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Muzaffarpur shelter home: CBI arrests doctor for injecting girls with drug
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested Ashwani Kumar for allegedly injecting minor girls with drugs. His arrest comes close on the heels of the surrender of Saista Praveen alias Madhu, a close aide of Brajesh Thakur, the ke
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Congress rejects PM's claim, says 'didn't neglect Bose'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Congress party on Sunday allayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that they, while in power for several years, neglected the contribution of freedom fighters like Subhas Chandra Bose.
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SC asks Centre to monitor pension scheme
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to have a proper machinery to implement the pension scheme under the National Social Assistance Program (NSAP) so that it could be known whether the authorities were doing their job properly.
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Decriminalising adultery in tune with spirit of times: Ashwani Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Sept.27 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday said that decriminalising adultery is in tune with the spirit of times.
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SC floor test order upheld Constitutional morality: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Congress Party on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to hold the floor test for the Karnataka Assembly tomorrow and said the judgment has upheld the Constitutional morality and democracy.
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Impeachment motion against CJI could have been avoided: Ashwini Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 21 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Minister Ashwani Kumar opposed his party's decision of moving an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and said that the move could have been avoided.
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Ashwani Kumar hopes Centre will enact anti-torture law soon
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov. 27 (ANI): Senior advocate and former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Monday hoped the Centre would soon enact anti-torture law to meet international obligations.
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SC refuses plea seeking enactment of law to prevent torture
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's plea seeking directions to the Centre to enact laws to define and prevent torture.
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PM Modi has done nothing for the common man: Cong
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): The Congress Party on Sunday castigated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' address and his emphasis on empowering the common man asserting that the track record from the past three years shows that they were the worst affected under the Bharatiya
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Cong backs Sonia, says secular ethos of India under assault
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Former union law minister Ashwani Kumar on Sunday backed Congress party president Sonia Gandhi's over her statement on Centre supporting vigilante violence in the country and said it is quite visible that the inclusive secular, liberal, ethos of India ar
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Ashwani Kumar to be conferred with Japan's top honour
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Japan has selected former union minister for Law and Justice Ashwani Kumar for this year's Spring Imperial Decorations, for his contribution to strengthening of the bilateral ties and promotion of friendship between Tokyo and New Delhi.
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Former union ministers slam Pak over death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 10 (ANI): Former union minister Ashwani Kumar on Monday condemned Pakistan for awarding death sentence to alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and urged the Centre to raise the issue with Islamabad.
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