Apr 22, 2024, at 03:47 am
Hubballi (Karnataka): The father of Fayaz, who has been arrested for allegedly killing his former classmate Neha within the BVB College campus in Karnataka's Hubballi, has apologized to her family.
Apr 20, 2024, at 07:12 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Congress corporator Niranjan Hiremath, whose daughter Neha was killed by one Fayaz Khondunaik, has claimed "love jihad is spreading" in the southern state despite Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's citing of "personal reasons" behind the murder, media reports said.
Karnataka Congress corporator's daughter killed; CM Siddaramaiah cites 'personal reasons'
Apr 20, 2024, at 05:06 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: A massive slugfest between the incumbent Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) started after a ruling party corporator's daughter was murdered in the Hubballi city of Karnataka, media reports said.
Love Jihad: Girl dies under mysterious circumstances in Uttar Pradesh, 2 detained
May 29, 2023, at 10:19 pm
Shahjahanpur: A pregnant girl, who is allegedly a victim of 'love jihad', died under mysterious circumstances at the medical college in Shahjahanpur district here in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said here on Sunday.
Love jihad agenda of undeclared terrorism: Yogi Adityanath after watching 'The Kerala Story'
May 13, 2023, at 01:06 am
Lucknow/IBNS: After watching 'The Kerala Story' at a special screening on Friday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that 'love jihad' is an agenda of undeclared terrorism against humanity.
Victims of love jihad should complain without fear: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane
Mar 21, 2023, at 10:47 pm
Mumbai: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Tuesday asserted that the Shinde-Fadnavis government is determined to put an end to the incidents of 'love jihad' in the state and an anti-conversion law will soon be introduced in the state.
Maharashtra: Hindutva organisations demand 'anti-Love jihad' law
Dec 24, 2022, at 10:44 pm
Sangli (Maharashtra): Various Hindutva organisations of Sangli district on Saturday took out a huge "Hindu Garjana'' morcha from Ram Mandir Chowk of the city and demanded 'anti-Love jihad' and anti-conversion laws in the Maharashtra.
If needed, govt would make law against love jihad: Devendra Fadnavis
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:46 am
Nagpur/UNI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said if needed, his government is prepared to make a law against love jihad.
Assam: Proposed law to check marriage by cheating will be equal for Hindus and Muslims, says CM
Jul 11, 2021, at 04:23 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the state government will soon bring a law to stop the menace of marriages wherein men wed women hiding information about themselves, and emphasised that the law would be equally applicable for Hindus and Muslims.
Adityanath accuses Kerala govt of not stopping conversions through marriage
Feb 23, 2021, at 04:03 am
Kasaragod/IBNS : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has accused the left front government in Kerala of not taking necessary action to prevent religious conversion by marriages, which he called love jihad, in the state, media reports said.
'Hindus being tricked in marriage': Metro man E Sreedharan on 'love jihad' ahead of joining in BJP
Feb 20, 2021, at 06:50 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: E Sreedharan, who is popularly known as the "Metro Man" of India, said he was opposed to "love jihad" as he had witnessed how Hindu girls were tricked in marriage in Kerala.
No evidence against Muslim man accused in forced religious conversion: UP govt admits
Jan 07, 2021, at 11:22 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government, run by Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Thursday admitted there was no evidence against a Muslim man, who was accused in a forced conversion of religion, media reports said.
Supreme Court issues notice to UP, Uttarakhand on 'love Jihad' laws
Jan 06, 2021, at 10:43 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments on pleas challenging laws against the so-called practice of 'love jihad' enacted by them.
UP has become epicentre of hate politics: 104 ex-IAS officers write to Yogi Adityanath
Dec 30, 2020, at 05:24 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government's controversial anti-conversion ordinance has transformed the state into "the epicentre of politics of hate, division and bigotry", a letter signed by 104 former IAS officers wrote to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday.
Allahabad HC rules in favour of UP interfaith couple
Dec 29, 2020, at 04:26 am
Allahabad/IBNS: The Allahabad High Court on Monday ruled in favour of an interfaith couple stating that the woman is an adult who "wants to live with her husband" and had the "right to live life on her terms".
'No human rights violated': UP Police after stopping Muslim couple's marriage
Dec 12, 2020, at 04:33 am
Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Police has said it acted within the law when it took away a couple (both muslims) in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar for questioning as it acted to verify information about a crime under the state's newly formed unlawful conversion act, said a media report.
Amid row over 'Love Jihad', couples in Assam have to declare religion, income before marriage
Dec 01, 2020, at 05:35 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid row over laws against alleged religious conversions due to marriage or 'Love Jihad', Assam government is mulling a law that would require the bride and the groom to declare their income and religion a month before their marriage.
Amid 'love jihad' row, late Wajid Khan's wife reveals pressure from her in-laws for conversion
Dec 01, 2020, at 12:39 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Amid the heated 'love jihad' debate in the country, late music composer Wajid Khan's wife has alleged she was forced by her in-laws to convert to Islam religion.
Mayawati asks UP govt to reconsider its 'Love Jihad' law
Nov 30, 2020, at 05:15 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has asked the Yogi Adityanath government to reconsider the 'Love Jihad' law.
Samajwadi Party to oppose Love Jihad Ordinance in UP
Nov 28, 2020, at 10:47 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Even as Uttar Pradesh government has enforced the controversial Love Jihad Ordinance in the state on Saturday, the principal opposition Samajwadi Party has announced to opposed the new Ordinance terming it as an anti-people law.
UP Cabinet clears Ordinance to prohibit religious conversions for sake of marriage
Nov 25, 2020, at 02:33 am
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday passed an Ordinance to prohibit forced religious conversions for the sake of marriage, making it a punishable offense.
Nov 24, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Prayagraj/IBNS: In a significant judgement amid the "love jihad" debate in the country, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday cancelled the case filed against a Muslim man by the parents of his wife who got married after converting her religion, media reports said.
Love and jihad don't go hand-in-hand: TMC MP Nusrat Jahan
Nov 24, 2020, at 04:30 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan on Monday said love and jihad don't go hand-in-hand and people come up with this kind of topics just ahead of elections.
Love Jihad law should first be used against BJP leaders' family: Urdu poet
Nov 24, 2020, at 03:11 am
Lucknow/UNI: With the Uttar Pradesh government planning to bring a law to curb alleged 'love jihad' and forcible religious conversion, Urdu poet Munawwar Rana on Monday said that the new law should first be used against the leaders of Bharatiya Janta Party and their family members who have married outside the community.
Karnataka govt exploring law to tackle "love jihad" : Karnataka Home Minister
Nov 05, 2020, at 09:35 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said his government is consulting experts to form laws to tackle "social evil" love jihad, after a former Karnataka minister in a tweet said such a law could be formed considering Allahabad High Court's recent order declaring religious conversions just for the sake of marriage unacceptable.
Kerala minister rejects Christian organisation's concern over rising cases of love Jihad
Jan 15, 2020, at 11:16 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: After Hindu right-wing bodies, an influential body of Christian bishops in Kerala has raised concerns over the rising cases of "Love Jihad" which is threatening secular harmony in the state, an NDTV report said.
Synod demands action against 'love jihad'
Jan 15, 2020, at 05:20 pm
Kochi/UNI: Syro Malabar Synod on Wednesday demanded action against 'Love Jihad' as he alleged that girls belonging to Christian community are being murdered by them nowadays in Kerala.
Indian Christian leader writes to Amit Shah demanding law to curb love jihad
Sep 26, 2019, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi: Considering "love jihad" as a threat to the Christian community, National Commission for Minorities Vice-Chairman George Kurian wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding a probe by National Investigation Agency (NIA) and strict law to curb these "fraudulent activities of radicalised elements", The Hindu reported.
Muslim youth beaten up by mob in Assam’s Hojai for alleged involvement in ‘Love Jihad’
Aug 23, 2019, at 09:05 pm
Guwahati, Aug 23 (IBNS): A Muslim youth was seriously injured after he was beaten up by a mob in Assam’s Hojai district for alleged involvement in ‘Love Jihad’.
Moral policing: Couple beaten in name of ‘Love Jihad’ in Assam
Aug 26, 2018, at 02:26 pm
Guwahati, Aug 26 (IBNS): In yet another instance of moral policing in Assam, a couple was allegedly beaten by some people in the name of ‘Love Jihad’.