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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicReligious conversion

Topic: Religious conversion

Hadiya isn’t missing as her father claims. She’s just moved and wants to be left alone

Hadiya’s just moved to Thiruvananthapuram with her husband. She says her father’s actions are influenced by politics.

How a pragmatist Ambedkar persuaded and convinced Dalits to convert to Buddhism

In his book 'The Evolution of Pragmatism in India', Prof Scott Stroud writes that Ambedkar's pragmatist philosophy reached its culmination in the conversion movement.

The Kerala Story—It’s time Muslims give up their medieval ideal of conquest, conversion

The liberal-secular patrons of the Islamic preachers neither talk about conversions nor let others do the talking. They are devoid of integrity and lack tools to analyse the phenomenon.

In a first, RSS affiliate invites transgenders to Holi Milan, welcomes ‘Shikhandi bhai, behene’

Presence of transgenders in Sunday's event, organised by social welfare organisation Sewa Bharati, comes amid fear of 'conversion to Islam by community members for social acceptance'.

Adivasi identity, ST status, politics — what’s fuelling anti-Christian attacks in Chhattisgarh

Incidents of communal clashes between tribal groups have been escalating in Chhattisgarh, where 400 church-goers were driven out of homes in 3 months. BJP fanned flames, activists say.

Allurements given to poor & Dalits? Hospital, NGO, bishop get notices over Fatehpur conversions

Broadwell hospital was earlier served notice as well to join investigation and share documents. Its management claims help extended to beneficiaries comes under charitable work.

Senior cop attacked, church vandalised during protest by tribals in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh

The tribals staged a demonstration to protest against a clash that took place between 2 communities over alleged religious conversion in Edka village on Sunday, police said.

MP High Court wants Ghaziabad Arya Samaj trust probed for ‘converting people to Hinduism’

The HC order came on a petition filed by a Hindu man in 2021 seeking release of his 'wife' from a women’s shelter, which turned into an inquiry into her alleged conversion.

‘Remain vigilant against forced conversion in Punjab’ — Sikh clergy’s message to devotees

They also asked people to 'rise above caste'. The top brass of Sikh clergy delivered the message on the birth anniversary of Bhai Jaita Singh.

How a teen’s suicide has turned Tamil Nadu village into VHP’s war zone against ‘conversions’

The image of 17-year old Lavanya is everywhere. At the heart of the suicide controversy is a police complaint, two videos, a stepmother, and her convent school.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.