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POCSO Act amendment gets thumbs up from B-town
Updated : 7 years, 10 months 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 : 7 years, 10 months 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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Mehbooba welcomes death penalty for rapists
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr. 21 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed the decision of the Union cabinet to award death sentence to the rapists of children below the age of 12.
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Cabinet facilitates strengthening of POCSO Act
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 21 (ANI): In the wake of an increase in incidents of rape of minors, the Union Cabinet on Saturday approved a number of measures to strengthen the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Amendment in POCSO Act will not give 'salvage to victims': DMK
Updated : 7 years, 10 months 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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Unnao rape case: BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's CBI remand extended
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) court in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district has extended the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) remand of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for seven more days (April
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Centre to amend POCSO Act to ensure death penalty in child rape till 12-ye
Updated : 7 years, 10 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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Re-train cops to deal with sexual offences: WCD Ministry
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development has outlined necessary steps for dealing with sexual offences.
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Surat rape victim's body has 86 injury marks
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India] April 14 (ANI): Police have found body of a nine-year-old girl in Surat with 86 injury marks in Surat.
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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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Unnao rape: CBI registers 3 cases against BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday has registered three cases against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl.
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SRS chairman, others sent to 3-day police remand
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): SRS Group Director Anil Jindal and four others, who were arrested for duping people to the tune of hundreds of crores, have been sent to a three-day police remand.
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