religious conversion

रायपुर, मार्च 19 The Chhattisgarh assembly on Thursday passed a bill aimed at preventing religious conversions carried out through force, inducement, fraud, or misrepresentation, with stringent provisions including life imprisonment in cases of "mass conversion".The Chhattisgarh Dharm...

Raipur, March 19 – The Chhattisgarh government has moved to tighten laws against religious conversions carried out through coercion or inducement, introducing the Chhattisgarh Swatantraya Vidheyak 2026 (Freedom of Religion Bill 2026) in the Assembly.State Home Minister Vijay Sharma tabled the...

Raipur, March 19 The Chhattisgarh government on Thursday tabled a bill in the state assembly aimed at preventing religious conversions carried out through force, inducement, fraud or misrepresentation.The Opposition Congress, however, raised objections, seeking to hand over the bill to a...

Raipur, March 19 The Chhattisgarh government on Thursday introduced a bill in the state assembly aimed at preventing religious conversions carried out through force, inducement, fraud, or misrepresentation.Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, who also holds the Home portfolio, introduced the...

Mumbai, March 18 The Bombay High Court has criticized the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) for not processing the "exit permit" of a US national, who was accused of attempting religious conversion, despite an order from a lower court.Justice N J Jamadar, in the order passed on...

Mumbai, March 17 – The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which includes strict provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, moved a step closer to becoming law on Tuesday with its passage in the legislative council.The...

Mumbai, March 17 – The Legislative Council passed the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, on Tuesday, amid concerns expressed by both opposition and ruling legislators about the potential misuse of its provisions by authorities and self-proclaimed protectors of religion.The government...

Freedom of religion and belief is a fundamental human right. It protects human dignity, allowing individuals to practice their faith without fear and enabling diverse communities to coexist peacefully. This principle is particularly significant, and often contested, in South Asia, a region with...

Mumbai, March 17 The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which has stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, moved a step closer to becoming a law on Tuesday with its passage in the council.With the state...

Mumbai, March 17 – The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill-2026 was passed after a heated debate late Monday night in the state Legislative Assembly. The ruling Mahayuti government strongly defended the necessity of the Bill to curb unlawful and forced conversion, while cracks appeared within...

Mumbai, March 16 – The Maharashtra Assembly on Monday passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which includes strict provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, by voice vote.According to the Bill, individuals involved in unlawful...

Mumbai, March 16 The Maharashtra assembly on Monday night passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which contains stringent provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, by voice vote.According to the Bill, those involved in...

Mumbai, March 16 – Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis clarified on Monday that the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, is not directed against any specific religion. He emphasized that the Bill is being introduced solely to prevent religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud...

Mumbai, March 16 – The proposed anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is not directed against any particular religion, and it aims only to prevent religious conversions carried out through force, fraud or inducement, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly on Monday.The...

Mumbai, March 16: Differences among the constituent parties of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) came to the fore in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday over the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, introduced to curb illegal and forced religious conversions in the state.After...

Mumbai, March 16 – The proposed anti-conversion law in Maharashtra is not directed against any particular religion, and it aims only to prevent religious conversions carried out through force, fraud, or inducement, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the legislative assembly on Monday.The...

Chandigarh, March 16 Days after Union Minister Amit Shah criticized the "gang activities" in Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday lashed out at the Centre, accusing it of providing "VIP treatment" to the notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the Sabarmati jail in Gujarat.Mann said...

Mumbai, March 16 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended the state government's move to introduce the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill on Monday, which aims to curb unlawful religious conversions within the state.He stated that the Bill was presented in response to several...

Mumbai, March 16 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that several women have been lured into relationships, married, and later abandoned, asserting that the bill against fraudulent religious conversion aims to address these issues and curb such practices.Opposition...

Khargone (MP), March 16 Film director Sanoj Mishra has claimed that the marriage of Monalisa Bhonsle, the young woman who gained prominence during last year's Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, to a Muslim man is a case of "love jihad".After meeting Bhonsle's family on Sunday, Mishra said he would take up...