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Himachal Bans "Mass Conversion", 10-Year Jail For Forced Religion Change
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly, in line with a few other BJP-ruled states, passed a bill on Saturday forbidding "mass conversion" and raising the maximum punishment to 10 years imprisonment.
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Enforcement Directorate Raids In Delhi, UP Over Alleged Mass Conversion
Raids were carried out today by the Enforcement Directorate at nine places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh over a case of "forced religious conversion" in UP, the probe agency said.
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96 Tripura Christians Converted. Not Against Their Wish, Claims VHP
Ninety-six Christians belonging to 23 tribal families were converted to Hinduism in Tripura on Sunday, right-wing group Hindu Jagran Manch has claimed. The people were mostly labourers from Jharkhand and Bihar who had been forcibly converted in the past, says the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), which apparently oversaw the mass conversion at Unakoti, ...
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'India a Hindu Nation': RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's Comments Intensify Row in Parliament
The ruling BJP is expected to confront opposition fury in Parliament today over the comment of a top leader of the ruling BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) describing India as a "Hindu nation".
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'Betrayal': UP Minorities Panel on Agra Conversions
A team of Uttar Pradesh State Minorities Commission which was in Agra to look into the recent conversion of 57 Muslim families to Hinduism by right wing groups has concluded that it was in fact a 'betrayal and not conversion'.
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Truth vs Hype: In BJP-run States, Sangh Outfits Flout The Anti-Conversion Law?
Defending their sudden spate of conversion activities, Sangh Parivar groups say they are only reacting to conversions by Christian and Muslim groups, whose proselytisation activities are altering India's demographics.
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Aligarh Conversion Ceremony 'Postponed' Hours After PM Modi's Warning
A religious conversion ceremony in Aligarh planned for December 25 was called off on Tuesday, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned his MPs not to cross the "Laxman Rekha" with their controversial comments.
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On Religious Conversions, 9 Opposition Parties Unite Against Government
Nine opposition parties united against the government in Parliament and demanded a statement today from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on religious conversions, a controversy that has stalled all work since a mass ceremony held last week in Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
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Conversions Row in Parliament as BJP's Yogi Adityanath Heads to Aligarh
The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the opposition demanding an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.
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Mass Conversion in UP Sparks Outrage in Parliament, Government Asked to Explain
The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the opposition demanding the BJP-led government's explanation.
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Groups Linked to RSS Claim Conversion of 200 Muslims into Hinduism in Agra
In a controversial ceremony, Bajrang Dal and Dharam Jagran Samanvay Vibhagh, an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), converted over 200 people from 57 Muslim families into Hinduism. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the ideological mentor of the ruling-BJP.
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Protests in Parliament Against 'Mass Conversions', United Opposition Scores Debate
Around 200 people reportedly converted to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, in a ceremony by groups linked to the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
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Himachal Bans "Mass Conversion", 10-Year Jail For Forced Religion Change
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly, in line with a few other BJP-ruled states, passed a bill on Saturday forbidding "mass conversion" and raising the maximum punishment to 10 years imprisonment.
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Enforcement Directorate Raids In Delhi, UP Over Alleged Mass Conversion
Raids were carried out today by the Enforcement Directorate at nine places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh over a case of "forced religious conversion" in UP, the probe agency said.
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96 Tripura Christians Converted. Not Against Their Wish, Claims VHP
Ninety-six Christians belonging to 23 tribal families were converted to Hinduism in Tripura on Sunday, right-wing group Hindu Jagran Manch has claimed. The people were mostly labourers from Jharkhand and Bihar who had been forcibly converted in the past, says the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), which apparently oversaw the mass conversion at Unakoti, ...
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'India a Hindu Nation': RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's Comments Intensify Row in Parliament
The ruling BJP is expected to confront opposition fury in Parliament today over the comment of a top leader of the ruling BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) describing India as a "Hindu nation".
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'Betrayal': UP Minorities Panel on Agra Conversions
A team of Uttar Pradesh State Minorities Commission which was in Agra to look into the recent conversion of 57 Muslim families to Hinduism by right wing groups has concluded that it was in fact a 'betrayal and not conversion'.
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Truth vs Hype: In BJP-run States, Sangh Outfits Flout The Anti-Conversion Law?
Defending their sudden spate of conversion activities, Sangh Parivar groups say they are only reacting to conversions by Christian and Muslim groups, whose proselytisation activities are altering India's demographics.
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Aligarh Conversion Ceremony 'Postponed' Hours After PM Modi's Warning
A religious conversion ceremony in Aligarh planned for December 25 was called off on Tuesday, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned his MPs not to cross the "Laxman Rekha" with their controversial comments.
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On Religious Conversions, 9 Opposition Parties Unite Against Government
Nine opposition parties united against the government in Parliament and demanded a statement today from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on religious conversions, a controversy that has stalled all work since a mass ceremony held last week in Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
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Conversions Row in Parliament as BJP's Yogi Adityanath Heads to Aligarh
The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the opposition demanding an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.
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Mass Conversion in UP Sparks Outrage in Parliament, Government Asked to Explain
The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised sharp protests in Parliament on Wednesday with the opposition demanding the BJP-led government's explanation.
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Groups Linked to RSS Claim Conversion of 200 Muslims into Hinduism in Agra
In a controversial ceremony, Bajrang Dal and Dharam Jagran Samanvay Vibhagh, an offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), converted over 200 people from 57 Muslim families into Hinduism. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the ideological mentor of the ruling-BJP.
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Protests in Parliament Against 'Mass Conversions', United Opposition Scores Debate
Around 200 people reportedly converted to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, in a ceremony by groups linked to the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
