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POCSO Act amendment gets thumbs up from B-town
Updated : 8 years, 2 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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Death penalty for rapists of children below 12 years
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 21 (ANI): The Centre on Saturday approved the ordinance to award death sentence to the rapists of children below the age of 12.
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Centre to present fugitive economic offenders bill, says Rajnath
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dadra Nagar Haveli [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday announced that the Centre will be presenting a fugitive economic offenders bill before the Parliament, to prevent economic offenders from fleeing abroad.
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Andhra CM tears into Centre on special status demand for state
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday advised the Centre for not isolating people as it is dangerous for national integrity.
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Naidu breaks fast, says Centre wants to take hold of Andhra
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who broke his one-day hunger strike on Friday, said that the Centre wants to take the state into their hold.
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Mamata Banerjee supports CM Naidu's fast against Centre
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday extended support to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is observing a day-long fast to demand "justice" for the state from the Centre.
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Centre urges private equity, VC funds to bid for strategic divestments
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds with adequate enterprise, managerial or technical investors in the whole consortium sort of model can come forward to participate in strategic divestments like Air India, the Centre said on Thursday.
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Centre rebuffs cash crunch, claims 86% ATMs functional
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 19 (ANI): Amid a furore over a reported cash crunch, the Centre on Thursday claimed that around 86 percent ATMs in the country were functional and dispensing cash.
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Naidu cheating people by going on hunger strike: YSRCP chief
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr. 19 (ANI): YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday referred the hunger strike called by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu against the Centre's non-cooperation as a mean to cheat the people of the state.
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Demonetisation's ghost is back to haunt Govt, RBI: Chidambaram on cash cru
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 18 (ANI): Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday attacked the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over the cash crunch in the country, saying that the "ghost" of demonetisation was back to haunt them.
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Govt releases Rs.120.92Cr as co-contribution towards Atal Pension Yojana
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): The Centre on Tuesday announced the release of Rs. 120.92 crores towards its Atal Pension Yojana scheme.
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Punjab Youth Congress workers demand release of SC/ST scholarship funds
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr. 17 (ANI): Punjab Youth Congress workers on Tuesday protested against the Centre, demanding the release of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) scholarship funds.
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