Laws
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Rajasthan cabinet proposes strict forced conversion laws with life imprisonment and Rs 50 lakh fine
Rajasthan | Aug 31, 2025, 11:32 PM ISTThe Rajasthan cabinet approves tougher forced religious conversion laws, free electricity scheme, urban LED light expansion, major college recruitment, and pollution control policy amendments.
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Strict anti-conversion bill passed in UP Assembly: What is it & how many states have implemented it?
India | Jul 31, 2024, 04:52 PM ISTDebates 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 | Jul 15, 2024, 08:41 PM ISTThe 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 | Apr 21, 2024, 02:37 PM ISTCongress 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 | Jul 18, 2022, 11:30 PM ISTNORKA, 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 | Jun 06, 2022, 06:32 PM ISTCanadian 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 | Jul 17, 2019, 06:14 PM ISTIn 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 | Jun 11, 2018, 05:54 PM ISTThe 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 | Feb 18, 2018, 08:55 AM ISTAt 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, 01:41 PM ISTSeveral 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
National | Apr 04, 2017, 08:25 AM ISTUttar 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 | Aug 15, 2016, 10:53 AM ISTDelhi 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
National | Feb 23, 2016, 01:57 PM ISTNew 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 | Jun 26, 2015, 12:57 PM ISTMumbai: 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
National | May 27, 2015, 06:55 PM ISTNew 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 | Mar 01, 2015, 05:19 PM ISTNew 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
National | Dec 24, 2014, 06:09 PM ISTNew 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)
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:49 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 29, 2013, 05:38 PM ISTNew 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 | Sep 12, 2013, 08:31 PM ISTCairo: 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