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Rape convicts under POCSO should not have right to file mercy petition: Pr
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Sirhoi (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Terming women safety as a "serious issue", President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that rape convicts under POCSO Act should not have right to file mercy petition.
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DCW Chairperson appeals to Kovind to reject mercy petitions of Nirbhaya ca
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday urged President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy petition filed by one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya murder case and ensure that all accused are hanged by December 16.
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Shimla youth seeks appointment as executioner in Tihar to hang Nirbhaya ga
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): A social activist from the city has offered his services as a temporary executioner in Tihar jail, New Delhi so that justice may be given to the perpetrators of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case.
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Kerala: Kasaragod court sentences man to life for raping minor
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kasaragod (Kerala) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): A court here on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old accused to rigorous life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl last year, making it the first conviction after the amendment of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (P
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MHA receives mercy plea of 'Nirbhaya' gang rape-murder convict
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 4 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has received the mercy plea of a convict of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case after it was rejected by the Delhi government.
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Delhi: DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal continues her hunger strike at Raj Gh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal continued her hunger strike on Wednesday at Raj Ghat, demanding death penalty for convicts in rape cases within six months.
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Death sentence of Rajoana in Beant Singh assassination case not commuted:
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday said in Lok Sabha that death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the assassination case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, has not been commuted.
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Strict action in such cases: Kejriwal after recommending rejection of Nirb
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): A day after Delhi government recommended rejecting the mercy petition of a convict in Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that strict action should be taken in such cases to set an example.
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Nirbhaya's mother welcomes Delhi govt's decision to recommend rejection of
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Mother of 2012 Delhi rape and murder victim on Monday welcomed the decision of Delhi government to recommend the rejection of mercy petition of one of the convicts in the case.
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Delhi government rejects mercy petition of a convict in Nirbhaya case
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Delhi government on Sunday recommended the rejection of the mercy petition of one of the convicts in Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.
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Rishi Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar call for timely execution of capital punishmen
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 01 (ANI): After news of the rape and killing of a woman veterinary doctor in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district made the headlines, many B-towners, have expressed their anguish and distress over the heinous crime.
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British judge had warned of Usman Khan's long term terror plans in Kashmir
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Usman Khan, the convicted terrorist who stabbed two people to death in a terror attack at the London Bridge earlier this week, had plans to carry out terror attacks in Kashmir, reveals a 2012 judgement pronounced by a British court over his role in the 1990
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