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  Speed News: Tejashwi Yadav becomes Bihar Assembly LoP after Mahagathbandhan defeat

  Originals | November 17, 2025 20:27 IST

  Tejashwi Yadav becomes Bihar Assembly LoP after Mahagathbandhan defeat. Sheikh Hasina reacts to death sentence, decries extremists' murderous motives. Azam Khan, son sentenced to seven years for holding dual PAN cards. Get all the latest updates of the day in today's Speed News.

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  What Led to Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence in Bangladesh? Explained

  Originals | November 17, 2025 20:30 IST

  In a historic and unprecedented ruling, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death after finding her guilty on three of the five charges brought against her.

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  Gujarat Court hands down 'double death sentence' to man for rape and murder of 7-year-old girl

  Gujarat | April 25, 2025 21:26 IST

  The case dates back to October 2019, when locals found the semi-naked body of a seven-year-old girl in a field on the outskirts of a village.

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  'Shahzadi Khan, Indian woman facing death sentence over child's death in UAE, executed': MEA

  India | March 03, 2025 19:34 IST

  The MEA stated that the Indian Embassy in UAE got confirmation of the execution on February 28 and the information as conveyed to the father. The father of Shahzadi was also given a dedicated phone to contact the Indian Embassy.

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  Chhattisgarh Court sentences five to death for gangrape-murder of girl, killing her 2 kin

  chhattisgarh | January 22, 2025 21:54 IST

  The girl was gang-raped in front of her father and was bludgeoned with a stone in January 2021. Her 3-year-old sister and father were also killed. While pronouncing judgment, the judge described the crime as extremely depraved, disgusting, bestial, and cowardly.

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  Kolkata rape and murder case: Five times when rape-murder convicts get death sentence in India

  India | January 20, 2025 17:05 IST

  Kolkata rape and murder case: There is a growing demand for the death sentence for the Kolkata rape and murder convict, however, the court said that the case does not fall in the 'rarest of the rare' category. There is a split opinion over giving capital punishment in India.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: Convict Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment by local court

  January 20, 2025 15:26 IST

  RG Kar rape-murder case: Explaining the penalties of the section, the court said to the accused Sanjay Roy, "I told you the previous day the charges you were convicted against and the charges that have been proven against you."

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  Sharon Raj murder case: Kerala court sentences 24-year-old woman to death

  India | January 20, 2025 14:53 IST

  Sharon Raj murder case: 24-year-old Greeshma is the youngest woman in Kerala to be sentenced to death. She killed Sharon Raj by poisoning him with a poison-laced Ayurvedic tonic three years ago.

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  India extending all possible help to Nimisha Priya, says MEA on Kerala nurse's death sentence

  World | January 03, 2025 17:08 IST

  Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in a weekly press briefing, said New Delhi is extending all possible help in the matter

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  Nimisha Priya case: Iran offers support on 'humanitarian grounds' amid death sentence in Yemen

  World | January 02, 2025 14:25 IST

  In the Nimisha Priya case, a senior Iranian officer says Iran is extending its support on humanitarian ground. Nimisha Priya faces death sentence in Yemen over murder charges.

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  Who is Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse from Kerala facing death sentence in Yemen?

  World | December 31, 2024 11:39 IST

  Yemen's Supreme Court had on November 13 last year dismissed the appeal of Nimisha Priya, who was working as a nurse in the west Asian country, against her death sentence.

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  Jammu and Kashmir: Two cops found dead with bullet injuries in Udhampur

  Jammu and Kashmir | December 08, 2024 9:22 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir: Preliminary report suggested the two police personnel died after opening fire on each other, the official said.

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  SHOCKING! This country's 29 children likely to get death sentence | Know why

  World | November 02, 2024 9:04 IST

  "The chief justice of Nigeria should be ashamed, she is a woman and a mother," said the executive director of Enough is Enough, a civil society organisation promoting good governance in Nigeria.

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  Indian Navy veteran freed from Qatar prison, father lauds PM Modi's leadership

  India | April 24, 2024 21:10 IST

  The Indian Navy veterans, who were working with Doha-based Al Dahra Global Technologies, were taken into custody in August 2022 on the charges of spying on behalf of Israel.

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  PM Modi thanks Qatar's Amir for release of Indian Navy personnel, invites him to India

  World | February 15, 2024 18:47 IST

  The PM met with Qatar's Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Thursday and held wide-ranging discussions on bolstering bilateral relations. PM Modi also met Father Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, who affirmed that India and Qatar share an unwavering bond epitomised by mutual trust and cooperation.

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  'PM Modi personally and constantly supervised case: MEA as 7 Indian Navy veterans return home

  World | February 12, 2024 18:05 IST

  The Ministry of External Affairs said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi never shied away from any steps that would ensure the return of the eight countrymen from Qatar.

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  Hyderabad man stabs wife in throat with scissors, hits her head with hammer, gets death sentence

  January 19, 2024 8:39 IST

  The accused was identified as Imran Ul Haq who brutally killed his wife in Hyderabad. He was sentenced to death by a court in the city.

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  Pakistan SC upholds death sentence for former military dictator Pervez Musharraf in treason case

  World | January 10, 2024 14:37 IST

  A special court awarded the death penalty to Musharraf on December 17, 2019, after a case of high treason was filed against him for his "unconstitutional" decision to impose an emergency in November 2007. Musharraf lived in self-exile for several years and died on February 5, 2023.

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  India gets access to legal documents related to sentences of ex-Indian Navy officials in Qatar: MEA

  World | January 04, 2024 16:41 IST

  While speaking to reporters on the weekly briefing, Jaiswal underscored that the matter is pending in the Qatari court and noted the issue is both "sensitive" and "legal" and therefore he would not share the detailed judgement.

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  Qatar reduces death penalty of ex-Indian Navy officers to jail terms

  India | December 28, 2023 21:00 IST

  MEA said that they have noted the verdict of the Court of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra Global case, in which the sentences of the eight ex-Indian Navy officers have been reduced. The external affairs ministry said they are awaiting the full judgment in the case.