‘Inter-faith marriage not wrong, but … ‘: Maharashtra CM Fadnavis defends committee against ‘love jihad’ | India News – The Times of India

Maharashtra CM D Fadnavis (File photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended the state government’s decision to form a committee to examine legal options against “love jihad“. He said that while interfaith marriages are not wrong, deceitful conversions through false identities must be addressed.“The Supreme Court has also acknowledged the reality of love…

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Will gouge out eyes over ‘love jihad’, says Uttarakhand BJP neta | India News – Times of India

DEHRADUN: A senior BJP functionary in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand has been charged by local police for “promoting enmity” and “outraging religious feelings” after he allegedly threatened to “burn down shops belonging to members of the minority community and gouge their eyes out for targeting Hindu girls over love jihad.”Lakhpat Bhandari, vice-president of Pauri…

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Conversions in UP: 835 cases registered, 1,682 arrested in 4 years | India News – Times of India

LUCKNOW: As many as 835 cases were registered in the state till July 31 under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act since its inception in 2020. A total of 1,682 people were arrested in these cases.The commissionerate of Ghaziabad and the districts of Ambedkarnagar, Bhadohi, Saharanpur, and Shahjahanpur have taken maximum…

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Himanta: Will bring law to give life term for ‘love jihad’ & another to halt ‘land jihad’ | India News – Times of India

GUWAHATI: BJP-governed Assam is ready with a proposed law mandating life imprisonment for anyone convicted of “love jihad“, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Sunday, less than a week after the UP assembly passed a Bill amending the state’s 2021 anti-conversion legislation to increase the punishment for offences linked to marriage or elopement from the current…

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Karnataka: BJP, Congress spar over student’s murder; ‘love jihad’, alleges victim’s father | Bengaluru News – Times of India

BENGALURU/HUBBALLI: The murder of a corporator’s daughter on a college campus in Hubballi sparked a row between Congress and opposition BJP in Karnataka, leading to heated responses from the victim’s father, who is a member of Congress.Neha Hiremath, 23, daughter of Congress Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death on the campus…

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