issue”, the Supreme Court said on Monday it is against the Constitution. The court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar…
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Haryana Cabinet nod to draft rules of Act on unlawful religious conversions
Chandigarh: The Haryana Cabinet on Thursday approved several proposals including draft rules of an act enacted earlier this year on unlawful religious conversions. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who chaired the meeting,…
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VHP launches nationwide campaign against ‘love jihad’, illegal religious conversions
New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday launched a nationwide public awareness campaign against the illegal religious conversion and “love jihad” across the country. The month-long ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ of…
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Karnataka: Hindu outfit files complaint against religious conversion
Ramnagar: Hindu Jagarana Vedike and villagers on Wednesday lodged a police complaint against alleged forced religious conversions at a farm house in this district of the state. They demanded vacating of the…
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‘It’s a menace’: Centre to SC on forced religious conversion
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the issue of forced religious conversion “is a menace”, and it is cognizant of the gravity and the seriousness of the…
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Uttar Pradesh: Six booked for religious conversion in Bareilly
Bareilly: Six persons have been booked for alleged forced religious conversions in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rahul Bhati said the action was taken after the police got…
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Karnataka man tries to return to family after conversion, kidnapped
Yadgir: Police in Karnataka on Sunday said that it has launched a probe into the alleged kidnapping of a man who attempted to return to his family after religious conversion. The man’s…
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MP: Woman claims she was offered Rs 1.20L for conversion in Damoh
Bhopal: A woman has accused a Bishop of a Church in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district of religious conversion and claimed she and her husband were forcibly converted to Christianity. In a video…
- Delhi
VHP makes fresh pitch for central law against illegal conversion after SC flags concern over the issue
New Delhi: The Centre must bring in a law against “illegal” religious conversion at the earliest, the Vishva Hindu Parishad demanded on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court warned of a…
