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  Centre brings Ordinance to extend the tenure of ED, CBI Directors

  India | November 14, 2021 16:17 IST

  At present, the Director of CBI and ED have been appointed for two-year tenure in office by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Act, 2003.

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  Alliance doesn't mean we'll agree with whatever BJP says: Akali Dal leader on farm bills

  News | September 17, 2020 13:40 IST

  While speaking to ANI in the national capital on September 17, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Balwinder Singh Bhunder spoke on agriculture bills which the party is opposing.

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  Aadhaar bill passed, Ordinance on its use not valid anymore: Centre tells High Court

  India | July 09, 2019 18:06 IST

  As Parliament has passed the Aadhaar amendment bill for voluntary use of the biometric ID in the private sector, the Ordinance on the issue "does not survive", the Centre informed the Delhi High Court Tuesday. President Ram Nath Kovind had in March given his assent to the Aadhaar Ordinance that allowed voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for obtaining mobile SIM cards and opening bank accounts.

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  Bring ordinance for Ayodhya Ram temple: Shiv Sena demands from BJP

  Politics | October 15, 2018 11:29 IST

  There's majority in Lok Sabha and state assembly and we have our President to sign ordinance. So instead of talking, bring the ordinance,” ANI quoted Sanjay Raut as saying.

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  Government will issue ordinance to uphold SC, ST rights: Paswan

  India | April 29, 2018 23:43 IST

  Paswan acknowledged that the government had a problem of perception on the Dalit issue but felt this can be set right in no time if sufficient steps were taken.

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  Anushka Sharma reacts on ordinance providing death penalty for rape of girls below 12

  Celebrities | April 23, 2018 20:39 IST

  Anushka Sharma extended her '1000 per cent' support to the ordinance providing death penalty and stringent punishment for rape of girls below 12. 

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  Death penalty for rape of girls below 12: Did you carry any scientific assessment, HC asks Centre

  India | April 23, 2018 21:06 IST

  The Union Cabinet, two days ago, cleared the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2018, which proposes stringent punishments, ranging from a minimum of 20 years to life term or death, for rape of girls under the age of 12 years.

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  President promulgates ordinance to amend POCSO Act, Rajnath Singh call it a historic step

  News | April 22, 2018 13:16 IST

  President Kovind promulgates the ordinance to amend POCSO Act, Rajnath Singh call it a historic step

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  Cabinet approves ordinance to confiscate properties of fugitive economic offenders

  India | April 22, 2018 6:58 IST

  Sources said the ordinance aims at deterring economic offenders from evading the process of Indian law by remaining outside the jurisdiction of Indian courts.

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  Union Cabinet approves Ordinance to confiscate properties of fugitive economic offenders

  India | April 21, 2018 17:47 IST

  The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 12 but could not be passed due to logjam in Parliament over various issues.

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  Ordinance barring loan defaulters from bidding for stressed assets promulgated after President’s nod

  Business | November 24, 2017 10:32 IST

  The ordinance to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code put in place safeguards to prevent wilful defaulters from bidding for stressed assets.

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  Rajasthan’s controversial Ordinance shielding lawmakers challenged in High Court

  India | October 23, 2017 11:52 IST

  The move has met with large-scale criticism, with politicians and rights bodies terming it as unconstitutional and a move to shield the corrupt.

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  It’s 2017, not 1817: Rahul Gandhi to Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje

  Politics | October 22, 2017 16:45 IST

  The move by the state government has met with large-scale criticism, with politicians and rights bodies terming it as unconstitutional and a move to shield the corrupt.

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  President approves NPA ordinance: Here’s how it empowers RBI to target loan defaulters

  May 05, 2017 13:09 IST

  The ordinance to deal with the banking sector's non-performing loans and the amendment to the Banking Act received President Pranab Mukherjee’s approval on Friday.

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  Govt approves ordinance to empower RBI to crack down on loan defaulters

  May 04, 2017 6:49 IST

  The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved promulgation of an ordinance to empower the Reserve bank of India (RBI) to effectively deal with the problem of mounting bad loans in in India’s banking sector.

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  Jallikattu event in Madurai called off after protests; held across Tamil Nadu, says CM

  India | January 22, 2017 14:28 IST

  People in Madurai's Alanganallur, famous for conducting the rural sport where Chief Minister O Panneerselvam will inaugurate jallikattu today are sitting in protest with a demand to find a permanent solution to the ban.

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  Repromulgation of ordinances ‘impermissible’, rules Supreme Court; terms it ‘fraud’ on Constitution

  India | January 02, 2017 23:27 IST

  The Supreme Court has ruled that repromulgation of ordinances is a fraud on the Constitution and a sub-version of democratic legislative processes.

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  Enemy property ordinance undemocratic, says Jamaat-e-Islami Hind

  India | December 28, 2016 19:08 IST

  Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH),the prominent Muslim organisation , today objected to the ordinance that aims to amend the 50-year-old Enemy Property Act and said that it is undemocratic and infringes the fundamental rights of citizens.

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  Ordinance will give NEET statutory status: JP Nadda

  India | May 24, 2016 13:41 IST

  New Delhi: As President Pranab Mukherjee signed an ordinance on the NEET exams on Tuesday, Health Minister JP Nadda said this will provide it statutory status. The ordinance exempts certain state boards from the ambit

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  Good days only for industrialists: Hazare

  India | February 17, 2015 19:14 IST

  Ralegan Siddhi: Ahead of his protests in Jantar Mantar against the Land Acquisition ordinance, social activist Anna Hazare today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “thinking” about industrialists but not farmers and the poor.Taking a