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Bulgarian proverb of the day: 'If marriage were a good thing, the priests would have married long ago...' A centuries old saying on why love alone is not enough to sustain a happy marriageThe Bulgarian proverb, “If marriage were a good thing, the priests would have married long ago,” uses humor and irony to comment on the rea...
SC to hear on Jan 2 pleas challenging state laws regulating conversions due to inter-faith marriageThe Supreme Court will also hear a plea by Muslim body 'Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind' which it had allowed last year to become a party to the petiti...
Anti-conversion bill passed in Karnataka assemblyAs the bill was pending for passage in the Legislative Council, where the ruling BJP was short of majority then, the government had subsequ...
High Court issues notice to Karnataka govt on petition against anti-conversion lawThe Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion law was passed through an ordinance. The law is an affront against Article 25 of t...
Governor assents Ordinance, Karnataka notifies law banning religious conversion by forceThe BJP regime had announced that it will ban forceful religious conversions after sections of BJP and JD(S) MLAs complained that religious...
Certain groups want Karnataka govt to sideline minorities, says ArchbishopA delegation comprising six people, including bishops and priests, called on Governor Gehlot at the Raj Bhawan and appealed to him to stop ...
Karnataka Cabinet decides to ban forceful religious conversion through OrdinanceParty hopeful of getting upper house nod after winning seats next month
Madhya Pradesh's anti-conversion ordinance gets Governor's nod, becomes lawThe Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020, provides for ten years in jail in some cases. It has several provisions that are si...
Muslim body moves SC, seeks to be party in pleas against state laws on religious conversionJamiat Ulama-I-Hind in its application said that similar legislations are also being enacted or planned by various other states which also ...
Madhya Pradesh Cabinet gives nod to ordinance on Freedom of Religion billState Home Minister Narottam Mishra said these bills could not be presented in the state Legislative Assembly as the session was deferred d...
'Love Jihad' law: A match made in heaven, judged on earthHow a young couple had ensured to keep love above religion. It almost did not even require any effort, the way they put it.
UP's anti-conversion law cannot be sustained, contains many defects, says ex-SC judge Madan B Lokur"The Constitution says Ordinance can be passed if there is a need for immediate action. What is the need for immediate action to pass it wh...
Allahabad High Court seeks UP govt reply on plea against anti-conversion lawAccording to the petition, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had announced on October 31 that his dispensation would bring a law against "love...
The UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, explainedThe Uttar Pradesh government last month approved the draft of a stringent law to deal with religious conversion for the sake of marriage, w...
Made marriage law because women were complaining of forced conversion, says Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathThe Uttar Pradesh government's Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance has drawn flak from across the country, but Uttar P...
Pleas in Supreme Court challenge Uttarakhand, UP conversion lawsThe petition urged the court to either modify the ordinance or get the government to withdraw it or not give effect to it.
Mayawati asks UP government to reconsider its new anti-conversion lawIn a statement issued here on Sunday, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said a case was registered on the complaint by Tika...
UP registers first case under anti-conversion law in Bareilly districtIn a statement issued here on Sunday, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said that a case was registered by Tikaram, a resid...
UP Governor promulgates ordinance against forcible religious conversionsAccording to the Ordinance, a marriage will be declared “null and void” if the conversion of a woman is solely for that purpose, and those ...
Digvijay Singh asks Narendra Modi not to play politics on Food Security BillReacting to Modi's criticism of the Food Security Ordinance, Digvijay said it is "intended merely to ensure that food reached the poor."