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Grand premiere of 'Anjaan' at Kuala Lumpur

Anjaan, the much awaited, big-budget film, will hit the screens on Aug 15th in India. Dhananjayan of UTV Motion Pictures has revealed that Anjaan will premiere at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on the night of August 14th, 2014. The SIIMA Awards are scheduled to happen on Sep 12 & 13 in Kuala Lumpur & the SIIMA team is instrumental in arranging for this premiere. Aug 8, 2014
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Social activists on Cabinet clearing amendment to Juvenile Justice Act

Jaipur/ Mumbai/ New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): Social activists on Thursday reacted over Union cabinet approving amendment in the Juvenile Justice Act, which proposes to treat juvenile older than 16 years as adults if involved in heinous crimes such as rape and murder. The amended bill has the provisions that juvenile convicted for heinous crimes may face a jail term but will not be awarded life sentence or death penalty The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) will decide whether cases where a juvenile is involved in a heinous crime, would be tried under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act or normal trial court. At present, if an accused person is found to be a juvenile or under 18 years, he is tried by the Juvenile Justice Board and if convicted, is sent to a juvenile reform home for a maximum period of three years. Aug 7, 2014
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Jayaram joins Suriya for Mass

Director Venkat Prabhu's Mass is a huge film with Suriya, Nayantara and Amy Jackson in the lead roles and latest inclusion to the film's cast is Malayalam actor Jayaram. Aug 7, 2014
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Impasse over Insurance Bill continues

New Delhi, Aug 06 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) lent its support to the insurance bill, as the other opposition parties oppose it. An all-party meeting that was scheduled for Wednesday has been scrapped. The deadlock between the government and the opposition parties on the Insurance Bill remains intact. NCP leader Tariq Anwar said that the party is supporting the bill as it is a good thing. However, CPI leader D Raja, opposed the bill. SP leader Naresh Agarwal, said that the stand of both parties on the bill is not clear. Mallikarjun Kharge, said that the party will take the decision after it is passed in the upper house of the parliament. Reportedly, the government is expected to take a final call on the issue on Thursday. Aug 6, 2014
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UPSC Row: Debate continues over CSAT

New Delhi, Aug 5 (ANI): Even as the government agreed not to test candidates for English skills in the civil services preliminary examination scheduled for August 24, it faced ire from the protesting civil-service aspirants. Politicos also took the opportunity to attack the Modi government over the matter. The Arvind Verma committee report submitted to the government has recommended that no change should be made in the CSAT as it is a scientifically formed exam and shouldn't be tinkered with. However, protestors are vowing to continue their almost month-long stir to demand scrapping of the CSAT. Aug 5, 2014