The Delhi court today awarded the death penalty to Ariz Khan for the murder of Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and other crimes related to the 2008 Batla House meeting. Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav also imposed a total fine of ₹11 lakh against Ariz in the case. The court said …
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The Mathura District Jail in western Uttar Pradesh is bracing for the possibility that Shabnam, a woman convicted of murdering her family in 2008, may be ordered to be hanged soon, a senior jail official said, Akhilesh Kumar. If jail officials carry out the death sentence as planned, Shabnam could …
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NEW DELHI: The Center said Friday to the Supreme Court that the Khalistani terrorist groups’ past ties to Balwant Singh Rajoana, given death penalty In 2007, for his role in the assassination of the then Prime Minister of Punjab, Beant Singh, in 1995, he prevented the prevailing circumstances in the …
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Several activists, lawyers and women’s organizations have urged Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray not to introduce the Shakti bill, calling it draconian legislation that is fundamentally against women and has the potential to deny the very crime of rape. A statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said last Wednesday …
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Police had said that Sanjay Kumar Yadav carried out nine murders to cover up the murder of a woman related to a family. Sanjay Kumar Yadav, accused of killing nine people from a family and dumping their bodies in a well in the Warangal district of Telangana, was sentenced to …
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“What’s the difference between an accountant in Brooklyn, New York, and a Supreme Court justice?” asked the deceptively diminutive lady, the daughter of an Austrian immigrant, addressing a group of new American citizens gathered for their “naturalization” ceremony, all ready to sing the ‘Star and Spangled Banner’. Bill Clinton’s candidate …
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