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Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni, 16 others convicted in BJP worker Yogesh Gowda murder case in Karnataka
Karnataka | Apr 15, 2026, 11:55 PM ISTA special court in Karnataka has convicted Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and 16 others in the 2016 murder case of BJP worker Yogesh Gowda. The CBI has been instructed to take all convicts into custody, and sentencing will be announced on Thursday.
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Aditya Pancholi's conviction upheld in 2005 parking assault case by Mumbai sessions court
Entertainment | Feb 21, 2025, 07:42 PM ISTAccording to the submissions made before the court, on August 21, 2005, Pancholi assaulted a man named Pratik Pashine over a parking space in Andheri.
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Hong Kong court convicts two journalists in landmark sedition case in further blow to press freedom
World | Aug 29, 2024, 08:28 PM ISTStand News former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and ex-acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were convicted of publishing seditious materials after massive pro-democracy protests in 2019. The case highlighting the gradual shrinking of press freedom in China-controlled Hong Kong.
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Russia convicts US journalist of espionage in 'politically motivated' trial, sentences him to 16 yrs
World | Jul 19, 2024, 06:33 PM ISTGershkovich, 32, was detained in March 2023 while on a reporting trip to the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg and accused of spying for the US. He is the first US journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War.
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International Criminal Court convicts al-Qaeda-linked leader of committing war crimes in Mali
World | Jun 26, 2024, 06:48 PM ISTMali is one of the countries in the West African region which has long battled an insurgency by armed terror groups including ISIS and al-Qaeda. Al Hassan was accused of involvement in rape, torture, persecution, enforced marriages and sexual slavery under the Ansar Dine group.
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US: Hunter Biden found guilty of illegal possession of firearm case, faces up to 25 years in prison
World | Jun 11, 2024, 09:41 PM ISTHunter was found guilty of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application form that he was not addicted to drugs and illegally possessing the firearm for 11 days. He also faces a trial on charges of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes.
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'Hang everyone!': Trump's supporters call for violent retribution after his landmark conviction
World | May 31, 2024, 01:09 PM ISTA review of Trump-aligned social media posts showed violent posts by his supporters that called for attacking the Manhattan jurors and the execution of judge Juan Merchan. These posts mirror the calls for violence and intimidating rhetoric when Trump lost the 2020 elections.
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'I am a very innocent man': Trump as Republicans rally behind him after hush money conviction
World | May 31, 2024, 05:48 PM ISTTrump slammed the hush money trial as "rigged" after the jury found him guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records to influence the 2016 elections by paying hush money to an adult film actor. While he is likely to appeal the verdict, it is unlikely to impact his presidential bid.
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14 pro-democracy activists convicted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case, face life term
World | May 30, 2024, 09:07 AM ISTAt least 47 pro-democracy activists were prosecuted in 2021 for their involvement in unofficial primaries, under Beijing's draconian national security law. The law has been used to effectively wipe out public dissent and crush political opposition since the massive 2019 anti-government protests.
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US: Man who attacked former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband sentenced to 30 years in prison
World | May 18, 2024, 11:06 AM ISTOn October 28, 2022, David DePape broke into former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home in San Francisco and attacked her husband Paul, 82, with a hammer, causing life-long injuries. DePape testified that he intended to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and "break her kneecaps" if she lied to him.
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US: Mother of Michigan teen who killed four classmates in 2021 convicted of manslaughter
World | Feb 07, 2024, 07:25 PM ISTEthan Crumbley, now 21, was sent to life without parole for shooting four classmates in Oxford High School in 2021. His parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter for giving him access to firearms despite being aware of his mental health problems.
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Dying declaration cannot be sole basis for conviction: SC warns while acquitting death-row convict
India | Aug 27, 2023, 09:00 AM ISTWhile considering a criminal appeal, a bench of Justices BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Prashant Kumar Mishra said that courts are required to satisfy themselves that the dying declaration is reliable and truthful before placing any reliance upon it.
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'Gross travesty of justice': Imprisoned Imran Khan appeals to IHC against his Toshakhana conviction
World | Aug 08, 2023, 09:28 PM ISTThe ex-Pakistan Prime Minister accused the trial court judge Humayun Dilawar of refusing to hear the arguments of his counsel Khawaja Haris on the pretext that he was late and called the proceedings "a slap in the face of due process."
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Agra court stays conviction of BJP's Etawah MP Ram Shankar Katheria in 2011 case
Uttar Pradesh | Aug 07, 2023, 07:00 PM ISTThe BJP MP had faced trial for thrashing the staff of Torrent Power Limited in Agra in 2011.
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No rapist hanged after 2005, says Anna Hazare
India | Dec 09, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTAnna Hazare claimed, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since Aug. 14, 2005, not a single death penalty has been executed for a rapist.
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Conviction in Kathua case will act as a deterrent: Mayawati
India | Jun 11, 2019, 04:31 PM ISTBSP chief Mayawati Tuesday said the conviction in the horrific Kathua gangrape-murder case will serve as a deterrent and prevent people from committing such heinous crimes.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi High Court upholds conviction of 88 people
India | Nov 28, 2018, 03:28 PM ISTThe convicts had challenged the August 27, 1996 judgment of a Sessions Court which had convicted 88 out of the 107 people arrested on November 2, 1984 for rioting, burning houses and curfew violation in Trilokpuri area of East Delhi.
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Congress slams Sakshi Maharaj's statement in support of Dera Sach Sauda Chief after his conviction
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Bilkis Bano case: SC refuses to stay conviction of Gujarat IPS officer
India | May 30, 2017, 11:29 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hold an urgent hearing on a plea by Gujarat Police officer Ramabhai Bhagora seeking stay of a Bombay High Court order convicting him in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case
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Of over 20,000 complaints filed in 3 yrs against Maha cops, only 15 convictions
India | Apr 04, 2016, 04:25 PM ISTOnly 15 personnel of Maharashtra police have been convicted over complaints received against them in the three years from 2012 to 2014. This figure looks paltry especially when compared to the 20,733 complaints received against them in these years, o