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  Never said section 377 could be scrapped, clarifies Law Minister Gowda

  Politics | June 30, 2015 15:03 IST

  New Delhi: Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda today rejected the reports in which he was quoted as saying that the government could decriminalise ‘unnatural sex' by scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.“I

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  Lalit Modi trying to create confusion in order to save himself: Union Law Minister

  Politics | June 26, 2015 17:46 IST

  Bengaluru:  Amidst the Lalit Modi controversy, Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today trained guns against the former IPL Commissioner for creating confusion by levelling 'baseless charges' to rescue himself."Today Lalit Modi has dropped

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  Right to appoint judges not part of judiciary's independence: Law Minister Sadananda Gowda

  Politics | June 12, 2015 10:53 IST

  New Delhi: The right to appoint judges is not an integral part of independence of judiciary, asserts Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who also dismisses fears that the National Judicial Appointments Commission is tilted

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  Sadananda Gowda asks Rahul Gandhi to study the new real estate bill

  Politics | May 04, 2015 7:44 IST

  Mangaluru: Union Law and Justice Minister D V Sadananda Gowda yesterday lambasted Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill. Talking to reporter's yesterday evening,

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  Government proposes to give voting right to NRIs

  India | April 28, 2015 18:36 IST

  New Delhi:  The government today agreed to convene an all-party meeting to discuss its proposal to give NRIs the right to exercise their franchise by e-postal ballots or through proxy voting.Law Minister D V Sadananda

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  Union Law Minister demands CBI probe into IAS officer's death

  Politics | March 18, 2015 20:09 IST

  New Delhi: Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda along with a delegation of BJP MPs today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded a CBI probe into the death of IAS officer D K Ravi Kumar

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  IAS officer DK Ravi's death: State govt says no to CBI probe, opposition protests grow louder

  India | March 18, 2015 16:00 IST

  New Delhi: A day after a social activist and whistleblower Ganesh S Koundiny claimed that the IAS officer was planning raids on some big developers to unearth commercial tax evasion, demands grew louder for a

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  Telangana to get a High Court of its own soon: Gowda

  India | March 17, 2015 18:52 IST

  New Delhi: Centre today said the newly created state of Telangana will soon have a High Court of its own.Intervening in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2015,

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  Tarun Gogoi's move to reject Land Acquisition Act 'political': Gowda

  Politics | February 03, 2015 21:06 IST

  Guwahati: Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today criticised Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi over his decision not to implement the recently amended central Land Acquisition Act and termed it as a “political” move.  “The

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  Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to flag off three trains today

  Politics | January 06, 2015 11:06 IST

  New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will today flag off three trains from Anand Vihar station in New Delhi. Two trains are for West Bengal while the third one is  for Bihar.Train services for

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  Khaps threaten to launch agitation against Gowda

  Politics | December 13, 2014 23:19 IST

  Jind (Haryana): Khap Panchayats today threatened to launch an agitation against Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda for his comments terming Khaps as “unconstitutional” and demanded his removal from the Cabinet.Speaking at a meeting

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  'Customary courts' like Khap panchayats unconstitutional: Law Minister

  Politics | December 11, 2014 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: Government on Thursday termed all 'customary courts' like Khap panchayats as illegal and unconstitutional and asked state governments to check such set up as it was a serious issue.Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda

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  Radical changes to be made in electoral system: Government

  Politics | December 04, 2014 23:31 IST

  New Delhi: Radical changes would be made in the electoral system but any decision would be taken only after the Law Commission submits its report on the matter, Law Minister Sadananda Gowda said in Lok

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  Opposition slams government for introducing bills at short notice

  Politics | December 04, 2014 9:11 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition parties in Lok Sabha kept up their attack yesterday against the government for introducing bills at short notice saying the practice went "against democratic principles".As a Bill to repeal obsolete laws was

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  Mechanism needed to reduce executive-judiciary friction: Gowda

  Politics | November 10, 2014 18:02 IST

  New Delhi: Newly-appointed Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said there was a need to find a “new mechanism” to reduce the friction between the executive and the judiciary. “Two issues are there. One is

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  Safety, customer satisfaction will be my priority: Prabhu

  Politics | November 10, 2014 13:49 IST

  New Delhi: Suresh Prabhu today took over as the new Railway Minister and said rail safety and customer service would be his priorities, as he seeks to unleash the true potential of the transport behemoth.

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  No plan to review railway fares: Sadananda Gowda

  Politics | November 03, 2014 22:56 IST

  New Delhi:  Railways has no plans to review passenger fares in wake of recent drop in fuel prices, Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today said. Any decision in this regard would be taken when Railways

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  President, PM condole deaths in UP train accident

  India | October 01, 2014 16:19 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday condoled the deaths in the collision of two trains in Uttar Pradesh.At least 12 people were killed in the accident that took place around

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  Swachh Bharat: Gowda seeks MP's help in sprucing up Railways

  India | September 25, 2014 17:30 IST

  New Delhi: Often criticised for being lax on cleanliness, Railways Minister has decided to make the most of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission' by involving his fellow Members of Parliament in leading the campaign to spruce up

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  Railways aim to complete 34 NE projects in 5-6 years

  India | September 17, 2014 9:41 IST

  Guwahati: The Centre aims to complete 34 various ongoing projects of Indian Railways in the northeast over the next 5-6 years that will entail an additional investment of around Rs 35,000 crore."My focus is to