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Secular Muslims oppose the demand for an anti-blasphemy law
Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly opposes the...
Conversion approval not required for interfaith marriage registration: Allahabad HC
Court bats for interfaith unions; reiterates consent from family, clan State, not required before marriage between consenting adults of different faiths
Why is Chhath Puja 2021 crucial for the Kejriwal-led Delhi government?
Delhi is due to have Municipal body elections in 2022, which the BJP has won for decades, AAP needs to make its mark, before next state elections, and ahead of UP elections 2022
What Adityanath can do, Kejriwal can replicate faster
Delhi CM recreates Ayodhya temple for ‘official puja’
Challenges of ‘hyper-nationalism’ highlighted in Vatican’s Diwali message
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue’s Diwali message was on the theme - “Christians and Hindus: Together bringing light into people’s lives in times of despair”
Controversy couture: Hey fashionistas, do you wear a mangalsutra with your bikini?
Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s puts mangalsutra on bikini clad models, responses are as expected
Rajasthan ADG bans temple construction on police station premises
PUCL lauds the move, but calls for stricter implementation to ensure preservation of secular nature of public authorities
Bhopal: Goons force woman to remove her Burqa
In the video that went viral on social media, one man can be heard saying that she is bringing disrepute to the community
No Garba for non-Hindus: Right-wing in MP
While in Ratlam, posters have been put up denying entry to non-Hindus, in Indore Muslim boys were picked up from college-organised garba event on allegations of “love jihad”
The bizarre colour codes of Union Bank Of India
Dress in nine colours for Navratri, Union Bank of India tells employees, then withdraws circular
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The investigation marks a shocking failure in the capabilities of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), increasingly critiqued for malfunctioning under political pressure; in 2018 the CBI filed a closure report and seven years later, today, June 5, the Court is likely to hear and decide whether to accept that a missing student from one of India’s premier institutes, the JNU simply cannot be found nor the circumstances behind his disappearance
Environment
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June 5: World environment day & the increasing importance of seed conservation by farmers and rural communities
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Rights
Gauhati HC directs State to confirm custody or deportation of two men detained in midnight police action in Assam
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Assam: When six ordinary Indian women were forcibly pushed out from India–No Man’s land– Bangladesh & then back
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