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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicReligious conversion

Topic: Religious conversion

Why BJP has pitted Gamliyel Hembrom, who lost deposit in 2019, against Hemant Soren again

BJP chose football buff & ex-teacher to fight against CM at JMM stronghold in Jharkhand. Hembrom had fought on AJSU ticket last election & lost poorly to Soren.

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

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.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.