Another temple attack in US spreads concern among Hindus

Contributed by NAMPA / PTI. Chennai, Feb 27 (PTI) Ten persons today reconverted to Hinduism today at a ceremony organised here by a splinter group of Hindu Munnai which alleged police interference to stall the event. In a brief ceremony that ...

CHENNAI: A fringe Hindu outfit performed Ghar Wapsi for seven persons including a woman at a roadside temple in Pattalam here on Friday morning despite police tightening their vigil to prevent the reconversion that was suspected to be forced. The ...

The verdict of a two-judge Supreme Court bench on Thursday on the question of re-conversion to Hinduism from Christianity, and the link of such a phenomenon with quota benefits, beggars the imagination. A bench of Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice V. Gopala ...

Panaji: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday said it wants to implement in Goa its ghar wapsi programme—a controversial re-conversion exercise it has implemented in several parts of the country. "We want to bring back into the Hindu fold ...

Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a re-convert to Hinduism from Christianity would be entitled to quota benefits as long as his great-grandfather was a Dalit, and the community accepted his return. SEEMA CHISHTI ...

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today said it would "facilitate" reconversions in Goa if the local people wanted it. "Thousands of years ago, Hindus in Goa were converted to Christianity. If they want to come back and if they contact VHP, we will ...

NEW DELHI: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that if a person with dalit ancestry reconverts to Hinduism, he would get back his caste status and benefit of reservation. "A person who is born to Christian parents who had converted ...

Thrissur, Feb 27 (PTI) Five members of a family have converted to Hinduism near Wadakkancherry here as part of the 'Ghar Wapsi' initiative of Sangh Parivar, VHP representatives said. Sources known to the development said the family from Nelluvai ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a person on "reconversion" to Hinduism from Christianity is entitled to caste-based quota benefits if the community accepts him. The court was hearing a petition by KP Manu, who was dismissed from government service in ...