religious conversion

Raipur, March 11 The Chhattisgarh cabinet has approved a draft bill aimed at preventing forced or fraudulent religious conversion. The bill seeks to effectively curb conversion from one faith to another through force, allurement, undue influence, or false representation.The decision was made...

Raipur, March 10 The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft bill aimed at preventing forced religious conversion through coercion, inducement, fraudulent means, or misrepresentation.The decision was made at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai at the premises of...

Puri, March 10 A woman from Puri, Odisha, appealed to the state and central governments on Tuesday to rescue her daughter, alleging that she was kidnapped five years ago and has been held captive in Bangladesh since then.The woman claimed that her daughter had fled to the neighbouring country...

Mirzapur (UP), March 7 A district court here on Saturday rejected the bail pleas of three individuals arrested in connection with an alleged illegal religious conversion racket being run under the guise of gyms, officials said."District Judge Arvind Kumar Mishra dismissed the bail applications...

Mumbai, March 6 The Maharashtra cabinet has approved a draft anti-conversion bill, which makes it mandatory to obtain permission from a competent authority before converting to another religion.A person who wishes to convert must give a 60-day notice and seek permission from the designated...

Mumbai, March 5 The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday approved a draft bill that makes conversion mandatory, requiring individuals to obtain permission from a competent authority before converting to another religion.According to an official, a person wishing to convert must provide a 60-day...

Mumbai, March 5 – The Mahayuti government in Maharashtra approved the long-awaited anti-conversion Bill, titled the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.The Bill will be introduced in the Maharashtra Legislature during the ongoing Budget Session...

Mumbai, March 3 Filmmaker Vipul Shah says he felt compelled to make a sequel to "The Kerala Story," his controversial 2023 movie about religious conversion, as he wanted to expose a "much larger evil" that extends beyond Kerala and across the country.The sequel, titled “The Kerala Story 2...

Mumbai, March 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the central government is working with full commitment to ensure honour and justice for the Sikh community, highlighting various welfare measures and relief offered to the persecuted Sikhs through the Citizenship Amendment Act...

Navi Mumbai, March 1 Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that religious conversions are taking place in Punjab and appealed to the Bhagwant Mann government and the common people to stop this practice driven by "greed".Shah invoked the sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur while addressing...

Lucknow, February 28 A chargesheet has been filed against a former resident of King George's Medical University and three others for the alleged sexual exploitation and religious conversion of a female doctor, an official said on Saturday.The police submitted a chargesheet of around 250 pages...

Mumbai, February 27 Producer Vipul Shah on Friday said "The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond" does not portray Kerala or its people in a negative light, hours after the Kerala High Court paved the way for the film's release.A division bench of justices Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and P V...

Patna, February 27 Bihar Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar on Friday said that the state government would review anti-conversion laws of other states that prohibit forced religious conversion and inter-faith marriage, and "if required, would implement them in the state as well".Kumar made the...

Patna, February 27 – The issue of enacting stricter laws against religious conversion was raised in the Bihar Legislative Assembly on the final day of the Budget Session, as several members of the ruling party brought the matter to the attention of the House through a calling attention motion...

Muzaffarpur, February 24 A man in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar has alleged that his sister was recently kidnapped by her employer, who forced her into marriage after religious conversion, police said on Tuesday.The complainant, a resident of the Aaurayi locality in Muzaffarpur, has lodged a...

Bhopal, February 24 – Three people, including two sisters, have been arrested in Bhopal on charges of operating a prostitution racket and forcing religious conversion under the guise of providing jobs to vulnerable young women, police said on Tuesday.The accused have been identified as Amreen...

Kochi, February 24 – The Kerala High Court will screen the film 'The Kerala Story 2' on Wednesday as part of proceedings in a petition raising concerns about its portrayal of events, which are claimed to be based on a "true story".Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, who is hearing the matter, has...

Pratapgarh (UP), February 23 Police have registered a case against four individuals for alleged forced religious conversion and other offenses at the Jethwara police station here, an official said on Monday. One of them has been arrested.Additional Superintendent of Police (West) Vrajanandan...

Ballia (UP), February 23 A pastor was arrested on Monday from the Sikandarpur area for allegedly inducing religious conversion through promises of money and jobs, and for causing offense to religious sentiments, an officer said on Monday.Acting on a complaint by Gautam Gaur of Jalpa Chowk in...

Balod, February 19 A community in Chhattisgarh's Balod district has banned engaged couples from having private phone conversations until the wedding, citing an increase in relationship breakups.The Sen community, which falls under the Other Backward Class category, has a population of...