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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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BJP hails death penalty for rapists, oppn skeptical
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 21 (ANI): After the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre on Saturday approved an ordinance to award death sentence to rapists of children below 12 years of age, the saffron party hailed the decision, while the opposition remained skeptical about the move.
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NCW hail death penalty in child rapes
Updated : 7 years, 10 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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Death penalty for rapists of children below 12 years
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 21 (ANI): The Centre on Saturday approved the ordinance to award death sentence to the rapists of children below the age of 12.
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Govt should bring Ordinance to build Ram Temple: Swamy
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 17 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the government should bring an Ordinance to construct a Ram Temple on the disputed site in Ayodhya.
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Lanka President promulgates emergency for a week
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 7 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena promulgated a state of emergency for a limited period of one week in the country by bringing into force Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance, Sri Lankan president's media division said.
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Capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 1,850 cr approved
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 20 (ANI): The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Tuesday approved capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 1,850 crore, which primarily include procurement of Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICV) pegged at Rs 1,125 crore.
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Telugu to become mandatory in all Telangana schools soon
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The Telangana government is all set to bring in an ordinance to make the Telugu language mandatory, from Class 1 to 12, in schools across the state.
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Pak President signs ordinance aimed at cracking on terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 12 (ANI): Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday signed an ordinance, aimed at cracking down on terrorist organisations and its individuals, which have been banned by United Nations Security Council (UNSC), according to sources.
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Pak opposition objects to Sharifs' dash to Saudi
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec 30 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition has interpreted the embattled Sharifs' Saudi trip as a move to win the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
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Lok Sabha passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2017. The new amendments are part of the ordinance that was brought in earlier last month.
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