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Maharashtra to organise 2-day special Assembly session to pass law
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday announced in the Legislative Council that the state government will organize a two-day special Assembly session to pass a law pertaining to women safety on the lines of the 'Disha Act' of Andhr
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Urgent need to change laws to curb crimes against women: Uddhav Th
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh visited Andhra Pradesh recently to get information about the 'Disha' Act, which provides for harsher punishments for crimes against women, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray told the state Assembly.
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Bill similar to Disha Act to be tabled in ongoing Assembly session
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday said that a bill similar to Andhra Pradesh's Disha Act -- that provides for harsher punishments to those guilty of heinous crimes against women -- will be tabled in the ongoing Budget session of
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Maharashtra govt forms committee to study Disha Act, asks panel to
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Maharashtra government has constituted a five-member committee to study the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act, which enables death penalty for rape and reduces the judgement period in such cases to 21 working days.
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Maha govt to soon implement Disha Act , says Anil Deshmukh
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Hailing the Disha Act implemented by the Andhra Pradesh government recently, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday said that Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government is also planning to enact the same law for women safety.
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Process of getting Centre's approval for Disha Act going smoothly,
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharitha said that the process of getting the central government's approval for the Disha Act is going on smoothly.
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Disha Act aims at providing speedy justice to rape victims: Andhra
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rajamahendravaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Disha Act is aimed at providing speedy justice to rape victims by punishing the culprits at a faster pace, said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy here on Saturday.
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5 rape accused booked under Disha Act in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Five men accused of raping a mentally challenged woman at Chavatapalem have been booked under the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act, 2019.
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Andhra Pradesh govt appoints Special Officers for Disha
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The state government on Thursday appointed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Dr Kritika Shukla and Indian Police Service (IPS) official M. Deepika, as Special Officers for implementing the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act 2019.
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Delhi government has shown interest in Disha Act: AP Assembly Spea
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Tammineni Sitaram has said that the Delhi government has shown interest in the state's recently passed Disha Act which enables death penalty for rape and reduces the judgement period in such matter to 21 workin
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Andhra Pradesh DGP welcomes new AP Disha Act passed by State Assem
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh DGP Gautam Damodar Sawang welcomed the new 'AP Disha Act' passed by the state assembly on Friday.
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YSRCP women MLA tie 'rakhi' to CM Reddy for 'Disha' Act
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Women legislators of YSRCP, on Thursday tied "rakhi" (sacred-thread) to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for introducing the "Disha" Act for the women safety.
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