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Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”
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Faisal Khan was asked to offer namaz in the temple: Khudai Khidmatgar
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Crucial by-polls in Jharkhand
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Ballabhgarh protest: Policemen injured in stone pelting on Delhi-Agra highway
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SC: Statement to NDPS officers cannot be used as confession, evidence
The 2:1 judgment said that these officers are police officers and so confessions will not amount to admissible evidence
Police say Lashkar-e-Taiba behind killing of 3 BJP workers in J&K
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