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Delhi HC grants time to Sengar, others to reply on plea seeking sentence e
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
The application has been filed by the daughter of the deceased, who is also the Unnao rape survivor. She has sought enhancement of the 10-year sentence awarded to Sengar and other convicts.
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Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to quash longstanding blasphemy case of
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Pakistani authorities to quash the decades-long blasphemy conviction of academic Junaid Hafeez, who has been held in prison for 13 years under the country's strict blasphemy laws, highlighting serious concerns about due process and human rights violati
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POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh hands death penalty to husband, wife for sexu
Updated : 1 week ago IST
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Trial Court also ordered the government to award compensation of Rs 10 lakh to each victim. The Court further ordered to distribute the cash amount seized from the house of the accused persons among the victims in equal proportio
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"Cancer is not a death sentence": Chiranjeevi attends Cancer awareness eve
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Actor Chiranjeevi on World Cancer Day said "cancer is not a death sentence," and stressed that early detection can help patients recover and lead normal lives.
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11 members of 'Myanmar criminal syndicate' executed in China
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) announced the executions on Thursday via its official WeChat account. The Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang province carried out the sentences, handed down for a range of crimes including intentional homicide, intentional injury, illegal detenti
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Bangladesh tribunal sentences three police officials to death over July 20
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
A tribunal in Bangladesh on Monday has sentenced three senior police officers to death in a massacre case related to the uprising July-August in 2024 that led to the downfall of Sheikh Hasina. Known as the Chankharpul massacre, this killing spree saw Shariar Khan Anas and six others brutally
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Delhi govt announces special remission for prisoners on Republic Day 2026
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
On the occasion of Republic Day, 26th January 2026, the Government of Delhi has decided to grant Special Government Remission to eligible convicts. The remission is being granted in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 473 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 (
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2000 Red Fort attack: SC seeks Delhi govt's response to death-row convicts
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The Court had, in November 2022, affirmed the convict's death sentence by rejecting a review plea filed by him. Subsequently, in 2024, the convicts' mercy plea was rejected by President Droupadi Murmu.
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Iran set to hang protester amid anti-regime protest crackdown
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
26-year-old Erfan Soltani is allegedly scheduled to be hanged to death after his arrest during the protests in Karaj last Thursday (local time), the Iran Human Rights (IHR) and National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFD) NGO groups said.
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Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to Mizan, Ardestani was accused of collaborating with Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, by supplying what authorities described as sensitive and classified information. The report stated that his death sentence was implemented after receiving final approval from Iran's Supreme
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China executes financer on graft charges
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The execution was carried out on Tuesday by a court in north China's Tianjin Municipality, following the approval of the Supreme People's Court, as per Xinhua.
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Bangladesh's NSA participates in Colombo Security Conclave meeting hosted
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Bangladesh's National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman participated in the seventh meeting of the National Security Advisers of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC), held in India, hosted by India's NSA, Ajit Doval.
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