Religious Freedom Report

The panel has also stressed that the Department of School Education and Literacy and NCERT should ensure that contributions of unsung freedom fighters get incorporated with equal emphasis in textbooks.

India on Thursday termed as "biased and inaccurate" the US Commission for International Religious Freedom's observations claiming that religious freedom are under threat in the country, and said the body continues to be guided by its prejudices.

India today called a report by a US government commission - the Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) - on religious freedom "biased and inaccurate".

A Hindu body in Washington called the USCIRF report on religious freedom a work of a "Hinduphobic" commission while Muslim and Christian groups hailed the observations in it, demanding that the US declare India as a "country of particular concern".

Indians have the freedom to practice their faith and there is no growing intolerance between religious communities, the country's minority affairs minister said in an interview published on Sunday amid spurts of religious riots across India.

Religious fanaticism and acts of communal hysteria are being spread in the country under the cover of constitution and religious freedom, the RSS said in its annual report while cautioning against "plans" by a particular community to enter the govern

A US government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom abroad has criticised Karnataka amid the row over Muslim students' demand for wearing hijab on campus.

28 cases of forcible religious conversions have been registered across Madhya Pradesh so far under the Freedom of Religion law which was passed by the state assembly in March.

India has several significant human rights issues, including restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a report of the US state department said on Tuesday. The report notes that the government has taken steps to improve the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and restor...

India on Thursday rejected a US government report that voiced concerns over alleged attacks and discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities in the country.

An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.

An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department accuses China of intensifying religious repression on its minority groups, particularly the Uighurs of northwest Xinjiang province, Christians, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falun Gong practitioners.

Observing that historically India has been a tolerant, respectful country for all religions, a top Trump administration official has said the US is "very concerned" about what is happening in India over religious freedom.

Minorities are under increasing assault in India, a bipartisan US commission mandated to monitor religious freedom globally said on Tuesday, placing it in a list of 14 nations including Pakistan, China and North Korea for the first time since 2004.

India on Wednesday came down hard on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom for its criticism of the country based on a "misguided" report that COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Ahmedabad were segregated on the basis of their religious identities.

The panel has also stressed that the Department of School Education and Literacy and NCERT should ensure that contributions of unsung freedom fighters get incorporated with equal emphasis in textbooks.

India on Thursday termed as "biased and inaccurate" the US Commission for International Religious Freedom's observations claiming that religious freedom are under threat in the country, and said the body continues to be guided by its prejudices.

India today called a report by a US government commission - the Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) - on religious freedom "biased and inaccurate".

A Hindu body in Washington called the USCIRF report on religious freedom a work of a "Hinduphobic" commission while Muslim and Christian groups hailed the observations in it, demanding that the US declare India as a "country of particular concern".

Indians have the freedom to practice their faith and there is no growing intolerance between religious communities, the country's minority affairs minister said in an interview published on Sunday amid spurts of religious riots across India.

Religious fanaticism and acts of communal hysteria are being spread in the country under the cover of constitution and religious freedom, the RSS said in its annual report while cautioning against "plans" by a particular community to enter the govern

A US government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom abroad has criticised Karnataka amid the row over Muslim students' demand for wearing hijab on campus.

28 cases of forcible religious conversions have been registered across Madhya Pradesh so far under the Freedom of Religion law which was passed by the state assembly in March.

India has several significant human rights issues, including restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a report of the US state department said on Tuesday. The report notes that the government has taken steps to improve the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and restor...

India on Thursday rejected a US government report that voiced concerns over alleged attacks and discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities in the country.

An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.

An annual report on religious freedom released by the US State Department accuses China of intensifying religious repression on its minority groups, particularly the Uighurs of northwest Xinjiang province, Christians, Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falun Gong practitioners.

Observing that historically India has been a tolerant, respectful country for all religions, a top Trump administration official has said the US is "very concerned" about what is happening in India over religious freedom.

Minorities are under increasing assault in India, a bipartisan US commission mandated to monitor religious freedom globally said on Tuesday, placing it in a list of 14 nations including Pakistan, China and North Korea for the first time since 2004.

India on Wednesday came down hard on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom for its criticism of the country based on a "misguided" report that COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Ahmedabad were segregated on the basis of their religious identities.