Written by Maulshree Seth | Lucknow | Updated: November 25, 2020 8:23:19 am The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Aditynath. (Archive) UTTAR Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday authorized a draft ordinance to control “illegal religious conversions” and “interreligious marriages with the sole intention of changing a girl’s religion”, with a …
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By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Updated: November 25, 2020 2:45:07 am The Allahabad High Court said that ignoring the choice of one person, who is an adult, “will not only be antithetical to the freedom of choice of an adult individual, but would also threaten the concept of …
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MUMBAI: BJP Senior Leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday he said Shiv Sena “softened” his position in ‘love jihad‘after he formed a government with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra last year. He also took shots at Sena MP Sanjay Raut on his statement questioning the implementation of any “love jihad” …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 24, 2020 7:48:56 pm Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Aditynath. (Archive) The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved the draft of a strict law to control illegal conversions, which BJP leaders refer to as “love jihad”, in the state. The …
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After independence, Odisha was the first to pass an anti-conversion law: the Orissa Freedom of Religion Act, 1967. In 1973, the Orissa High Court had declared the same law “ultra vires a la Constitution” on charges that the Indian Constitution guarantees freedom of religion and the term “incentive” in the …
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Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Updated: November 24, 2020 11:27:54 am In three of the 14 cases, the SIT found that police had filed closure reports after Hindu women, all over the age of 18, had made statements in favor of the defendants, stating that they had married …
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Kanpur Police Say They Have Found No Evidence Of Conspiracy (Representational) Kanpur / New Delhi: Eleven of the 14 interfaith marriages in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, involved criminality, but there is no evidence of conspiracy or foreign funding, Kanpur police said, contradicting claims about the so-called “jihad of love.” Over the …
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Munawwar Rana says action should be taken against BJP leaders who married outside of their religion. Lucknow: With the Uttar Pradesh government planning to enact a law against religious conversion due to marriage or “love jihadUrdu poet Munawwar Rana said the new law must first be used against BJP leaders …
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By: PTI | Bhopal | Updated: November 23, 2020 10:28:56 pm A proper boy from Mira Nair is streaming on Netflix. (Photo: Tanya Maniktala / Instagram) An FIR was filed in Madhya Pradesh on Monday against two executives from the OTT Netflix platform for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through their …
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People come up with certain topics like this just before the election: Nusrat Jahan Calcutta: Trinamool Congress Deputy Nusrat Jahan said today love and jihad don’t go hand in hand and people come up with issues like this just before the elections. “Love is very personal. Love and jihad don’t …
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