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Delhi Metro parking to get costlier from May
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 25 (ANI): Months after Delhi Metro fares were hiked, a rise in metro parking fares announced on Wednesday, is set to further burn a hole in the pockets of Delhiites.
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Asaram, two others convicted in minor rape case
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 25 (ANI): Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu was found guilty along with two others by Jodhpur Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Court in a 2013 rape case, on Wednesday.
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Asaram rape case: All you need to know ahead of verdict
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], April 25 (ANI): Nearly five years after rape charges were levelled against self-styled godman, Asaram Bapu, the Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court is set to pronounce its verdict today.
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POCSO ordinance 'a step taken in hurry': BCI Chairman
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Mishra on Tuesday said that the ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) was a step taken in hurry.
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Centre defends death by hanging in SC, says far safer and quicker
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 24 (ANI): The Centre in its counter affidavit over a plea seeking an alternative method of execution other than hanging on Tuesday submitted to the Supreme Court that hanging is far safer and quicker than lethal injections or firing squads.
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Anushka Sharma extends '1,000 percent' support to POCSO Act amendment
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Responding on the ordinance to amend Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Bollywood star Anushka Sharma affirmed that she is in '1,000 percent' support of the ordinance.
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POCSO Act: Death penalty will be futile, says Justice Shah
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 24 (ANI): Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah, along with other child rights activists and lawyers expressed their dissatisfaction over the recent ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Haryana: 3 held in Yamunanagar rape case
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Yamunanagar (Haryana) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): The Yamunanagar police has arrested three people for allegedly raping a 13-year-old minor on Sunday.
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Minor sexually assaulted in Jharkhand's Dumka
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): In yet another incident of sexual assault on minors, a 12-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by three men outside an under-construction house here on Monday.
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Haryana: Minor sexually assaulted in Yamunanagar
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Yamunanagar (Haryana) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): A 13-year-old minor was allegedly sexually assaulted by a group of four men near a temple in Haryana's Yamunanagar on Sunday.
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Gangwar urges media to 'not sensationalise' rape cases
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Sharavasti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): A day after stating that hue and cry should not be created over one or two rape incidents, Union Minister Santosh Gangwar on Sunday said his statement had implied action should be taken even in rare incidents.
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DCW chief Maliwal ends 10-day long hunger strike
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 22 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal has finally ended her indefinite hunger strike on Sunday.
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