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Lok Sabha passes Bill for stringent punishment in Rape cases
A bill that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below 12 years, was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 was passed after a reply by…
Over 40 lakh excluded from Assam Citizenship list
Over 40 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants have been excluded from Assam's draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) released on Monday, sparking concerns about their future and triggering a nationwide political row.
Applications of 2.89…
Government clears implementation of ‘Make in India’ Defence Policy
The Government on Monday finally approved the implementation of guidelines for the defence Strategic Partnership model that encourage domestic private as well as foreign firms in military manufacturing in the country.
And the first…
Form teams to monitor Child Care Centres: Maneka Gandhi
In the wake of the recent rape incident at the government-run shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Monday ordered constitution of teams at the state and district level for…
Millions stare at uncertain future: Amnesty on NRC Draft
The Draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam might deprive people, who have lived in India for decades, of their nationality, global rights group Amnesty International's India chapter said on Monday.
In a statement, Amnesty…
98% cases of Child Abuse remain unreported: SC judge
About 97-98 per cent of child abuse cases are not reported to the appropriate authorities in the country, Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta said here at a symposium.
"The cases are not reported because these incidents of cruelty or…
Polavaram Row: SC directs six States to present their views by Wednesday
ONI Bureau: Supreme Court of India on Monday directed six states, including Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Karnataka to present their views by Wednesday on Polavaram-Indrasagar project.
Earlier, the Apex…
Dayanidhi Maran to face trial in Telephone Exchange Case
Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran is to face trial in the illegal telephone exchange case. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed his plea challenging a Madras High Court order directing the trial court to frame charges against him.…
Seven of family found dead in Ranchi
Seven members of a family at Ranchi in Jharkhand were found dead inside their house on Monday, police said.
The bodies of Deepak Kumar Jha, who worked in a multinational company, and those of his parents, brother, wife and two children…
Modi says not afraid of being seen with industrialists, opposition hits back
Hitting back for the first time at critics who questioned his perceived friendly relations with corporates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that unlike "some people" he was "not afraid of" publicly standing beside industrialists…