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
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, which proposes jail term to a rape convict for his entire life, will be taken up at a special meeting of the Union Cabinet on Tuesday, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said. Seeking to dismiss reports of any differences in the Cabinet over the Bill, Shinde said, "There is a difference of opinion on legal points, which is being addressed to and it will...
06:00 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said one of the reasons for not making marital rape an offence under the latest ordinance was that marriage is not deemed to be a contract in India, unlike in other countries. ...
09:00 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has dismissed reports of alleged differences between the Home Ministry and the Law Ministry over the proposed new anti-rape bill. ...
08:34 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Shaken by the anger on the streets, government had pushed in an anti-rape ordinance to show it cares about women safety, but still the Cabinet failed to take up the anti-rape law today. ...
11:00 PM, Mar 07, 2013
A day ahead of International Women's Day, the Union Cabinet failed to take up the anti-rape law. ...
08:47 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Differences, multiple opinions and oppositions yet again seemed to have delayed the Criminal Law Amendment Bill. The anti-rape Bill which promised strong legislation to curb crime against women, seems to be drowned under the Cabinet dithering. ...
11:20 AM, Mar 07, 2013
The Cabinet has given in-principle approval to a bill providing for time-bound delivery of services. This effectively means that bureaucrats will now have to face the music for delay in dispensing services like pensions, passports, caste certificates, ration cards, tax refunds and police procedures. ...
11:04 AM, Mar 07, 2013
After weeks of promising strong legislation to curb crime against women, it seems the Cabinet is dithering on the new anti-rape law. The bill was not discussed by the Cabinet on Thursday after some amendments proposed by the home ministry ran into opposition. ...
10:26 AM, Mar 07, 2013
A person in authority convicted of rape will have to spend rest of his natural life in jail, according to a proposal in the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill which is likely to be taken up by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The fresh Bill will replace the ordinance on crimes against women promulgated last month. ...
09:32 PM, Mar 06, 2013
In a shake-up in her cabinet, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday sacked three ministers and inducted an equal number, all of them first-time MLAs. Tourism Minister Gokula Indra, Health and Family Welfare Minister VS Vijay and School Education Minister NR Sivapathy were removed from the cabinet. ...
06:36 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill under which cases of sexual harassment at workplace, including against domestic help, will have to be disposed of by in-house committees within a period of 90 days failing which penalty of Rs 50,000 would be imposed. ...
02:46 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) on Wednesday approved the setting up of the 1,980 MW North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Plant in Jharkhand by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). ...
04:53 AM, Feb 21, 2013
In the first expansion of his ministry after coming to power, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday inducted 12 new ministers, including Vinod Kumar Singh who was dropped after he allegedly manhandled the Chief Medical Officer in Gonda. ...
04:00 PM, Feb 07, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday gave his assent to the ordinance on sexual harassment that had been approved by the Cabinet on Friday. ...
09:46 PM, Feb 04, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday gave his assent to the ordinance on sexual harassment that had been approved by the Cabinet on Friday. The President signed it and it will now be tabled before Parliament for approval. The Parliament has to clear it before six months for the ordinance to become a law. The government has assured that more changes will be made to the ordinance once it is referred...
02:15 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The Cabinet, which met at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Friday to discuss recommendations given by the Justice Verma Committee, approved an ordinance on tackling sexual harassment against women. Death penalty or life imprisonment for convicts in extreme cases is included in the ordinance, according to sources. ...
11:52 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The new draft of Lokpal Bill cleared by the Cabinet on Thursday saw mixed reactions with those who led demonstrations for a strong Lokpal speaking in different languages. While former IPS officer Kiran Bedi came out in support of the new draft, Aam Aadmi Party member Prashant Bhushan said the core of the legislation was still weak. ...
10:30 PM, Feb 01, 2013
The Cabinet, which met at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Friday to discuss recommendations given by the Justice Verma Committee, approved an ordinance on tackling sexual harassment against women. Death penalty or life imprisonment for convicts in extreme cases is included in the ordinance, according to sources. ...
08:33 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Death penalty or life term for convicts in extreme cases may be included in the ordinance that the Cabinet may issue after its meet at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's house, sources said. The Cabinet is meeting to discuss Justice Verma Committee report and the changes proposed by it in anti-rape laws. ...
08:07 PM, Feb 01, 2013
