New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the anti-rape bill which provides for life term and even death sentence for rape convicts besides stringent punishment for offences like acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism. Mukherjee accorded his assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill-2013 yesterday, brought against the backdrop of the country-wide […]
New Delhi : An all-party meet is slated for Monday to discuss the anti-rape bill. The UPA government is hopeful of evolving a consensus even as the Bhartiya Janata Party and the Samjwadi party have expressed reservations over certain aspects of the legislation. The SP is opposed to the bill, particularly the clause on lowering […]
New Delhi : The Group of Ministers (GoM), which was set up on Tuesday to look into the tough law against rape and other crimes, is likely to finalise its report on Wednesday and send it to the Union Cabinet for consideration on Thursday. In the backdrop of persisting differences in the Cabinet, the GoM […]
