On plea against RSS members, Kerala HC bans arms training in Thiruvananthapuram temple

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members have denied that they were conducting drills and arms training in the Sarkara Devi Temple premises.

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· Sep 12, 2023 · 03:29 pm

Madhya Pradesh: Police serve notices to church office-bearers, withdraw them after objections

The notices asked the office-bearers to declare whether they were involved in religious conversion, a member of the United Christian Forum said.

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· Jul 17, 2023 · 08:33 am

Constitution does not allow preferential treatment for religious majority: SC judge BV Nagarathna

She also said that a country can only be as independent as its institutions.

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· May 31, 2023 · 07:15 pm

Citizens can propagate their religion, says Bombay HC as it quashes order against Christian couple

North Goa DM had banned the couple from conducting religious activities in their institutional building after accusing them of forcible conversion.

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· May 20, 2023 · 03:24 pm

Uttar Pradesh: Notice sent to officials of Christian institute in alleged religious conversion case

The case was registered in April after Hindutva groups held protests outside the Evangelical Church of India in Hariharganj area of Fatehpur.

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· Dec 28, 2022 · 12:42 pm

Remove derogatory remarks on minority religions, SC tells petitioner against forced conversions

The petition has been filed by Bharatiya Janta Party leader Ashwini Upadhyay.

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· Dec 12, 2022 · 06:14 pm

How the West discovered the Buddha through literature

What Western travellers and others learnt about the man and the religion he founded from books written in historical times.

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· May 14, 2022 · 12:30 pm

How medieval Jain pilgrimage maps afforded the faithful a darshan without any travel

Though the tirtha patas’ utilitarian heyday seems to be past, they remain an enduring aspect of community formation.

Kamayani Sharma

· May 04, 2022 · 11:30 am

Bhagavad Gita is not a religious book like the Bible and Quran, says Karnataka education minister

The Hindu religious text speaks about the ‘values and life’ and not religious practices, BC Nagesh told reporters.

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· Apr 28, 2022 · 11:21 am

Sikh employees can carry kirpans of specific length within airports, says Centre’s amended rule

Earlier, only Sikh passengers were permitted to carry kirpans – a curved dagger.

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· Mar 14, 2022 · 09:29 pm

Karnataka: Students wearing hijabs sent to separate classrooms as college allows entry

However, the Government Pre-University College did not allow hijab-clad students to attend classes.

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· Feb 07, 2022 · 11:44 am

Video: Another Karnataka college bars students wearing hijabs from attending classes

Girls at the Government Pre-University College were seen pleading with the principal to allow them to enter the campus.

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· Feb 03, 2022 · 05:47 pm