The Cabinet at its meeting in the evening on Monday agreed to raise the age of consent to 18. The new legislation was cleared after the Cabinet failed to achieve consensus on the anti-rape bill at the two all-party meetings held on Monday. Emerging from the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister said that the Cabinet had agreed to raise the age of consent and also made some changes to the Bill,...
07:26 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma skipped Cabinet meeting on anti-rape Bill on Sunday. Earlier in the day, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav had demanded that Beni Prasad should be suspended and expelled from Parliament and Cabinet after the Congressman accused Yadav of having links with terrorists. ...
07:26 PM, Mar 18, 2013
UPA II's most ambitious bill, the Food Bill, is a step closer to becoming law. The Cabinet is meeting amidst strong hopes that it will clear the Food Bill for passing in Parliament. The Congress believes the Food Bill, which was first tabled in 2011 will be a game changer. ...
07:31 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Salgaocar and Mohun Bagan fought keenly to finish with a 1-1 draw in the opener of the final round of 6th Under-20 I-league tournament here Saturday. ...
06:44 PM, Mar 16, 2013
The union cabinet will take up the revised National Food Security Bill on Monday, Food Minister KV Thmoas said on Friday. "We have circulated the note. The bill will be taken up by the cabinet on Monday," Thomas told IANS. ...
03:50 AM, Mar 16, 2013
United are 12 points clear of second-placed City and can take another step towards an unprecedented 20th title while pushing Reading closer to the drop. ...
11:08 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Chelsea staged a thrilling comeback to beat Steaua Bucharest 3-1 while Tottenham made it on the away-goals rule. ...
04:02 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Thursday said the Centre's decision to reduce the age for consensual sex from 18 to 16 years would affect the social order and increase rape cases in the country. ...
12:26 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Abbas replaces Robin Uthappa who sustained an ankle injury while playing for South Zone in the recently-concluded Deodhar Trophy Inter-Zonal one-day competition. ...
09:25 PM, Mar 14, 2013
The final draft of the anti-rape Bill was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Thursday evening. "Anti-rape Bill has been cleared. All recommendations of the GoM accepted," said Law Minister Ashwini Kumar. ...
06:43 PM, Mar 14, 2013
There is headway in the anti-rape Bill draft, which is all set to be cleared by the Cabinet after much debate within the ministries. The Cabinet will take it up on Thursday evening. ...
03:47 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Andy Rubin has stepped down as the executive in charge of Google's Android operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, ending a seven-year reign that reshaped the technology industry. ...
11:59 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Andy Rubin, the architect of Android, the world's top-selling mobile operating system, has decided to step down as Google Inc combines mobile software divisions under one roof, the company said on Wednesday. ...
10:56 AM, Mar 14, 2013
After differences in the Cabinet over the proposed changes in the new anti-rape Bill, the government has finally made some headway. A Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram is likely to finalise the Bill for Cabinet approval on Wednesday. ...
11:17 AM, Mar 13, 2013
After differences in the Cabinet, the government's proposed anti-rape legislation has finally made some headway. A Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram is likely to finalise the anti-rape Bill for Cabinet approval on Wednesday. The government is likely to stick to the gender specific word 'rape' not sexual assault, sources said. ...
07:50 AM, Mar 13, 2013
With the Cabinet divided over the government's proposed anti-rape Bill, Karan Thapar on his show 'The Last Word' asked if the confusion and indecisiveness has damaged the government's sincerity and resolve. ...
10:19 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Cabinet once again failed to approve the draft of the proposed anti-rape Bill on Tuesday. There are differences in the Cabinet over provisions like reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 years. A group of ministers will not consider the draft and look into the points of differences and come back to the Cabinet by Wednesday. ...
08:30 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Cabinet is likely to stick to gender specific term 'rape' in the proposed anti-rape Bill, which sources said would be brought in Parliament on March 20. Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Bill would be finalised by the Group of Ministers on Wednesday and the Cabinet would consider it on Thursday. ...
07:46 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Cabinet has yet again deferred the anti-rape ordinance due to lack of unanimity. A group of ministers along with lawyers will now look into the points of differences and will come back to the Cabinet. ...
11:01 AM, Mar 12, 2013
The Delhi gangrape case of December 2012 triggered the government's proposed new anti-rape law. The Cabinet is likely to take up the new law on Tuesday. But consensus has eluded the government specifically on clauses relating to the use of the term 'rape', voyeurism, and reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 years. ...
08:36 AM, Mar 12, 2013
