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    Murshidabad's Poll Battleground: Mosque Project Fuels Political Tensions

    Beldanga (WB), Apr 6 Three adjoining assembly constituencies in West Bengal's Murshidabad district have become the most volatile battleground in the 2026 election, with the proposed mosque, modelled after the Babri Masjid, in Rejinagar reshaping allegiances, intensifying religious identities...
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    Conversion to Christianity Triggers Loss of Scheduled Caste Status

    In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste community who converts to a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism loses their Scheduled Caste status from the moment of conversion, regardless of their birth.A bench of...
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    SC Status Loss After Christian Conversion: Supreme Court Ruling

    New Delhi, March 24 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, stating that a person who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the faith cannot claim the status of a Scheduled Caste.A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra...
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    Constitutional Challenge to Parsi Law Depriving Women of Religious Status

    New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a significant constitutional challenge involving gender discrimination within religious personal laws, questioning whether a Parsi woman can be deprived of her religious identity following inter-faith marriage.The top court...
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    India Criticizes Pakistan's Fabrications on Islamophobia

    India today criticized Pakistan for its habit of fabricating imaginative stories about Islamophobia in neighboring countries, questioning how Islamabad's own brutal repression of Ahmadis or air-bombing campaigns during Ramadan against Afghanistan can be justified. Addressing the UN General...
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    Pakistan Criticized for Allegations of Islamophobia, Air Attacks

    United Nations, March 17 India called out Pakistan for its habit of "fabricating imaginative" tales of Islamophobia in neighboring countries, questioning how Islamabad's own brutal repression of Ahmadis or air-bombing campaigns during Ramadan against Afghanistan can be characterized."India's...
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    Couple's Temple Visit Leads to Arrest Over Religious Identity

    Ujjain, February 17 – A young man wearing a dhoti-kurta, a "tilak" (forehead mark) on his forehead, and a rudraksha mala (prayer beads) around his neck, offered prayers at the Mahakal temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. However, what surprised everyone was that he was a Muslim youth, who allegedly...
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    Noida Hate Crime: Government Seeks Court Direction for Investigation

    New Delhi, February 16 The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court on Monday that a First Information Report (FIR) should have been registered in an alleged hate crime in Noida in 2021 for the offences, including those related to imputations and assertions prejudicial to national...
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