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Rajasthan Marriage Registration Bill Impacts Minors' Education: Rights Body
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said the bill "legitimises" child marriages in Rajasthan.
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US Urges India To Protect Rights Of Religious Minorities
The United States has urged India to protect the rights of religious minorities in the country in keeping with the constitution and democratic values as it continues to monitor the developments in various Indian states related to the contentious Citizenship Act.
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Congress Partitioned Country Under Pressure From Jinnah: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday blamed the Congress for partition of the country on religious ground under pressure of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and asserted Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was brought to protect the religious minorities persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
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Parliament Approves Bill Providing Death Penalty For Child Sex Abuse
A bill seeking to provide death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children and greater punishments for other crimes against minors was approved by Parliament, after it was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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Chirag Paswan Writes To PM, Demands Executive Order To Restore Dalit Law
Chirag Paswan, son of BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan, has hinted that unless retired Supreme Court judge AK Goyal be sacked from the Green Court, the Dalit protests of August 9 will be far more intense than the one in April, during which violence swept five states. Justice Goyal was part of the Supreme Court Bench, which, Mr Paswan's party says, "dilute...
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Hindu Marriage Bill To Protect Women's Rights Passed In Pakistan
In a landmark development, the bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in Pakistan became a law today after President Mamnoon Hussain gave his approval.
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Pakistan May Face Isolation If Minorities Bill Repealed: Lawmaker
A minority Hindu lawmaker has said Pakistan might face isolation on international level if Sindh government abrogated the recently-passed Minorities Bill which criminalises forced conversions in the Muslim-majority country.
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Pakistan Assembly Passes Marriage Bill Protecting Hindu Women's Rights
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women's rights.
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Rajasthan Marriage Registration Bill Impacts Minors' Education: Rights Body
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said the bill "legitimises" child marriages in Rajasthan.
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US Urges India To Protect Rights Of Religious Minorities
The United States has urged India to protect the rights of religious minorities in the country in keeping with the constitution and democratic values as it continues to monitor the developments in various Indian states related to the contentious Citizenship Act.
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Congress Partitioned Country Under Pressure From Jinnah: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday blamed the Congress for partition of the country on religious ground under pressure of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and asserted Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was brought to protect the religious minorities persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
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Parliament Approves Bill Providing Death Penalty For Child Sex Abuse
A bill seeking to provide death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children and greater punishments for other crimes against minors was approved by Parliament, after it was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
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Chirag Paswan Writes To PM, Demands Executive Order To Restore Dalit Law
Chirag Paswan, son of BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan, has hinted that unless retired Supreme Court judge AK Goyal be sacked from the Green Court, the Dalit protests of August 9 will be far more intense than the one in April, during which violence swept five states. Justice Goyal was part of the Supreme Court Bench, which, Mr Paswan's party says, "dilute...
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Hindu Marriage Bill To Protect Women's Rights Passed In Pakistan
In a landmark development, the bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in Pakistan became a law today after President Mamnoon Hussain gave his approval.
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Pakistan May Face Isolation If Minorities Bill Repealed: Lawmaker
A minority Hindu lawmaker has said Pakistan might face isolation on international level if Sindh government abrogated the recently-passed Minorities Bill which criminalises forced conversions in the Muslim-majority country.
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Pakistan Assembly Passes Marriage Bill Protecting Hindu Women's Rights
Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting women's rights.
