Love jihad

“The term ‘Love Jihad’ is not defined under the extant laws. No such case of ‘Love Jihad’ has been reported by any of the central agencies,” junior home minister G Kishan Reddy said in the reply. read more

The National Minorities Commission has sought a report from Kerala’s director general of police Loknath Behera. The commission’s vice-chairperson, George Kurian, said the revelations of the church were really serious. read more

Many reformist groups in the church, meanwhile, said that the issue has been raised “at a wrong time”. read more

There have been reports of Hindutva indoctrination among students and that the Hindu Ilaignar Munnani (Hindu Youth Front) and Hindu Manavar Munnani (Hindu Student Front) were active in campuses to counter allege ‘love jihad’. read more

A year after Rajasthan resident Shambhu Lal Regar triggered countrywide outrage after being caught on camera murdering a Bengali Muslim labourer, a Hindu group from Bengal called Singha Bahini has offered his family financial and legal support. read more

Little over a week before the release of Kedarnath, Sara Ali Khan shared some Behind The Scenes pictures that give a glimpse of the conditions under which the shooting was undertaken. See them here. read more

Sara Ali Khan’s debut film Kedarnath is set to release on December 7 after much delay. Sara and Sushant Singh Rajput have been promoting the Abhishek Kapoor film based on the devastating 2013 Uttarakhand floods. read more

Sara Ali Khan, Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Kedarnath has evoked strong reaction from the priests of the temple town, who have demanded a ban on the film, saying it promotes ‘love jihad’. read more

AN NIA official said the Constitution of India had provided freedom to practice and promote religion in a peaceful manner to all citizens as a fundamental right. read more

In sum, this exercise was an effort to take the RSS through a beauty parlour to effect an image change. As the old saying goes: “A leopard can never change its spots”. read more

The three police personnel, along with a home guard, were seen beating and using foul language against the nursing student of Meerut Medical College in a video which was widely shared on the social media read more

The assailants had barged into the house of one of the students, a Muslim, and thrashed, abused and attacked him for being with his Hindu female classmate. read more

Three police personnel, including a woman constable, were suspended after being accused of manhandling a female medical student and her classmate when the two were studying together at the latter’s room in Meerut. read more

Led by its local leader Manish Kumar, the group accused the youth of being involved in ‘love jihad’ , insulted the couple in public and forced them to sit at a police station for several hours. read more

A group of men, claiming to be members of a right wing vigilante group, forced the woman to tie ‘rakhi’ to the man after humiliating the couple on camera in Kanpur’s Major Avinash Bhadauria Park in Govind Nagar area on Tuesday. read more