death penalty

Although the arguments on the sentencing of four convicts in Delhi Gangrape case, ended today, the fast-track court in Saket reserved its order till Friday. The prosecution has demanded death sentence for the convicts while the defence…

The Gujarat government took a U-turn withholding the death appeal for former minister Maya Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi and eight others in the 2002 Naroda Patia riots case. Under the pressure from the right wing forces for its earlier…

The Lok Sabha cleared the anti-rape bill on Tuesday evening with major amendments to stop rape and other sexual crimes against women. The bill will be introduced in Rajya Sabha today. Once passed by the members in Upper House, the draft…

Editor's Desk: On February 11, 1984, a dreaded terrorist and co-founder of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Maqbool Butt was secretly hanged inside Tihar Jail in New Delhi on charges of killing an Indian intelligence officer.…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of four associates of Sandalwood tusker Veerappan till February 20, giving them a partial relief for now. Hearing on a petition that sought the cancellation of death penalty…

TNI Bureau: The Union Cabinet approved the Ordinance yesterday for death penalty if the rape victim dies and imprisonment up to 20 years for rape in order to deal with crime against women effectively. In the backdrop of the gangrape and…

TNI Bureau: The death sentence of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab was executed just two days after the United Nations voted in favour of a resolution that sought abolition of death penalty. However, India was among 39 countries, which backed death…