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Every rapist should be hanged, says Nirbhaya's mother
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gangrape victim on Sunday hailed the Centre for amending Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and urged it to consider death penalty for every rapist.
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UP: 4 minors sexually assaulted in separate incidents
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Hours after the Centre gave 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, four incidents of sexual assaults were reported
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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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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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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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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, 10 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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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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Top battery manufacturers face Rs 213 cr-fine for cartelization
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday passed its final order imposing penalty on three leading Indian zinc-carbon dry cell battery manufacturers - Eveready Industries India Ltd. (Eveready), Indo National Ltd. (Nippo), and Panasonic Energy Ind
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Farooq Abdullah calls for mandatory death penalty in Kathua like case
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 15 (ANI): National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Sunday urged Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti-led state government to call for a special assembly session to bring in a law of capital punishment in Kathua like cases.
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CWG'18: Indian hockey eves lose 0-6 to England in bronze-medal match
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], April 14 (ANI): The Indian women's hockey team's campaign at the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games came to a disappointing end as they slumped to a shocking 0-6 defeat to England in the Bronze Medal match of the competition here at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre on Saturd
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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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