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POSH lawyer Shivangi Prasad on the need for change post passing of new tra
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 was passed by Lok Sabha on 5 August 2019 and Rajya Sabha on 26 November 2019.
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Post CAB nod, BJP to reach out to refugees, explain benefits
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 12 (ANI): After its big push to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that helped it sailed through Parliament, making way for the grant of Indian citizenship to the persecuted non-Muslim minority refugees from the three neighbouring countries, the Bharatiya Janata Part
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Telangana HC postpones hearing on Hyderabad encounter case plea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Telangana High Court has posted the matter of the Hyderabad encounter case for Friday in which woman activist Sandhya Rani is one of the main petitioners.
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Telangana encounter: SC orders setting up of three-member inquiry committe
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered setting up of a three-member inquiry commission to probe the Telangana encounter case and stayed proceeding before Telangana High Court and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) until further orders.
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Dr Harsh Vardhan expresses happiness over passage of CAB in RS
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday expressed happiness over the passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha and said that it will be beneficial for the people who had been deprived of their rights for past several decades.<
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No one can take away your rights, unique identity: PM assures Assam on CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured the people of Assam that no one can take away their rights, unique identity and beautiful culture, amid protests in parts of the state against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
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London: FBM holds conference on deplorable human rights condition in Baloc
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
London, [UK], Dec 12 (ANI): The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) held a conference on the deplorable human rights situation under which people are living in Iranian and Pakistani-occupied Balochistan.
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Maharashtra police IGP Abdur Rahman resigns over CAB
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Abdur Rahman, Special Inspector General of Police (IGP), States Human Rights Commission, Maharashtra said he will not attend office from Thursday in "civil disobedience" against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, which according to him went "ag
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Bhupendra Yadav accuses parties opposing CAB of 'religious appeasement'
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): BJP MP Bhupendra Yadav accused parties opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, of religious appeasement and ignoring human rights of non-Muslims who fled persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.
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CAB about rights of minorities facing religious persecution, do not digres
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): During the ongoing debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, BJP MP JP Nadda said that leader of Congress in the house, Anand Sharma, was attempting to digress from the main topic.
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Committed to preserve linguistic, cultural rights of northeastern states:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is committed to preserving linguistic and cultural rights as well as the social identity of people in northeastern states.
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Piramal Enterprises gets CCI nod for CPDQ's subscription to company debent
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved subscription of Piramal Enterprises' compulsory convertible debentures by Canadian institutional investor Caisse de dpt et placement du Qubec (CDPQ).
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