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Trump vows to protect gun ownership rights
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 5 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday assured the members of National Rifle Association (NRA), an organisation advocating for gun rights, that he would protect their rights.
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Amendment in POCSO Act will be implemented, ensures PM Modi
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Udupi (Karnataka) [India], May 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Centre has ensured the nation that the passing of an ordinance for hanging the rapists will be implemented.
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Stormy Daniels' lawsuit delayed for 90 days
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington DC [United States] Apr 28 (ANI): California judge James Otero has temporarily put a hold on porn star Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against United States President Donald Trump and his personal attorney Michael Cohen for 90 days.
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POCSO ordinance 'a step taken in hurry': BCI Chairman
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Mishra on Tuesday said that the ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) was a step taken in hurry.
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Anushka Sharma extends '1,000 percent' support to POCSO Act amendment
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Responding on the ordinance to amend Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Bollywood star Anushka Sharma affirmed that she is in '1,000 percent' support of the ordinance.
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POCSO Act: Death penalty will be futile, says Justice Shah
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 24 (ANI): Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah, along with other child rights activists and lawyers expressed their dissatisfaction over the recent ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Every rapist should be hanged, says Nirbhaya's mother
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gangrape victim on Sunday hailed the Centre for amending Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and urged it to consider death penalty for every rapist.
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Ordinance to amend POCSO Act historic: Rajnath
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
On Board, Apr 22 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh hailed the ordinance to amend the existing Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and said it is a historic decision.
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UP: 4 minors sexually assaulted in separate incidents
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Hours after the Centre gave its nod to an ordinance to amend the existing Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act, allowing courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping minors, four incidents of sexual assaults were reported
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POCSO Act amendment gets thumbs up from B-town
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): The Centre has given its nod to an ordinance to amend the existing Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act, allowing courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping minors, and Bollywood is all praise for it.
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DCW chief to end fast after POCSO amendment
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 21 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Saturday announced that she would break her indefinite fast tomorrow after the Union cabinet approved an ordinance to award death sentence to rapists of children below 12 years of age.
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Amendment in POCSO Act will not give 'salvage to victims': DMK
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 21 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday said that the Center's decision to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act will not give any 'salvage to the victims'.
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