Aamir’s ‘Satyamev…’ ends with aplomb
July 29th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) From garnering overwhelming TRPs to getting prominence on social networking websites, the impact of Aamir Khan's maiden TV show "Satyamev Jayate" has been colossal. ... Read more...
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Severely punish culprits of female foeticide: Aamir
July 11th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Aamir Khan says aborting a child after sex determination is wrong and supports the Maharashtra government's proposal to give severe punishment to those involved in ... Read more...
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‘I AM’ telecast on DD only after U-certificate; Onir upset
July 6th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Filmmaker Onir is upset with the censor board for not giving his National Award-winning-film "I AM" a U-certificate, without which it cannot be telecast on ... Read more...
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‘Satyamev Jayate’ season 2 in pipeline
July 1st, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Aamir Khan's television show "Satyamev Jayate" has struck the right chord with the viewers and the film star says that he may come up with ... Read more...
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Parliamentary panel invites Aamir for inputs on medical issues
June 18th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has invited actor Aamir Khan, who exposed malpractices in the medical sector on his "Satyamev Jayate" TV programme, for an interaction ... Read more...
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Aamir ecstatic over nod to child sexual abuse bill
May 23rd, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Two weeks after Bollywood actor Aamir Khan touched upon the subject of child sex abuse on his show "Satyamev Jayate", the bill targeting the ... Read more...
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Aamir doing fantastic job with ‘Satyamev Jayate’: Ritesh Sidhwani
May 21st, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Film producer Ritesh Sidhwani, who is co-producing Aamir Khan's next movie "Talaash", is impressed with the actor's TV debut "Satyamev Jayate", aimed at bringing ... Read more...
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‘Satyamev Jayate’ grows more popular than Aamir!
May 14th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan's teleshow "Satyamev Jayate", where he deals with sensitive social issues backed by statistics, has surpassed his own popularity, indicates a ... Read more...
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Sridevi makes special appearance on Aamir’s show
May 13th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Aamir Khan brought up the issue of child sex abuse in the second episode of "Satyamev Jayate" Sunday. Yesteryears screen diva Sridevi made a ... Read more...
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Catholic priest jailed for child sex abuse
March 10th, 2012 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 10 (IANS) A Catholic priest in Britain has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for sexually abusing young boys.Alexander Bede Walsh was convicted of 21 sexual offences ... Read more...
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Activists slam government’s stand on gay sex
February 23rd, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The union home ministry's opposition in the Supreme Court Thursday to decriminalising gay sex has drawn flak from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) activists ... Read more...
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Don’t decriminalise gay sex: Home ministry
February 23rd, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The union home ministry told the Supreme Court Thursday that it was not in favour of decriminalising gay sex. It said Section 377 of the ... Read more...
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Anna Hazare’s fasts tenth top story on Time
December 12th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Anna Hazare's fasts against corruption in India just made it to Time magazine's top 10 world-news stories headed by "The Arab Spring Blooms in ... Read more...
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Child sex abuse convictions surge in UK
September 3rd, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 2 (IANS) The number of individuals found guilty of sex offences on children under 16 in England and Wales has risen by nearly 60 percent in last six ... Read more...
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Foreign child abusers operating in Goa: Church
July 9th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 9 (IANS) Goa is becoming a child sex trade hub after Thailand's crackdown on its thriving child abuse industry, Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said Saturday."Till recently, Thailand was ... Read more...
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Every 20 minutes a kid sexually assaulted in Britain
May 26th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 26 (IANS) At least one child was sexually assaulted every 20 minutes in Britain last year, Sky News reported.The data obtained by the National Society for Prevention of ... Read more...
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Vatican to issue new sex abuse guidelines for bishops
May 12th, 2011 - 8:24 am ICT by IANS
Vatican City, May 12 (IANS/AKI) The Vatican will issue a new document for bishops next week on dealing with cases of sexual abuse of children by priests.The letter, due Monday ... Read more...
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US woman jailed for abusing daughter, 2, on web-cam as teen watched in UK
March 16th, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 16 (ANI): A woman in the US has been jailed for 20-years after she sexually abused her 2-year-old daughter while a teenager in UK watched her live via a web-cam.Julie ... Read more...
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Legalizing child porn could deter child sex abuse: Study
December 1st, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 01 (ANI): Researchers from University of Hawaii have suggested that legalizing child pornography could aid in reducing the rates of child sex abuse.Researcher Milton Diamond and colleagues noted that results ... Read more...
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Protests as pope apologises for sex abuse ‘crimes’ (Second lead)
September 18th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 18 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI Saturday delivered his strongest condemnation yet of the child sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church as more than 10,000 people demonstrated in ... Read more...
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Pope condemns child abuse on British visit
September 16th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 16 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Britain Thursday on an historic and highly controversial state visit that is expected to promote church unity while also being punctuated by protest ... Read more...
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Pope travels to Britain for four-day visit
September 16th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Sep 16 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI Thursday left Rome to travel to Britain for a four-day state visit set to include meetings with Queen Elizabeth II, government officials, and leaders of ... Read more...
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Vatican is all set to revise its rules dealing with sexual abuse
July 9th, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Vatican City, July 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The head of the Catholic Church - Vatican says that they would revise the rules on child sex abuse. The church will introduce penalties for child ... Read more...
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Russian to help pianist held in Thailand (Lead)
July 7th, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Wednesday asked its embassy in Thailand to provide all assistance to Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev who was arrested on child sex abuse charges.
The embassy has been ... Read more...
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Pope deplores raids on Belgian bishops
June 28th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, June 28 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict XVI has criticised as "surprising and deplorable" the controversial raids conducted by Belgian police investigating alleged child sex abuse.
In a message to Belgian bishops ... Read more...
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Pope accepts resignation of abuse accused cleric in Nigeria
June 1st, 2010 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Vatican City, May 31 (DPA) The Vatican said Monday that Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of a senior Catholic cleric who has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl ... Read more...
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Child sex abuse ‘a major business on the web’
May 13th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 13 (ANI): Child sex abuse images are a big business online, according to the UK's Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).The IWF's annual report discloses that about 450 criminal gangs across the ... Read more...
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‘2m child abuse images circulated on Internet’
April 28th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 28 (ANI): Over two million images of child sex abuse had been circulated by 100 offenders who went on to be convicted in the last 20 months, the NSPCC says.In ... Read more...
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German bishop accused of hitting kids resigns
April 22nd, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, April 22 (IANS/AKI) A German bishop accused of hitting children resigned Thursday.
Walter Mixa, bishop of Augsburg in Germany, has sent his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI, offering to quit to ... Read more...
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Ringo Starr brushes off Vatican’s effort to forgive Beatles
April 14th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 14 (ANI): Ringo Starr has dismissed the Vatican's move to forgive the Beatles over Jesus remark.In 1966, John Lennon sardonically remarked that the Beatles had become more popular than ... Read more...
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Ringo Starr brushes off Vatican’s step to forgive The Beatles
April 14th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 14 (ANI): Ringo Starr is responding to the Vatican's olive branch with a pointed wisecrack.In 1966, John Lennon sardonically remarked that the Beatles had become more popular than Jesus ... Read more...
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Pope ready to meet sex abuse victims
April 10th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, April 10 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict XVI is ready to meet the victims of child sex abuse by Catholic priests and bishops, the Vatican has said.
"Apart from paying attention to the ... Read more...
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Pope’s Easter message ignores child sex abuse scandal
April 5th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 5 (ANI): Pope Benedict XVI failed to mention the child sex abuse scandal, which rocked the Roman Catholic Church, in his traditional Easter message in Rome.He instead devoted his message ... Read more...
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Sinead O’Connor takes aim at Pope Benedict over church child abuse apology
March 26th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 26 (ANI): Irish star Sinead O'Connor has attacked Pope Benedict over his recent apology for the child-sex abuse scandal in Ireland.The singer insisted Pope Benedict XVI's 'pastoral apology' on behalf ... Read more...
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Pope accepts bishop’s resignation over sex scandal
March 25th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, March 25 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of an Irish bishop who was found to have not handled properly allegations of clerical sex abuse in his diocese.
The ... Read more...
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