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J-K: Daughter of laborer teaches students hailing from financially weaker
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Amid an acute shortage of teaching staff, Kavita Devi, daughter of a labour is educating the students coming from a financially weaker section, for free in a Government School situated in Naror, Udhampur.
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Decriminalisation of Sec 377 a stepping stone, say LGBT activists
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): A year since the Supreme Court overturned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the LGBT community, which gathered for a celebration here on Wednesday said as far as equal rights for the group was concerned, there still remains a long way to go.
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Murder case could not be made based on findings of post-mortem report: Pol
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], Sept 11 (ANI): The Jharkhand Police on Wednesday said that the chargesheet against the accused persons in Tabrez Ansari lynching case have been filed under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), as the murder case (se
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Equity markets closed on account of Muharram
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd and BSE Ltd were closed for trading on Tuesday on account of Muharram, which is observed by a section of the Muslim community.
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Theme is to empower the poor and downtrodden, says Javadekar on 100 days o
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 8 (ANI): The Central government is working with the intention of empowering the downtrodden sections of the society which have remained untouched by the development wave for all these years, said Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadek
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People came forward to support us after Section 377 was struck down, says
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Last year's Supreme Court judgement to strike down Section 377 of the Criminal Procedure Code brought a sense of jubilation among the LGBTQ community. Nasser and Nasreen, a couple from Chennai credit the historical judgement for their happily marri
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Ex-Jet Airways employee files petition in SC challenging CrPC Section 125
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
[New Delhi], India September 07 (ANI): A former employee of Jet Airways has knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court challenging the validity of Section 125 of CrPC, which governs laws relating to maintenance.
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People expected much better from govt: LGBTQ activist on decriminalization
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 6 (ANI): Ashok Row Kavi, the Chairperson of an LGBTQ trust on Friday highlighted that suicides have been on the rise within the community despite the Supreme Court's landmark decision last year which overturned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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SC seeks Centre's reply on pleas challenging provisions of UAPA
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre response on PILs seeking direction to declare unconstitutional the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019, that confers power upon the Central government to designate an individual as a terrorist.
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Editors Guild condemns FIR against journalist for exposing chinks in UP's
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 2 (ANI): The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Monday condemned Uttar Pradesh government's action of filing an FIR under serious sections of criminal law against journalist Pawan Jaiswal.
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Delhi Metro's Yellow Line hit by technical snag
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 2 (ANI): Services were affected on a section of Delhi Metro's Yellow Line on Monday due to technical issues.
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Foreign media's commentaries about final NRC's aspects are "incorrect": ME
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 1 (ANI): There have been commentaries in sections of the foreign media about aspects of the final National Register of Citizens in Assam which are "incorrect", the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday.
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