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Tahir Qureshi November 18, 2025 6:52 PM IST
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Joy Pillai September 29, 2025 11:42 AM IST
Former Chinese agriculture and rural affairs minister Tang Renjian was sentenced to death for accepting bribes amounting to USD38 million.
Tahir Qureshi September 26, 2025 4:44 PM IST
Donald Trump recently reinstated the Home Rule Act of 1973.
Saanchi Gupta September 17, 2025 2:20 PM IST
Charlie Kirk was shot dead at Utah University. In the latest messages, the conservative activist's suspected killer is seen accepting the crime. Know the complete details ahead.
Victor Dasgupta July 29, 2025 12:13 PM IST
Nimisha Priya's death sentence was scheduled for July 16, 2025 which was later postponed due to the interventions of the Grand Mufti of India through the help of an influential Yemeni sheikh.
India.com News Desk February 10, 2024 7:33 PM IST
According to data, there were 541 and 490 death row inmates at the end of 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 167 and 146 death sentences were awarded in 2022 and 2021.
Ananya Srivastava December 28, 2023 4:18 PM IST
In a press release, the Ministry of External Affairs has said that the death sentence of the former Indian Navy officers arrested in Qatar has been commuted; the sentence has been reduced to jail terms.
Gazi Abbas Shahid August 30, 2023 11:29 PM IST
Nasser al-Ghamdi was handed the death sentence by a specialized criminal court of Saudi Arabia which mostly deals with terror-related cases.
Snigdha April 4, 2022 1:32 PM IST
The Supreme Court has taken a suo moto cognizance to consider examining the procedure in which death penalty is awarded.
India.com News Desk March 15, 2021 11:38 PM IST
A Delhi court on Monday awarded death penalty to Ariz Khan for the murder of decorated Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter case.
India.com News Desk October 12, 2020 7:13 PM IST
The approval comes in the wake of protests staged by different organisations at Dhaka's Shahbagh square and other parts of the country against sexual assaults on a woman in Noakhali and the rape of another woman in Sylhet's MC College.
ANI March 18, 2020 1:31 PM IST
This comes as the four convicts in the 2012 case -- Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Vinay Sharma -- are scheduled to be hanged at 5.30 am on March 20.
PTI January 31, 2020 1:03 PM IST
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde sought response from various stakeholders on whose petition the apex court in 2014 had laid down guidelines relating to the execution of death row convicts.
India.com News Desk January 24, 2020 1:54 AM IST
The remarks came against the backdrop of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case filing one petition after another.
India.com Entertainment Desk January 8, 2020 3:25 PM IST
Tanushree Dutta says that it's a relief to see Nirabhaya's rapists being hanged but a death penalty cannot be a permanent solution. Read on.
India.com News Desk December 15, 2019 8:52 AM IST
On December 3, Maliwal had sent a written letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding immediate implementation of the new Disha Bill that strict law and swift punishment for convicted rapists.
India.com News Desk December 14, 2019 12:33 AM IST
Four-five security personnel have been assigned to each of the four convicts to ensure that they do not harm themselves, the sources added.
India.com News Desk November 27, 2019 2:10 PM IST
The seven terrorists who were behind the 2016 Dhaka cafe attack in Bangladesh were sentenced to death by a special anti-terrorism court, stated a report.
IANS June 26, 2019 9:19 PM IST
At the beginning of the year, authorities began the extensive process of recruiting an executioner, a position that had been lying vacant for many years.
India.com News Desk December 28, 2018 5:04 PM IST
The Cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PTI Feeds December 7, 2018 12:18 PM IST
Tennessee executes man on death row for 36 years
India.com News Desk September 18, 2018 2:27 PM IST
Since December 2017, this is the 12th instance where death sentence has been awarded in case of rape of minors in the state.
India.com News Desk August 12, 2018 7:12 AM IST
It must be noted that the Supreme Court issued a slew of directions to all the high courts of the country regarding trial in sexual assault cases involving children. The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed all high courts to ensure that the cases of sexual assault of children to be fast-tracked and decided by special courts.
Indo-Asian News Service July 12, 2018 10:17 AM IST
Following Cabinet approval, President Maithripala Sirisena had instructed Justice and Prison Reforms Minister Thalatha Atukorale to prepare the draft bill to implement the death sentence. Although capital punishment is a legal penalty in Sri Lanka, there have been no executions carried out since 1976.
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