Spurned lover who beheaded girl spared the gallows
September 11th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 11 (IANS) A spurned lover and engineering student, who beheaded a girl in St. Xavier's College here last year, Tuesday got relief from the Jharkhand High Court which ... Read more...
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Tributes paid to victims of Delhi High Court blast
September 7th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Families and friends of the victims of the Sep 7, 2011, Delhi High Court blast Friday held a prayer meeting and paid tributes to those ... Read more...
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An year after HC blast, Delhi courts’ more secure: Police
September 6th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) An year after a blast outside the Delhi High Court that killed 15 people Sep 7, 2011, security in all courts in the national ... Read more...
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For Kasab, it’s now a question of when
August 30th, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) With the Supreme Court upholding the death sentence for Pakistani terrorist Kasab, lawyers say he is now left with little legal recourse.Top lawyers opine ... Read more...
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Supreme Court upholds Kasab’s death sentence (Second Lead)
August 29th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving Pakistani terrorist behind the 26/11 Mumbai strike that claimed 166 lives."We ... Read more...
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SC to decide Mumbai attacker Kasab’s fate Wednesday
August 28th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday is likely to pronounce verdict on a petition filed by the 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab ... Read more...
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Amarinder opposes Operation Bluestar memorial
June 5th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, June 5 (IANS) Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Tuesday opposed the setting up of a memorial to those killed in the Operation Bluestar inside the Golden ... Read more...
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Gandhi killers pass Plus 2 exams
May 22nd, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 22 (IANS) Even as they face the gallows, two convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case have come out with flying colours uin the Plus 2 ... Read more...
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Punjab jailor wants Sikh terrorist’s death warrant deferred
March 26th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) The Patiala jail superintendent Monday moved a petition in a court here seeking deferment of Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana's death warrant, saying the legal process ... Read more...
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Man gets death for rape, murder of 75-year-old
March 13th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Sirsa (Haryana), March 13 (IANS) Over one year after he raped a 75-year-old woman and then strangled her to death, a man was condemned to the gallows by a court ... Read more...
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No mandatory gallows for killing with illegal arms: Apex court (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday held that Section 27(3) of the Arms Act, 1959 that provides for "mandatory death penalty" in case of death being caused ... Read more...
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No mandatory gallows for killing with illegal arms: Apex court
February 1st, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday held that Section 27(3) of Arms Act, 1959 that provides for "mandatory death penalty" in case of death being caused by ... Read more...
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Cancer can be fought — and won
November 16th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) With new breakthroughs in medicine and early diagnosis, any type of cancer can be overcome, experts said Wednesday at the All India Institute of Medical ... Read more...
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Pakistan says Kasab should be hanged, but hedges on Hafiz Saeed
November 10th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Addu (Maldives), Nov 10 (IANS) Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday sprang a surprise by saying Ajmal Amir Kasab, convicted by an Indian court for the 26/11 terror attack, ... Read more...
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Mentally ill can’t be hanged, Bhullar tells apex court
November 9th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The death sentence can not be carried out in respect of a person who is mentally ill, the Supreme Court was Wednesday told by Devender ... Read more...
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Resign or be hanged: PML-N warns Zardari
October 29th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 29 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has been threatened by the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to be ready to be hanged "upside down" or "resign and ... Read more...
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Sikh group raps Badal regime in Bhullar case
September 29th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) The All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) Thursday demanded that the Punjab government headed by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal should stop defending police officers responsible ... Read more...
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178 terrorism cases in US ended in convictions since 9/11 (To go with 9/11 accused has gone to the gallows)
September 10th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) Of the 196 among 345 terrorism cases brought to US courts since the 9/11 attacks, 178 have ended in convictions.# Nearly 3,000 held on terrorism charges ... Read more...
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No 9/11 accused has gone to the gallows
September 10th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) In the 10 years since the traumatic 9/11 terror attacks, the United States has arrested nearly 3,000 on terrorism charges and convicted over 2,500, but ... Read more...
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Court pleas, threats, protests to save Rajiv’s killers (Lead)
August 29th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) Three convicted men facing the gallows for involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Monday moved court to stay their ... Read more...
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Rajiv Gandhi killer’s mother demands fresh trial
August 13th, 2011 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 12 (IANS) A day after the president rejected the mercy petitions of three men on death row for former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, the mother of ... Read more...
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Government forwards Afzal Guru mercy plea to president
August 10th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The government in July forwarded the mercy petition of 2001 Parliament House attack convict Afzal Guru to President Pratibha Patil for a decision."The mercy ... Read more...
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17 Indian youth on death row in UAE to walk free
July 27th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Sharjah, July 27 (IANS) Seventeen Indian youth on a death row in the United Arab Emirates for the death of a Pakistani national could walk free October after members of ... Read more...
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Assam High Court stays murder convict’s execution
June 7th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 7 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court Tuesday stayed the execution of condemned murder convict Mahendra Nath Das while directing the Assam and central governments to explain a ... Read more...
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Assam hunts for hangman
June 2nd, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jorhat (Assam), June 2 (IANS) Authorities in Assam have launched a countrywide search for a hangman to execute a 49-year-old murder convict, officials said Thursday.The hunt for an executioner ... Read more...
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Bitta condemns Akali Dal, Congress over Bhullar
May 31st, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 31 (IANS) All India Anti-Terrorist Front chairman M.S. Bitta Tuesday condemned Punjab's ruling Akali Dal and the Congress state unit for demanding clemency for Devender Pal Singh ... Read more...
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Blood money paid, three Indians saved from gallows (Lead)
May 31st, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar (Punjab), May 31 (IANS) Three Indians, on death row in Sharjah, were released and returned home here Tuesday after a Dubai-based NGO paid Rs.18 lakh in blood money to ... Read more...
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Mercy plea rejected, Assam killer set to be hanged
May 29th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 29 (IANS) Fifteen years after he walked into a police station with a severed head and blood dripping sword in his hand, Mahendra Nath Das is now ... Read more...
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Award death penalty in staged shootout cases: Supreme Court (Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court said Friday that staged shootouts involving contract killings by policemen should be counted in the category of rarest of rare cases and ... Read more...
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Award death in staged shootout cases: Supreme Court
May 13th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court said Friday that staged shootouts involving contract killing by policemen should be counted in the category of rarest of rare cases and ... Read more...
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Honour killings deserve capital punishment: Supreme Court
May 9th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said that honour killings fell in the category of rarest of rare crimes and those committing them deserved capital punishment.Honour killings ... Read more...
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In poll warm-up, all roads lead to Bhagat Singh village
March 22nd, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Khatkar Kalan (Punjab), March 22 (IANS) On Punjab's political roadmap, as the main parties warm up to assembly elections early next year, all roads seem to lead to this ... Read more...
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Noose for 11, life for 20 in Godhra train burning (Third Lead)
March 1st, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 1 (IANS) A special court Tuesday sent to the gallows 11 people and gave life imprisonment to 20 others for the February 2002 burning of a train coach in Gujarat's ... Read more...
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Godhra sentencing based on dubious evidence: Swami Agnivesh
March 1st, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Noted civil rights activist Swami Agnivesh Tuesday said the sentencing of 11 people to the gallows and 20 others to life imprisonment in the Godhra train-burning incident ... Read more...
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Godhra train burning: death for 11, life for 20 (Second Lead)
March 1st, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 1 (IANS) A special court here Tuesday sent to the gallows 11 people and gave life imprisonment to 20 others for the February 2002 burning of a train coach in ... Read more...
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