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1993 Mumbai blasts: CBI demands death penalty for Tahir Merchant, Karimull
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): The Central Bureau of investigation (CBI) on Friday demanded death penalty for Tahir Merchant and Karimullah Khan for their key role in 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
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North Korea threatens South's former president with death over '
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 29 (ANI): North Korea has threatened to impose the death penalty on the South's former president Park Geun-hye over an alleged plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong-un.
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1993 Mumbai serial blasts: Prosecution seeks death penalty for convict Fer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 27 (ANI): The prosecution on Tuesday argued that convict Feroz Khan should be given the death penalty for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
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Pak Senate panel demand death penalty for ex-TTP spokesperson
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI) A Pakistan Senate panel has strongly criticized the government's 'special treatment'for former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan, and demanded that he treated as a terrorist, and be given the death penalty as per
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Assam: Angry locals take to streets, protest against rape
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baithalangso (Assam) [India], May 17 (ANI): Scores of people took to the streets to protest, demanding death penalty to the culprits who allegedly raped a girl and murdered her later.
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Harish Salve charged Re. 1 to fight Jadhav's case at ICJ: Swaraj
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Former solicitor general of India Harish Salve, who fought India's case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Pakistan's decision of awarding death penalty to alleged India spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, has charged only Rupee one as his fee.
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Nirbhaya case: Public prosecutor Nikam expresses apprehension over SC orde
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], May 5 (ANI): Welcoming the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death penalty of four convicts involved in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, Maharashtra's public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Friday, however, expressed his apprehensions about top court&#
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Confident that SC will give justice to our daughter: Nirbhaya's paren
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): With Supreme Court set to pronounce verdict on the appeals filed by four death row convicts against death penalty in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the parents of the victim on Friday said they are sure that the apex court will award death sentence to
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Activist Teesta Setalvad welcomes judgement on Bilkis Bano case
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): Commenting on the recent verdict of the Bombay High Court on the Bilkis Bano rape case, social activist Teesta Setalvad on Thursday asserted that convicting five police officers and rejecting the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for
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Bombay HC: No death penalty for Bilkis Bano's rapists
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] May 4 (ANI): The Bombay High Court on Thursday ruled out death penalty to three out of 11 people accused of in the brutal gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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Nirbhaya's kin applauds Chouhan's death penalty proposal for rap
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 3 (ANI): Lauding the efforts of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in introducing death penalty to rapists of minor girls, the December 16 gang-rape victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Monday stated that the law should be enforced immediately.
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Law Commission recommends abolition of death penalty, except in terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 22 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday was informed that the Law Commission had recommended the death penalty be abolished for all crimes except those related to terrorism
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