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TN Governor will decide on remission of sentence of Rajiv Gandhi assassina
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that the Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit would decide on state government's recommendation for the remission of sentence of AG Perarivalan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination ca
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Russia's chief rights official regrets absence of Russians in Trump's pard
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Ombudswoman Tatiana Moskalkova told Sputnik on Wednesday that the absence of Russian nationals among convicts pardoned by outdoing US President Donald Trump was regrettable and pointed to the prevalence of narrow political interests over hum
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Kerala HC admits appeal by Father Thomas Kottoor challenging his convictio
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 19 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has agreed to hear the appeal moved by Father Thomas Kottoor challenging the trial court verdict convicting him for the murder of Sister Abhaya.
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Murder convict Dustin Higgs executed in last federal execution under Trump
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Outgoing US President Donald Trump's administration carried out its last federal execution when Dustin John Higgs, convicted of kidnapping and murdering three women in 1996, was executed in the early hours of Saturday.
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Family will appeal for release of convict in Beant Singh assassination cas
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Sunday said that his family will appeal for the release of convicts in his grandfather and former Chief Minister Beant Singh assassination case if the central government withdraws three farm laws.
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Beant Singh assassination case: SAD president demands Bhai Rajoana be rele
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 10 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday urged the Union Government to set free Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana who was convicted in the former Chief Minister Beant Singh assassination case and has spent over two decades in jail.
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Day after India termed Lakhvi's conviction a farce, US tells Pakistan to p
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): A day after India termed Pakistan's action against Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-Ur-Rehman Lakhvi as "farce" and an attempt to mislead Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ahead of its plenary, United States also urged Pakistan to hold him accountable
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Study says all non-violent criminals jailed on minor drug offences should
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): According to a new study all non-violent offenders serving time for drug use or its possession should be freed immediately with their convictions erased from records.
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Pakistan's actions against Masood Azhar, Lakhvi ahead of FATF meeting a fa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Actions like arrest order against proscribed terrorist Masood Azhar and conviction of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi have not impressed India.
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Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, who passed US secrets to Israel, arrives i
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 31 (ANI): Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard arrived in Israel on Wednesday after spending three decades behind bars in America for passing secrets to the Middle Eastern country.
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US calls for release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI): Condemning China for "sham prosecution and conviction", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called for the release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and later sentenc
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Muzaffarpur shelter home case: One more convict approaches Delhi High Cour
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): An appeal has been filed in Delhi High Court by one of the convicts challenging his conviction and sentencing by a trial court in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home case.
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