Written by Jignasa Sinha | Moradabad | Updated: December 16, 2020 7:40:18 am Speaking to reporters after Rashid’s arrest on Saturday morning, Pinki, who is three months pregnant, had said that the two were going to register their marriage when the police caught them. Rashid’s older brother, Saleem, 25, who …
Read More »Wedding stopped at UP, groom says, ‘there is no talk of conversion … enough love’
Written by Asad Rehman | Lucknow | December 5, 2020 4:45:26 am Under UP’s Prohibition of Illegal Conversion of Religion Ordinance of 2020, anyone wishing to convert to another religion must request permission from the District Magistrate at least two months in advance. (Representative image) Muslim youth whose the wedding …
Read More »Lucknow: families consent, but police stop interfaith wedding, cite ordinance against conversion
Written by Asad Rehman | Lucknow | Updated: December 4, 2020 8:00:15 am Image used for representation purposes POLICE STOPPED an interfaith wedding in Lucknow, citing the 2020 Uttar Pradesh Illegal Conversion of Religion Ban Ordinance, after receiving complaints from Hindu groups. Police intervened on the wedding day, despite the …
Read More »Tripura: Hindu group demands ‘UP-style loving jihad’ law, blocks national highway
Written by Debraj Deb | Agartala | November 28, 2020 14:15:08 More than 300 Hindu Jagaran Manch members protested on Friday and blocked National Highway 8 in Udaipur in the Gomati district of Tripura, 50 km from Agartala. (Express photo) Require a strict law similar to the Uttar Pradesh has …
Read More »Allahabad HC says previous orders on interfaith marriages are not ‘good law’
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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