Hanging
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SC says Centre not evolved to replace death penalty by hanging: Execution ways across the world
India | Oct 16, 2025, 02:01 PM ISTOther nations that still use this method include Japan, Iran, Singapore and Pakistan. Despite international criticism, proponents of hanging argue that it is swift, cost-effective and well-integrated into the legal system.
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IIT-Hyderabad student found hanging inside campus, suicide suspected
Crime | Aug 31, 2022, 07:09 PM ISTIIT-Hyderabad news: The second-year MTech student allegedly ended his life by hanging in his room where only he was staying and no suicide note was found.
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Convicted Iranian woman hanged despite dying of heart attack
World | Feb 24, 2021, 05:45 PM ISTWaiting to be executed for killing her husband, an Iranian woman died of a heart attack. But she was still hanged. According to reports, Zahra Ismaili was made to watch as 16 men were hanged in front of her as she waited for her turn at the Rajai Shahr Prison, west of the capital Tehran.
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Minor girl found hanging at her residence after alleged gang-rape in UP's Chitrakoot
News | Oct 14, 2020, 02:13 PM ISTA minor girl was found hanging at her residence in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district. She allegedly died by suicide on Oct 13 after being gang-raped.
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Nirbhaya case: In a first, four convicts hanged together in India
India | Mar 20, 2020, 05:46 AM ISTThis will be for the first time when four convicts will be hanged together in India. The four men -- Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, and Akshay Kumar Singh -- are set to be hanged at 5.30 am in Delhi's Tihar jail on Friday.
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No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3
India | Mar 02, 2020, 11:36 PM ISTConvicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will not be hanged tomorrow. A Delhi court on Monday stayed the execution of the four convicts and deferred the matter till further orders. The convicts -- Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta -- were scheduled to be hanged on March 3.
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Death warrant: This is how Nirbhaya convicts will be hanged
Fyi | Jan 31, 2020, 06:13 PM ISTNirbhaya case hanging: Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts has yet again been postponed, nevertheless, hangman Pawan Jallad performed a dummy execution even a day before February 1 (earlier date for execution). In India, jails follow a specific protocol, a hanging procedure at the time of executions. Here's how Nirbhaya's convicts will be treated until hanged.
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Day before hanging, Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Gupta challenges rejection of Juvenile plea in SC
India | Jan 31, 2020, 12:07 PM ISTPawan Gupta, a convict in the case, has filed a review petition before the Supreme Court challenging top court's earlier order of dismissal of his Juvenile plea.
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Nirbhaya case: Tihar conducts mock execution of four convicts, again
India | Jan 28, 2020, 08:32 AM ISTNirbhaya case: Tihar jail authorities have yet again performed the dummy execution in order to test the equipment which will be used to hang the convicts, jail officials said.
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Nirbhaya's rapists not to be hanged on January 22. Here's why
India | Jan 16, 2020, 04:22 PM ISTNirbhaya's rapists would not be hanged on January 22 as mercy petitions continue to delay the process.
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Tihar prepares four new gallows to hang Nirbhaya rape convicts soon
India | Jan 02, 2020, 01:18 PM ISTTihar jail seems to be preparing for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case. As per sources, the jail authorities are readying new gallows frame and making other preparations for the hanging of convicts.
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50-year-old man commits suicide by hanging from tree on Babar Road
India | Oct 26, 2019, 03:57 PM ISTThe deceased has been identified as Basant Lal. He worked as a labourer at a construction site in Pragati Maidan. The man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree on Babar Road in Delhi.
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Chennai businesswoman Reeta Lankalingam found hanging
India | Sep 12, 2019, 06:31 PM ISTThe police said they have found no suicide note and are in the process of ascertaining the reasons behind her death.
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Class VII student found hanging at residence in Madhya Pradesh
Crime | Jul 26, 2019, 08:00 PM ISTThe boy, Mridul Yadav, a student of Class VII, was found hanging at his residence in Gwalior on Thursday evening, police said.
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Girl found hanging in MP school, father alleges murder
Crime | Jul 22, 2019, 06:29 PM ISTA Class VI girl student was on Monday found hanging in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Dindori district in Madhya Pradesh, police said.
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Woman found hanging inside well, husband booked for dowry death
India | Jul 07, 2019, 03:50 PM ISTThe body of a 21-year-old married woman was found hanging inside a well at a village in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said on Sunday.
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Nahargarh Fort hanging: FSL report claims Chetan committed suicide
India | Dec 09, 2017, 05:18 PM ISTAccording to the FSL report, Saini committed suicide by hanging. Last month, Saini was found hanging from the ramparts of Nahargarh Fort in the city.
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Exclusive | Nahargarh Fort hanging: Autopsy reveals Chetan’s death was a 'planned murder'
India | Nov 30, 2017, 01:50 PM ISTOn November 24, local residents had spotted Chetan’s body hanging from one of the walls of Nahargarh fort with messages against Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film ‘Padmavati’ scribbled on rocks nearby.
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Why Pakistan can hang Jadhav despite the ICJ verdict and what is the way out for India
India | May 19, 2017, 01:31 PM ISTWhile it’s unclear at this point whether or not Pakistan will listen to the ICJ and now execute Jadhav, there is a high chance that Pakistan could still carry out the hanging
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Iran says it has executed 20 sunni 'terrorist' in single day
World | Aug 04, 2016, 01:32 PM ISTIran has executed a group of 20 “terrorist” Sunni prisoners for committing several murders and undermining national security, state media reported on Thursday. “These people had committed murder... killed women and children, caused