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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Delhi: Class 12 student allegedly commits suicide
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): A class 12 student allegedly committed suicide in Delhi's Bakhtawar Pur area.
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Madrasa teacher arrested for molesting 8-year-old girl
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 28 (ANI): A 67-year-old Madrasa teacher has been arrested for allegedly molesting an eight-year-old girl in Delhi's Narela area.
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Minor raped, murdered in Rajasthan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Jhalawar (Rajasthan) [India], Feb. 16 (ANI): A six-year-old girl, who had gone missing since February 14, was found raped and murdered in an agriculture field on Thursday in Rajasthan's Jhalawar city.
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