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Freedom of Religion guaranteed under the Indian Constitution from Article 25-30. The concept of Secularism is implicit in Preamble which secures to its citizen's liberty of thought, expression, faith and worship. And then after 42 amendment1976, the word secular was specifically being added in the constitution. The article digs deeper into recent developments in the matter of religious faiths and what judiciary has interpreted to maintain an egalitarian society. The judiciary issues guidelines and one such issue in which detailed guidelines have been issued is Mob Lynching. In this paper there is discussion on the concept of religious conflicts and reasons behind it and solutions to bring unity in the country.

A study to assess the effectiveness of a planned teaching Program on knowledge regarding warning signs and Primary prevention of mental illness among Adolescents at selected schools of Ahmedabad city. The objectives of the study were: To assess the level of knowledge regarding warning signs and primary prevention of mental illness among adolescents at selected schools of Ahmedabad city, To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on warning signs and primary prevention of mental illness among adolescents at selected schools of Ahmedabad city, To nd out the association between the level of knowledge regarding warning signs and primary prevention of mental illness with selected demographic variables. Quantitative research approach was used. One group pre-test post-test research design was adopted for the study. Total 120 samples were selected from the selected schools of Ahmedabad city through non-probability convenience sampling technique. The researcher used structured knowledge questionnaire for data collection. As a part of intervention planned teaching program on warning signs and primary prevention of mental illness was carried out among adolescents at selected schools of Ahmedabad city. The post test score was measured with same questionnaires after 7 days. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical method. T test was used to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching program. Pre-test mean: 10.10 and Post-test mean: 15.73, Mean difference: 5.63, and the standard deviation of Pre-test: 4.16, Post-test: 5.82. “t” value: 14.42 with degrees of freedom (120- 1=119), highly signicant at 0.05% level of signicance. Hence PTP is effective in terms of imparting knowledge. Researcher had found the association with demographic variables. i.e., Age & Standard of the study.