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Thursday, February 19, 2026
TopicForced conversions

Topic: forced conversions

Secularism & right to propagate: Revisiting SC’s 1977 anti-conversion order after Justice Nariman remark

Former SC judge RF Nariman recently suggested top court revisit 1977 judgment in Reverend Stainislaus case which held that right to propagate does not include right to convert a person.

Illegal interfaith marriages can be annulled, burden of proof on accused—Rajasthan’s anti-conversion Bill

Bill passed Tuesday also proposes life term & demolition of properties to check forced, fraudulent religious conversions. It exempts 'ghar wapsi' from ambit of these provisions.

Bijainagar no longer another quaint Rajasthan town. A ‘conversion racket’ has sown communal mistrust

Cops in Rajasthan’s Bijainagar have made 10 arrests in connection with matter. Family members of accused deny allegations of Muslim boys and men forcing minor Hindu girls to convert.

Saga of Christian ‘conversions’ in UP’s Fatehpur continues. Fresh FIR lodged, old cases reopened

Fatehpur/Prayagraj: The prominent, government-aided Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS) in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, has landed in fresh trouble with the...

Law against forceful conversion necessary to protect rights of the vulnerable, Centre tells SC

The central government told the apex court that individual states have the power to restrict this ‘menace’ since they are responsible for law and order.

Hindu woman killed in Pakistan after refusal to convert. People want ‘justice for Pooja’

According to European Parliament, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s 2019 report states that more than 1,000 forced conversions take place every year.

Karnataka tehsildar transferred days after his report refutes BJP MLA’s forced conversion claims

District administration says no connection between report and transfer order. MLA Gulihatti Shekhar’s alleges Hosadurga tehsildar Y. Thippeswamy’s report on forced conversion is 'all lies'. 

Imran Khan lectures Modi on minorities. He must ban forced conversions in Pakistan first

In the last few weeks, a Sikh, a Hindu and a Christian girl were abducted and forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan.

Hadiya not the only one, NIA suspects seven similar cases of ‘forced conversion’

In its report to SC, probe agency alleges PFI arm Sathya Sarini is responsible for forced conversions to Islam in Kerala.

Ban Kerala’s PFI for ‘role in acts of terror’: NIA tells home ministry

NIA has alleged PFI was involved in murder, terror attack plots and forced conversions

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In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

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This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.