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  Strict anti-conversion bill passed in UP Assembly: What is it & how many states have implemented it?

  India | July 31, 2024 16:52 IST

  Debates over unlawful conversion are often echoed in the political domain across the country, especially in northern states. Right-wing organisations and political parties keep demanding harsh laws against religious conversion. There are anti-conversion laws in place in several states.

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  Trump rally shooting: What are Gun Laws in US and debate around it? Details

  World | July 15, 2024 20:41 IST

  The deadly attack on former US President Donald Trump has started a debate on Gun laws in the country as owning a gun is a constitutional right in the United States. Know details.

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  'Will repeal, amend laws, CAA top of the list': P Chidambaram if I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power

  India | April 21, 2024 14:37 IST

  Congress is part of the opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc which is taking on the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Polling in parliamentary elections are taking place in seven phases.

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  Kerala CM introduces Strict Monitoring System to prevent human trafficking

  India | July 18, 2022 23:30 IST

  NORKA, with the help of Indian Embassies and expatriate organisations, will take immediate steps to bring back those trapped abroad due to illegal recruitments or human trafficking, Kerala CM said.

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  Canada introduces new law to freeze hand guns sales, bans military-style firearms

  World | June 06, 2022 18:32 IST

  Canadian PM Justin Trudeau had plans to enact tougher gun laws but the introduction of the new measure comes after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, this month.

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  Cabinet approves bill to scrap 58 redundant laws

  India | July 17, 2019 18:14 IST

  In its effort to weed out archaic and dead statutes, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to scrap 58 laws which have lost their relevance.

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  Lesbian couple commits suicide after throwing baby in river

  India | June 11, 2018 17:54 IST

   The women also scribbled a suicide note along the riverfront's concrete walkway near Ellisbridge

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  Florida school shooting survivors call for tougher gun laws

  World | February 18, 2018 8:55 IST

  At an emotional rally on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, Emma Gonzalez, a senior at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland where the massacre took place on Feb 14, demanded national lawmakers do something to prevent mass school shootings

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  Chinese firms, involved in CPEC construction, violated Pakistan’s laws and social customs: Report

  World | May 09, 2017 13:41 IST

  Several Chinese firms in Pakistan have violated laws and local social customs of the Islamic nation during the construction of China's USD 46 billion economic corridor, according to a report.

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  Action against illegal slaughterhouses as per SC, NGT directives: CM Yogi

  Politics | April 04, 2017 8:25 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that he was merely trying to enforce the law and there was no prejudice involved.

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  YouTube cannot host content that violates Indian laws: Delhi High Court

  India | August 15, 2016 10:53 IST

  Delhi High Court has directed that video-sharing website YouTube was obliged not to host any content which violates the laws currently in force. The ruling came on a plea by Tata Sky seeking removal

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  Obsolete legistations are being scrapped and some being amended to encourage the governments ease of doing bu

  Politics | February 23, 2016 13:57 IST

  New Delhi: Obsolete legistations are being scrapped and some being amended to encourage the governments ease of doing business policy, President Pranab Mukherjee said today highlighting the role of laws in cutting down red tape

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  'India's abortion law should be changed to save women'

  India | June 26, 2015 12:57 IST

  Mumbai: India's abortion law should be urgently changed to prevent women from making ill-informed decisions and risking their lives with illegal pregnancy terminations, a Mumbai-based doctor has said in the journal The BMJ.Nikhil Datar, a

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  125 obsolete laws repealed; 945 more facing axe

  Politics | May 27, 2015 18:55 IST

  New Delhi:  Over 120 obsolete laws have been repealed by the Narendra Modi government, while another 945 which have lost relevance are awaiting Parliamentary approval to lose their place in statute books.According to the data

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  Muslims-Christian can live in India under our laws: Subramaniyam Swamy

  India | March 01, 2015 17:19 IST

  New Delhi: Janta Party leader Subramaniyam  Swamy said only under our laws Muslims and Christian can live in this country. He was speaking at Virat Hindu Sammelan here on Sinday.Swamy  said wherever Muslims are in

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  Government may opt for ordinance to push coal, insurance reforms

  Politics | December 24, 2014 18:09 IST

  New Delhi: Government may adopt the ordinance route to push reforms in insurance and coal sectors as relevant bills could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha, whose functioning was paralysed in the just-concluded

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  SC verdict on anti-dowry law retrograde: CPI(M)

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:49 IST

  New Delhi: CPI(M) today termed the Supreme Court verdict on the anti-dowry law as “retrograde” and said it diluted the present legislation on the matter.  “It is a regrettable and retrograde verdict from the Supreme

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  'US may be violating own laws on wages for its Indian staff'

  India | December 29, 2013 17:38 IST

  New Delhi: The US embassy and its consulates may be in violation of their own laws concerning the wages paid to the Indian staff employed by these missions as well as by individual diplomats, informed

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  Egypt extends emergency laws

  World | September 12, 2013 20:31 IST

  Cairo: Egypt's interim president on Thursday extended a nationwide state of emergency by two months, citing security conditions.The nearly month-old state of emergency, which gives security forces greater powers of arrest, had been due to

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  Review rape laws for juveniles: Lt Governor

  India | September 02, 2013 22:25 IST

  New Delhi: Unhappy with the three-year sentence to the juvenile convicted in the brutal December 16 gangrape, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today said there was a need to review laws for juveniles, including the age