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President Kovind promulgates ordinance to strengthen POCSO Act
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): President Ramnath Kovind on Sunday promulgated the ordinance to strengthen the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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NCW hail death penalty in child rapes
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Women activists across the country have praised the ordinance approved by the Union cabinet to award death sentence to the rapists of children below the age of 12.
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Centre to amend POCSO Act to ensure death penalty in child rape till 12-ye
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 20 (ANI): The Central Government, in a letter, submitted to the Supreme Court on Friday, said that it has started the process to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)Act to introduce death penalty for rape of minors till 12 year of age.
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'Rape is rape', shameful to politicise such issues: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], April 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that it is shameful to play politics over the issues related to rapes and sexual assaults in the country.
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Maneka says will ask for death penalty for child rapists
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that her ministry intends to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) to make provision for the death penalty in child rape cases.
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Satyagraha over death penalty for child rapists
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Two days after the horrific rape of an 8-month-old baby in the National Capital, the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) has launched a Satyagraha - non-violent protest - to urge the Centre and the State to address the issue of rising rapes of children.
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Child rape still an issue in MP despite stricter law
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec.14 (ANI): Days after Madhya Pradesh government passed a bill awarding death sentence to rape convicts, an incident of attempt to rape has come to light in Damoh district of the state.
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Nicki Minaj's brother found guilty in child rape trial
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 10 (ANI): Rapper Nicki Minaj's older brother, Jelani Maraj was convicted, on Thursday, of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter in their Long Island home.
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'Fed-up' DCW chief demands 'death penalty' for child rapists
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal on Monday said that she was "completely heartbroken" and "fed up" with the increasing number of child rapes in the capital.
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Delhi child rape case: SDM report identifies six major security lapses in
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Following the incident of rape of a five-year-old girl at Delhi's Tagore Public School, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate's report has identified six major lapses in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)-recognised school.
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