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UNAIDS welcomes SC decision on IPC 377, urges other countries to follow In
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 06 (ANI): The UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of India to annul key provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The world agency expressed hope that this decision sets the trend and is
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Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep. 6 (ANI): In a landmark judgement, after months of deliberations, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalised homosexuality.
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Manipur: NIA seizes Rs 48 lakh in terror funding case
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept 01 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has seized Rs 48 lakh in cash from a woman during an investigation into the activities of proscribed terrorist organisation Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP).
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Blatant attack on democratic rights: Yechury on activists' arrest
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Centre and called the arrests of five people from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence a
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Maharashtra: BJP leader dies in road accident
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhiwandi (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Gurunath Waman Lasne, vice-president of Thane district's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit, died after his car was hit by a speeding private bus near Saravali village in Bhiwandi. He was 55.
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Crystal Tower Fire: FIR lodged against developer
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 22 (ANI): In the wake of the fire that broke out at Mumbai's Crystal Tower, an FIR has been lodged on Wednesday against developer Abdul Razak Ismail Supariwala.
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Punjab Cabinet approves life imprisonment for sacrilege of religious text
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring an amendment to Indian Penal Code (IPC) to make sacrilege of all religious text punishable with life imprisonment.
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Security guard opens fire inside a Delhi bank
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): A security guard of a nationalised bank in Delhi's Defence Colony area allegedly opened fire inside the premises on Tuesday, injuring a customer.
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SC reserves order on Malayalam novel 'Meesha'
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 2 [ANI]: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the petition seeking a ban on Malayalam novel 'Meesha'.
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SC starts hearing on constitutional validity of adultery law
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing a petition seeking to make men and women equally liable under the offence of adultery, under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Haryana: Priest arrested for rape
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Tohana (Haryana) [India], July 21 (ANI): A 60-year-old priest from Tohana town in Fatehabad district was arrested on Friday after videos of him allegedly raping women surfaced online.
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SC reserves order on scrapping of section 377
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved the order on scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexuality.
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