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Tweet on Twitter ISLAMABAD, Sep 7 (APP): Minister for Law Zahid Hamid on Wednesday informed National Assembly that honor killing and anti-rape bill will be moved in the joint sitting of the Parliament for approval soon. In question hour, he said ...

Slamming the BJP-led state government over the gang rape and murder of a minor girl in Ahmednagar, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Monday said there was a need for a law like Sharia (Islamic) to check serious crimes against women and children.He said the hands and legs of those who rape and kill minors and women should be cut off.A 15-year-old girl was brutally raped and killed by three men on July 13 at Kopardi village in the district."Such incidents are the outcome of the collapsed law and order ...

In the wake of the Kopardi rape case, social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare demanded a liquor ban in Ahmednagar district, claiming that alcohol was responsible for atrocities against women. Mr Hazare met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in ...

Poland's lawmakers have opened a divisive debate on changing the restrictive anti-abortion law in this predominantly Catholic nation. Parliament on Thursday discussed a draft supported by the conservative government that calls for a total ban on ...

North Carolina has suffered major fallout over its controversial "bathroom law" that could lead to anti-LGBT discrimination — and Gov. Pat McCrory's team is trying to avoid questions about it. At a lunch event at t he Hood Hargett Breakfast ...

tiny-al/iStock/Thinkstock (GREENSBORO, N.C) — Following similar decisions by the NBA and NCAA, the collegiate Atlantic Coast Conference yanked its planned championship games for the upcoming season from North Carolina, citing concerns over the Tar ...

TEXAS, USA — Miguel Moll knew the risk of rape when he was thrown into a Texas jail in 1989 after joyriding in a stolen car. Then 17, he was placed in a holding pen in Houston, and an older inmate said of the teenager, I got this one. The ...

Four years after "anti-rape rule" was to take effect, it is proving difficult to adopt in crowded US jails and prisons. Only 12 US states are in full compliance with an prison anti-rape rule intended to keep juvenile offenders from adults. Of the ...

AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR AKINWUNMI AMBODE Ambode flags off commissioning of 114 LG roads Ambode flags off commissioning of 114 newly constructed roads Why anti land grabbing law will work in Lagos — Jimoh, state lawmaker ...