Business Standard

Friday, December 20, 2024 | 04:53 PM ISTEN Hindi

Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Page 2 - Secularism

Best of BS Opinion: Feasible fiscal path, inadequate cover, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Best of BS Opinion: Feasible fiscal path, inadequate cover, and more
Updated On : 21 Jan 2021 | 6:39 AM IST

A sense of justice

Book review of In Pursuit of Justice: An Autobiography

A sense of justice
Updated On : 21 Jan 2021 | 12:50 AM IST

Tagore's Bengal would not let hate politics overpower secularism: Mamata

Banerjee, during a rally in Bolpur, claimed that conspiracies were being hatched to destroy the state's inclusive culture and cautioned people against divisive politics

Tagore's Bengal would not let hate politics overpower secularism: Mamata
Updated On : 29 Dec 2020 | 8:27 PM IST

Secularism as a principle and practice is in 'danger' in India: Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said secularism as a principle and practice in India was in danger and the ruling dispensation might even try to remove the word from the Constitution

Secularism as a principle and practice is in 'danger' in India: Tharoor
Updated On : 31 Oct 2020 | 10:18 PM IST

Secularism can't be protected without separating religion and politics: Yechury

Unless there is a strict separation of religion from politics and government, secularism can't be protected, defended or put into operation properly, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said

Secularism can't be protected without separating religion and politics: Yechury
Updated On : 17 Oct 2020 | 11:36 PM IST

India doesn't need 'western' concepts like secularism: KN Govindacharya

Secularism was not needed for Bharat. Bharat has its own concept of respect to all modes of worship, said Govindacharya

India doesn't need 'western' concepts like secularism: KN Govindacharya
Updated On : 02 Aug 2020 | 12:20 PM IST

Plea in SC to remove 'socialist' and 'secular' from Constitution's preamble

The PIL said that the amendment made in 1976 was antithetical to the constitutional tenets as well as the historical and cultural theme of India

Plea in SC to remove 'socialist' and 'secular' from Constitution's preamble
Updated On : 28 Jul 2020 | 10:26 PM IST

'Protecting secular, democratic fabric as important as defending borders'

On the 45th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency, former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal said 'safeguarding secular and democratic fabric of the country is as important as defending its borders'

'Protecting secular, democratic fabric as important as defending borders'
Updated On : 26 Jun 2020 | 1:06 PM IST

The Minority Conundrum: Thought-provoking essays on minority rights

A thought-provoking set of essays examines minority rights in the light of secularism and nationalism, both of which are foundational to the vision of the Indian republic, says Chintan Girish Modi

The Minority Conundrum: Thought-provoking essays on minority rights
Updated On : 24 Apr 2020 | 9:49 PM IST

Unlike Pak, the US, India not theocratic because of secular values: Rajnath

Rajnath Singh's comments have come amid raging protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act

Unlike Pak, the US, India not theocratic because of secular values: Rajnath
Updated On : 22 Jan 2020 | 9:53 PM IST

Pakistan, America are theocratic countries, India is secular, says Rajnath

Our saints and seers did not just consider the people living within our borders as part of the family, but called everyone living in the world as one family, said Rajnath

Pakistan, America are theocratic countries, India is secular, says Rajnath
Updated On : 22 Jan 2020 | 2:46 PM IST

How Kejriwal's AAP and Modi's BJP are strikingly similar, and yet different

The two offer the same package - personality cult, populist schemes, inflated claims, etc - but the hard edge to BJP's communalism is missing in AAP, a difference we should celebrate, writes T N Ninan

Image
Updated On : 27 Dec 2019 | 5:53 PM IST

USCIRF to hold hearing on religious freedom in India on December 12

A US federal commission mandated to review facts and circumstances of violation of international religious freedom will hold a hearing on freedom of religion or belief in India next week. The hearing titled 'Freedom of Religion or Belief in India: Rising Challenges & New Opportunities for US Policy,' on December 12 will examine challenges to religious freedom and explore opportunities for US policymakers to encourage the protection of freedom of religion or belief in India, Tenzin Dorjee, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), said on Tuesday. The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan US federal government commission created in 1998, that reviews religious freedom violations abroad and makes policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress. India has previously rejected USCIRF report while maintaining that its Constitution guarantees fundamental rights to all its citizens including the right to freedom of religion. India

USCIRF to hold hearing on religious freedom in India on December 12
Updated On : 05 Dec 2018 | 2:27 PM IST

Vegetarianism and secularism

We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced

Image
Updated On : 21 May 2017 | 10:42 PM IST

At UN body, India says it is secular with no state religion

Mukul Rohatgi said constitution includes provisions for protection of rights, interest of minorities

At UN body, India says it is secular with no state religion
Updated On : 05 May 2017 | 2:07 AM IST

Secularism of Cong, Left euphemism for hating Hindutva: Joshi

Joshi, who was a minister in Vajpayee government, stressed the need for a thorough debate on issues of nationalism and secularism

Secularism of Cong, Left euphemism for hating Hindutva: Joshi
Updated On : 26 Jun 2016 | 9:20 AM IST