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Amendment in POCSO Act will be implemented, ensures PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Udupi (Karnataka) [India], May 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Centre has ensured the nation that the passing of an ordinance for hanging the rapists will be implemented.
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SC directs HCs to expeditiously monitor all POCSO cases
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 01 (ANI): The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, directed all the High Courts to constitute a committee dedicated to expeditiously monitor and regulate all Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases.
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Ghaziabad rape: Madrasa cleric sent to one-day police remand
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Ghazipur (Uttaar Pradesh) [India], Apr 28 (ANI): The cleric of the madrasa at Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur, where a minor girl was sent to one-day police custody by a Delhi court, on Saturday.
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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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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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Ordinance to amend POCSO Act historic: Rajnath
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
On Board, Apr 22 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh hailed the ordinance to amend the existing Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and said it is a historic decision.
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President Kovind promulgates ordinance to strengthen POCSO Act
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): President Ramnath Kovind on Sunday promulgated the ordinance to strengthen the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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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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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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