Shutdown affects Punjab, Rajoana appeals for peace (Third Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of Punjab but the man ... Read more...
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Badal to meet president to seek clemency for Rajoana
March 28th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to meet President Pratibha Patil to demand clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa International ... Read more...
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Shutdown hits Punjab, Rajoana appeals for calm (Second Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of Punjab but the man ... Read more...
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SGPC wants president to grant clemency to Sikh terrorist
March 26th, 2012 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has filed a clemency petition with President Pratibha Patil for Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is facing death ... Read more...
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Akali Dal asks Punjab government, SGPC to save Rajoana
March 25th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Sunday asked the state government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to take all possible legal and other steps to ... Read more...
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Rajiv killer Nalini’s ‘A’ class prison facilities restored
March 15th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) The Madras High Court Thursday restored 'A' class facilities in terms of food, drinking water and a bed to Nalini Sriharan who is serving a ... Read more...
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Only six states respond on pending mercy pleas
March 15th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Only six states have responded to the Supreme Court order seeking details of the mercy petitions pending with them.The court had given them three days ... Read more...
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10 circus lions dying on Russian-Latvian border
February 15th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) About 10 lions are facing death due to cold and hunger on the Russian-Latvian border, as their documents are not filled correctly and Russian officials ... Read more...
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Judge who left Pakistan showed remarkable courage: Daily
October 26th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) The judge who convicted Punjab governor Salman Taseer's assassin and has now left Pakistan after facing death threats showed remarkable courage when he upheld the ... Read more...
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Spare Rajiv assassins’ lives: Karunanidhi to Sonia
August 27th, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) DMK chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi Friday appealed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to spare the lives of three convicts facing ... Read more...
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: three to hang Sep 9 (Lead)
August 26th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) The three men facing death penalty for the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged Sep 9 in Tamil Nadu's Vellore ... Read more...
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Supreme Court issues notice on Indian in Pakistani jail
May 11th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking steps for the release of Sarabjit Singh, who is in ... Read more...
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Pak blasphemy law reform advocate Sherry Rehman says being scared “no longer works”
March 29th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Mar 29(ANI): Liberal Pakistan parliamentarian Sherry Rehman, who is facing death threats for proposing a bill to reform the nation's draconian blasphemy laws, has said that being scared "no longer ... Read more...
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Honour killing convict planned murder of victim’s kin
January 19th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Karnal (Haryana), Dec 19 (IANS) Rajinder Singh, facing death for murdering his niece Babli and her husband Manoj for honour, had hired a contract killer to murder Manoj's sister who had fought ... Read more...
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1975 Dhaka killings: Government may appeal against accused
January 11th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 11 (IANS) The Bangladesh Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the government to appeal against the acquittal of those accused of gunning down four top leaders of the freedom movement in ... Read more...
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Indians on death row: Victim’s family ready for blood money
December 31st, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Sharjah, Dec 31 (IANS) Seventeen Indians who are facing death sentence for killing a Pakistani man in the UAE have been provided a lifeline by the victim's family who have agreed to ... Read more...
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‘18 Pakistani PoWs still awaiting release after 39 years’
December 16th, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) Eighteen Pakistani prisoners of war (PoWs) who were taken into custody by the Indian Army after the 1971 war are still languishing in Indian jails, a ... Read more...
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Afghan women soccer team challenges Taliban despite death threat
November 28th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Nov 28 (ANI): Afghan women seem to have gained in confidence in the absence of the Taliban, especially as far as sports are concerned, as many of them have been ... Read more...
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Iran brands Carla Bruni ‘adulteress’
November 10th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 10 (ANI): Iran has launched a second scathing attack on French First Lady Carla Bruni, branding her 'an adulteress' for supporting a woman facing death by stoning.The hardline newspaper Kayhan ... Read more...
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‘60 Minutes’ Investigates Growing Body Parts From Human Cells
July 26th, 2010 - 11:28 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent episode of ‘60 Minutes’ featured a growing area of study in the medical world which makes it possible for human body parts which have been ... Read more...
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Children of Iranian woman facing ‘death by stone’ challenges verdict
July 3rd, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 3 (ANI): Children of a 43-year-old Iranian woman, facing death by stoning, have launched an international campaign challenging the Iranian barbaric conviction 'stone to death' for allegedly having 'illicit relationship ... Read more...
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India open to discussing contentious issues with Pakistan
June 20th, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 20 (ANI): India will be going into next week's foreign secretary-level talks with an open mind and will discuss all contentious issues if raised by Pakistan.New Delhi believes that ... Read more...
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Jordanian man facing death for raping, killing daughter during forced abortion
May 24th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 24 (ANI): A Jordanian man is facing death penalty for raping and murdering his daughter after getting her pregnant and carrying out an abortion during which she died, said the ... Read more...
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‘60 Minutes’ Probes Gulf Oil Blowout
May 17th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
May 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico has become common knowledge now. However, the real reason behind the incident is not yet known, and the ... Read more...
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MR 308 convicts await death ahead of Kasab (Lead)
May 6th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab, sentenced to death Thursday for the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack, joined more than 300 others awaiting execution across India, ... Read more...
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308 convicts await death ahead of Kasab
May 6th, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab Thursday sentenced to death for the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack joined 308 other convicts, lodged in various jails in ... Read more...
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Sentencing of Lajpat Nagar blast convicts tomorrow
April 21st, 2010 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A city court is likely to award sentence Thursday to six Jammu and Kashmir residents, including a woman, convicted for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast that ... Read more...
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Lajpat Nagar blast sentencing deferred to April 22
April 17th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A city court Saturday deferred to April 22 the sentencing of six people, including a woman, convicted for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast that claimed 13 ... Read more...
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Dhindsa meet Indians on death row in UAE, assures help
April 12th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) Rajya Sabha member and former union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has met the 17 Indians facing death sentence in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a Pakistani national's ... Read more...
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India looks for options to help 17 facing death in UAE (Lead)
March 30th, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dubai, March 30 (IANS) Indian consulate officials in Dubai Tuesday got access to 17 Indians sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for killing a Pakistani as ... Read more...
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U.K. and Canada react to the executions of protesters in Iran
February 4th, 2010 - 1:33 am ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO News) – As Iran announced new executions of post-election 'rioters', international disapproval was generated on Wednesday.An additional nine people will be executed after two had been hung last Thursday, ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh deserves Nishaan-E-Pakistan: Bal Thackeray
January 30th, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Saturday said Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan deserves Pakistan's highest civilian award, the Nishaan-E-Pakistan, for supporting the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in ... Read more...
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China executes four Tibetans for 2008 Lhasa riots, claims NGO
October 23rd, 2009 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) China has reportedly executed four Tibetans this week for taking part in the unrest in Lhasa last year, according to a Dharamsala-based Tibetan human rights group.
As per ... Read more...
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‘Dying’ cancer mum beats five brain tumours to make full recovery
October 6th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 06 (ANI): A woman in Britain whom doctors had said would die due to the five tumors present in her head has managed to survive.Forty-seven-year old Carole Budding of ... Read more...
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‘Death penalty’ still prevalent in Iraq, 1,000 prisoners affected
September 1st, 2009 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Baghdad (Iraq), Sep 1(ANI): Amnesty International on Tuesday said that even though Iraq has been free from Saddam Hussein's regime for six years, more than 1,000 prisoners are still facing death penalty ... Read more...
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