Death Penalty
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India opposes UN resolution for moratorium on death penalty
World | Nov 19, 2016, 06:12 PM ISTIndia has vehemently opposed a UN resolution that calls for enforcing a moratorium on the death penalty.
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Peshawar attack fallout: Pakistan sent 332 to gallows since Dec 2014
World | Jan 16, 2016, 04:35 PM ISTIslamabad: A total of 332 militants and criminals have been executed in Pakistan after the troubled nation lifted a six-year moratorium on death penalties following the ghastly attack on school children in Peshawar on December 16, 2014,
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Death penalty an aberration in democracy, abolish it: Shashi Tharoor
National | Dec 01, 2015, 05:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today demanded abolition of death penalty, describing it as an "aberration in a healthy democracy".Raising the issue during Zero Hour, he said hanging people does not deter crime and
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Pak hangs nine more convicted prisoners
World | Oct 20, 2015, 10:45 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan today hanged another nine prisoners convicted of murders, bringing the total number of executions to more than 260 since December when the government ended its six-year moratorium on the death penalty following the
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Home Ministry against abolition of death penalty
India | Oct 04, 2015, 11:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Home Ministry is likely to reject Law Commission's recommendation for abolition of death penalty, maintaining that time was not ripe yet to remove it completely from the statute book keeping in mind
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Law panel for abolishing death penalty except in terror cases
India | Aug 29, 2015, 09:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: Law Commission, which is said to be in favour of abolishing death penalty except in terror-related cases, will present its report on the issue to the government on Monday.A draft report of the
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Death for kidnapping for ransom can't be dubbed outrageous: SC
India | Aug 23, 2015, 11:16 AM ISTNew Delhi: Rising incidents of kidnapping and abduction for ransom not only by ordinary criminals but even by terrorists necessitate a stringent punishment for those indulging in such activities, the Supreme Court has said while
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Why no urgency was shown in the case of Rajiv's assassins, asks Digvijay Singh
National | Aug 01, 2015, 09:07 PM ISTPanaji: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today asked why the government didn't show the kind of urgency shown in Yakub Memon's case when it came to those convicted in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.The Supreme Court
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After Shatrughan, Varun Gandhi goes against BJP line on death penalty
National | Aug 01, 2015, 10:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharror's condemnation of death penalty after 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon's execution invited much criticism, not only from Bhartiya Janta Party but his own party as well.BJP strongly supported
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No death sentence to Rajiv killers, SC dismisses centre's petition
India | Jul 29, 2015, 07:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Supreme Court today dismissed the curative petition of Central government to reconsider its verdict of commuting the death sentences of three convicts to life in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.On July 21, the Centre
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Mixed response on abolition of death penalty in India
India | Jul 12, 2015, 12:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: A discussion on a law commission consultation paper on whether capital punishment should be retained or abolished on Saturday evoked a mixed response.While former President APJ Abdul Kalam, DMK leader Kanimozhi and former
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Indonesian firing squad executes 8 drug convicts
World | Apr 29, 2015, 11:04 AM ISTCILICAP, Indonesia: Indonesia brushed aside last-minute appeals and executed eight people convicted of drug smuggling, according to foreign governments and local media reports Wednesday, although a Philippine woman was granted a stay of execution.The Indonesian
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Death penalty highly desirable: Ram Jethmalani
India | Feb 22, 2015, 05:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior advocate and MP Ram Jethmalani vehemently opposed the idea of abolishing death penalty in India adding that the possibility of incorrect convictions was very miniscule. He was addressing a symposium in the
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Pakistan hangs seven more convicts
World | Jan 13, 2015, 10:36 AM ISTIslamabad: Seven more convicts were hanged in Pakistan Tuesday taking the total number of executions to 17 since December last year, a media report said.The hangings took place in Karachi, Sukkur, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi jails,
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Pakistan executes 2 militants after lifting ban on death penalty
World | Dec 19, 2014, 10:41 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani authorities tonight executed two men convicted for attacks on the army headquarters and former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, days after Pakistan lifted its moratorium on the death penalty.The two are among 17 terrorists
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UN committee demands that Iran stop executions
World | Nov 19, 2014, 08:10 AM ISTUnited Nations: The U.N. General Assembly human rights committee approved a resolution on Tuesday expressing deep concern about rights violations in Iran, including the “alarmingly high frequency” of the use of the death penalty.Support came
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Death penalty reminds criminal that life is precious: Delhi HC
India | Mar 14, 2014, 08:33 AM ISTNew Delhi : The Delhi High Court, while confirming the death penalty to Dec 16 gang rape convicts, on thursday said that such sentence is retained in law to remind such criminals in the society
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SC rejects Centre's plea on verdict on commutation of death penalty
India | Mar 12, 2014, 10:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed the Centre's plea seeking review of its verdict holding that undue delay by the government in deciding mercy plea can be a ground to commute death sentence of
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Abolish death penalty: DMK
India | Feb 20, 2014, 07:21 AM ISTChennai: DMK president M. Karunanidhi Wednesday reiterated his party's stand on the abolition of death penalty, on a day the Tamil Nadu government decided to release the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.Asked about
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Bangladesh tribunal hands down death penalty to BNP stalwart
World | Oct 01, 2013, 01:22 PM ISTDhaka: A special Bangladeshi tribunal today handed down death penalty to an influential leader of the main opposition BNP party for committing “crimes against humanity” during 1971 liberation war by siding with Pakistani troops. “He