Lok Sabha airs concern over Pakistan Hindus’ plight
August 13th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Lok Sabha members across political divide Monday expressed concern over the plight of minority Hindus in Pakistan and urged the government to spell out ... Read more...
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US spotlights government corruption in India
May 24th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 24 (IANS) The US state department has highlighted "widespread corruption at all levels of government" and separatist, insurgent and societal violence among the most significant human rights problems ... Read more...
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US clears India on rights issue, but rues graft everywhere
April 9th, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 8 (IANS) In its latest assessment of human rights worldwide, the US has generally given India a clean chit, but said problems included corruption at all levels of ... Read more...
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14 held for unlawful religious conversion
March 29th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 29 (IANS) At least 14 people, including nine women, were arrested in Orissa Tuesday on charges of indulging in illegal religious conversion, police said.The men and women were ... Read more...
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‘We need to frame a new law to stop religion conversion’: RSS chief
February 11th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by ANI
Mandala (Madhya Pradesh), Feb 11 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat asserting that there is a need to frame a new law to stop religious conversion, on Friday said the ... Read more...
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Controversial ‘Kumbh’ focusing on conversion begins in Madhya Pradesh
February 10th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 10 (IANS) A different kind of Mahakumbh began in Mandla in Madhya Pradesh Thursday. Unlike the rituals of bathing, devotional singing, and mass feeding of holy men and the ... Read more...
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FIR lodged against former Nazim for forcibly converting Hindu girl to Islam in Pak
September 15th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Sept 15 (ANI): In the latest development in an incident involving policemen refusing to register a case of forced religious conversion of a 13-year-old Hindu Dalit girl in Lyari Town of ... Read more...
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13-year-old Hindu Dalit girl abducted, forcibly converted to Islam by Pak mullahs
September 11th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Sept 11 (ANI): An incident involving forced religious conversion of a 13-year-old Hindu girl belonging to a Dalit community has surfaced in Lyari Town of Pakistan.The girl- Poonam- was kidnapped from ... Read more...
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Hindu front activist held in Malaysia
August 30th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Ipoh (Malaysia), Aug 30 (IANS) An ethnic Indian was arrested in Malaysia while attempting to submit a memorandum seeking freedom of religious conversion.
M. Balakrishnan, 53, a retired army ... Read more...
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Julia Roberts reveals she’s a practicing Hindu
August 6th, 2010 - 11:33 am ICT by ANI
London, Aug 6 (ANI): Hollywood actress Julia Roberts has revealed that she is a practicing Hindu who goes to temple to 'chant and pray and celebrate'.The 42-year-old star, who was born ... Read more...
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UK, US researchers present report on de-radicalizing the radicals
July 3rd, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 3 (ANI): Individual de-radicalization and disengagement programs, such as those in Saudi-Arabia, Singapore, Indonesia and other nations, 'can make a difference,' according to researchers at the National Consortium for the ... Read more...
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BET Awards Honors Prince With Lifetime Achievement Award
June 28th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Los Angeles, June 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) 10th Annual BET Awards held on Sunday honored Prince with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. The award ceremony was hosted by Queen Latifah and ... Read more...
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US concerned over extra-judicial killings in India (Lead)
March 12th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 12 (IANS) The US has expressed concern over reported extra-judicial killings of people in custody and torture and rape by police and other security forces in India.The ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa warns against moral policing on V-Day
February 2nd, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 2 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday warned against "moral policing" on Valentine's Day Feb 14 and promised security to those celebrating the day.
The warning followed threats by pro-Hindu ... Read more...
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Mohan Singh was a Muslim, rules Malaysian court
July 6th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 6 (IANS) Malaysia's civil high court Monday ruled that deceased art director Mohan Singh had converted to Islam, rejecting a plea of his family that his body be released ... Read more...
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Malay Indian mom waits for kids to be declared Hindus
April 24th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Petaling Jaya, Apr 24 (ANI): Indra Ghandhi, whose husband converted himself and their three children to Islam, hopes that Malaysian Cabinet's decision on conversion will apply to her."I am not sure whether ... Read more...
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If God wishes, I’ll intervene in Kandhamal: Sister Prema
March 27th, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) Describing religious conversion as "God's work", new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity (MoC) Sister Mary Prema Friday said she would go to Orissa's Kandhamal - scene ... Read more...
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US says India respects citizens’ rights, but problems persist
February 26th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) Even as it noted that the Indian government generally respected the rights of its citizens, the US State Department has expressed concern that there were increasing attacks on ... Read more...
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Religious conversion for second marriage un-Islamic: Muslim clerics
February 19th, 2009 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Muslim clerics have termed as "un-Islamic" and "unacceptable" conversion to Islam to escape legal complications of a second marriage, citing the example of Chander Mohan alias Chand ... Read more...
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Govt. goes ahead with first phase of para-military pull out from Kandhamal
January 15th, 2009 - 10:43 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneshwar, Jan.15 (ANI): At least 12 companies (over 1200 personnel) of the Central Para-Military force, including seven companies from Orissas Kandhamal district, have been withdrawn from Orissa on Thursday.
Senior officials ... Read more...
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PM offers financial aid to rebuild demolished Orissa churches, homes
October 18th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered financial help to reconstruct the churches and homes demolished during the anti-Christian attacks in Orissa, said Samuel Kobiya, general secretary of ... Read more...
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VHP, Bajrang Dal leaders barred from visiting Kandhamal
October 18th, 2008 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IANS) A group of senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal leaders were Friday prevented by police from visiting Kandhamal district in Orissa where the Aug 23 killing ... Read more...
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Gujarat being replayed in Orissa: Vayalar Ravi
September 1st, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Sep 1 (IANS) Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi Monday said the Orissa government failed to stop "terror organisation" like Bajrang Dal from carrying out attacks on Christians."What is happening ... Read more...
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Mahesh Bhatt leads delegation to President on Orissa violence
September 1st, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) A civil society delegation led by noted filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt met President Pratibha Patil Monday to demand that the central government invoke Article 355 of the Constitution ... Read more...
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12 Orissa districts in grip of communal violence
September 1st, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 (IANS) The communal violence that engulfed nine Orissa districts following the Aug 23 murder of a Hindu leader has spread to three more districts, forcing authorities to deploy additional ... Read more...
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Christians may form militia for self-defence: Church leader
August 31st, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Looking low and dejected, a Church leader from Orissa warned Sunday that if the government failed to stop attacks on his community, Christians in the state will ... Read more...
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Rights panel seeks report on Orissa communal violence
August 29th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday sought a report from the Orissa government on the ongoing communal violence in the state following the killing of a ... Read more...
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After five days, fewer incidents of violence in Orissa (Lead)
August 29th, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 29 (IANS) After five days of communal violence following the killing of a Hindu group leader, Orissa reported fewer clashes between Christians and Hindus Friday. Nearly 10,000 Christians who had ... Read more...
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Four killed in Orissa communal violence (Second Lead)
August 26th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IANS) Communal tension escalated in Orissa Tuesday, three days after the killing of a Hindu group leader, as Hindus and Christians clashed in Kandhamal district, resulting in the deaths ... Read more...
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Two more believed killed in Orissa, cops unable to reach village (Lead)
August 26th, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IANS) Security forces in Orissa were Tuesday desperately trying to reach a village in the communally volatile Kandhamal district where two people were believed to have been killed in ... Read more...
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Curfew, flag marches in tense Orissa towns
August 26th, 2008 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IANS) Curfew was clamped in Orissa's communally tense Kandhamal district and police and paramilitary forces held flag marches in troubled towns Tuesday, a day after two people were burnt ... Read more...
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Orissa assembly adjourned over VHP leader’s killing
August 25th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (IANS) The Orissa assembly was adjoured Monday as ruling and opposition legislators clashed over the killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and four others in communally volatile ... Read more...
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Security tightened in Orissa in the wake of VHP shutdown call
August 25th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (ANI): A high-alert has been sounded across Orissa and additional security forces have been deployed in view of the Vishawa Hindu Parishad (VHP)s 12-hour dawn-to-dusk state-wide shutdown today ... Read more...
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Protests spread in Orissa after VHP leader’s killing (Third Lead)
August 24th, 2008 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24 (IANS) Thousands of people protested in Orissa blocking vehicles and trains amid sporadic violence Sunday, a day after a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and four others were killed. ... Read more...
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Orissa shuts down schools, colleges as protests spread (Second Lead)
August 24th, 2008 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24 (IANS) Orissa has ordered the closure of all schools and colleges in the state for a day Monday in view of the shutdown call of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) ... Read more...
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