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Coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express, in which 59 people, mostly kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya were travelling, was burnt on February 27, 2002 at the Godhra station, triggering riots in the state. (Photo: PTI)

2002 Godhra case: Gujarat HC commutes death to life for 11 convicts

Death sentences given by trial court in 2011 changed to life sentence, 20 others remain sentenced to life in jail.

9 Oct 2017 5:57 AM GMT

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Find other alternatives of death to convicts: Supreme Court

The petitioner challenged the method of execution of death sentence in India i.e. hanging by the neck till death.

7 Oct 2017 12:40 AM GMT

The plea said that Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution also includes the right of a condemned prisoner to have a dignified mode of execution so that death becomes less painful. (Photo: Representational/File)

SC issues notice to Centre, asks to find replacement for execution by...

A provision in the Criminal Procedure Code provides that the mode of execution of death penalty would be hanging by the...

6 Oct 2017 11:03 AM GMT

The Paper, a Chinese news website, noted that Yao was considered the kingpin of a gang of 225 grave-robbing suspects rounded up by authorities in 2015. (Photo: AFP/ Representative)

China: Master' tomb raider gets death penalty for robbing relics from...

Yao Yuzhong made a 30-year career out of robbing historical burial sites.

30 Nov 2017 1:11 PM GMT

The woman was allegedly raped by four men for about three hours near railway tracks in Bhopal when she returned home after attending a coaching class on the night of October 31. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Court gives death sentence to 3 convicts of Kopardi rape, murder case

The brutal incident triggered widespread protests from the Maratha community, who took out marches across the state over...

29 Nov 2017 7:58 AM GMT

The court termed it as a rarest of rare case and awarded the capital punishment. (Photo: Representational/File)

Maharashtra: 3 given death sentence in 2014 Loni Mavala gangrape and...

On Aug 22, 2014, the 3 convicts kidnapped a minor in the Loni Mavala area, gangraped and killed her.

10 Nov 2017 3:42 PM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (photo: PTI)

Kuwait Emir commutes death sentence of 15 Indians to life imprisonment

Swaraj said the Emir has also directed that the sentences of 119 Indian nationals be reduced.

30 Sep 2017 12:12 PM GMT

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

Petition in Supreme Court to stop death sentence by hanging

The petitioner has urged the SC to direct the Centre to execute a convict by any method other than hanging for a...

20 Sep 2017 7:14 PM GMT

As cooler air traps pollutants close to the ground, Delhis levels of PM2.5 -- particles so tiny they can enter the lungs and bloodstream -- often soar to beyond 30 times the safe limit. (Photo: AP)

Polluted Delhi air akin to death sentence, say doctors

Smog kills more than one million Indians every year and Delhi has worst air of any major city on planet, World Health...

5 Nov 2018 4:40 AM GMT

Today, Kent Whitaker is fighting to save that same mastermind from a death sentence, for a particularly personal reason: its his own son. (Photo: Facebook)

Man swears revenge for entire family's murder, turns out it was own...

'Imagine two people in your family who you love most. Now, imagine one of them murders the other.'

14 Feb 2018 10:39 AM GMT

Acting on a call from neighbours, police broke open the door of the flat of Moumita Saha and found her hanging from the ceiling of a room of the flat, which she had rented for the last couple of months.

Hanging safer, quicker: Govt to SC on alternative execution method

The PIL sought to declare that the right to die by a dignified procedure of death as a fundamental right as defined...

24 April 2018 10:22 AM GMT

The judgement came almost 12 years after these policemen were booked for killing Dara Singh in a fake encounter case. The court had completed the trial last month and reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from both the sides.

Pak Army chief approves death penalty for 10 terrorists

The militants include those who shot dead Amjad Sabri, one of the country's finest Sufi Qawwals, on June 22, 2016.

2 April 2018 1:45 PM GMT