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Middle East
Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Sunday ended the death penalty for crimes committed by minors after effectively abolishing floggings as the kingdom seeks to blunt criticism over its human rights record.…
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Featured News
Nirbahaya case timeline
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday issued death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Delhi Nirbhaya gang-rape case. The gruesome incident had shaken the conscience of the…
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Crime and Accident
Man dies after inmate awarded death penalty in Odisha jail
Bhubaneswar: An undertrial prisoner accused in a rape case died on Friday inside Keonjhar district jail in Odisha after a rape convict lodged in the same jail was awarded death…
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Hyderabad News
Vet rape case: Sania Mirza demands death penalty for accused
Hyderabad: Sania Mirza, Indian tennis star demanded capital punishment for the accused of veterinary doctor rape-murder case. Supporting her death penalty demand for the accused, she said that there is…
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Top Stories
Bhopal court awards death penalty to rapist and killer of the minor girl within 32 days
Bhopal: In a speedy judgment, a Bhopal court on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 35-year-old man for raping and killing a minor girl last month. Special Judge for Protection…
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Delhi
SC commutes death sentence to man in rape and murder case of 5-year-old girl
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a man held guilty of rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in 2015. The convict will have…
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