The crisis in Kandhamal, a remote district in Orissa, is being pitched as a Hindu versus Christian battle. A Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader is killed, several churches are destroyed and many lives are lost. Orissa's communal conflict now threatens to spill over - the Vatican is outraged and Christian schools observe a one-day protest. But what lies at the core of the tension - is it religious conversions, poverty or growing intolerance?
The bill requires a signature of the Governor before it can become a law.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/anticonversion-bill-passed-in-rajasthan/61653-3.html
Thirteen people have been arrested for the attack.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/godmans-goons-attack-molest-two-nuns/61651-3.html
The BJP government says the bill will help check rampant religious conversion.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/anticonversion-bill-generates-heat-in-rajasthan-again/61637-3.html
If Manyata has not converted before the marriage rites, Hindu marriage not valid.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sanjaymanyata-hindu-marriage-could-be-invalid-too/60276-8.html
Minorities are being targeted by the so-called protectors of Indian culture.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/qotd-violence-and-conversion-in-the-name-of-god/55440-3.html
Orissa govt says attacks on 2 more houses not communal.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/patil-tour-of-kandhamal-expected-district-restive/55396-3.html
Murdered missionary’s wife complains to Centre against violence in Orissa district.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-will-stay-secular-pm-tells-staines-widow/55321-3.html
Reasons behind violence in Kandhamal complex, say analysts.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/caste-tribe-conversion-make-orissa-district-volatile/55272-3.html
US Report on religious freedom cites 'anti-conversion' laws in 4 states.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/us-discredits-india-for-rising-attacks-on-minorities/48713-3.html
Thousands of Dalit Hindus are to embrace Buddhist faith at a huge gathering in Mumbai on Sunday.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mass-conversion-dalits-shift-faith/41410-3.html
Apathy on the part of the state government forced over 30 Dalits to embrace Sikhism in Saharanpur district of UP.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/32-dalits-embrace-sikhism-in-up/35365-3.html
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