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- India
HC confirms death penalty for 38 in Ahmedabad terror blasts
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court, while upholding the death sentence of 38 operatives of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, cited the large number of casualties,…
- Hyderabad
Son, daughter get death sentence for killing father in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad court on Monday, June 8, awarded the death penalty to the son and daughter of a retired railway employee for poisoning and murdering their father before dismembering his body…
- Hyderabad
Transgender gets death sentence for killing 8-year-old boy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The brutal murder of an eight-year-old child during the Ramzan season in 2023 at Sanathnagar has finally reached some closure. The accused transgender was served the death sentence. An auto driver…
- Chennai
Sathankulam custodial deaths: Nine police officers sentenced to death
Madurai: In a landmark judgment, a court on Monday, April 6, handed the death penalty to nine police personnel in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case. Father-son duo P Jayaraj and…
- India
Gujarat man sentenced to death for brutal rape of 7-year-old
Rajkot: A court in Gujarat’s Rajkot city on Saturday, January 17, sentenced a man to death for raping a seven-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her with an iron rod, in a verdict…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad man gets death for killing woman who rejected advances
Hyderabad: In what is a rare conviction, a local court in Hyderabad on Monday, December 29, awarded the death sentence to a man who had killed a woman after she rejected his…
- Top Stories
Sheikh Hasina responds to death sentence, denies all accusations
Bangladesh: After the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, November 17, she issued a statement calling the ruling “biased” and “politically motivated.” “The…
- India
Nimisha Priya’s death sentence stands, MEA denies reprieve reports
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), on Tuesday, July 29, denied reports that Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is facing a death sentence in Yemen, has been reprieved. The previous day, the…
- Kerala
Indian nurse Nimisha Priya to be executed in Yemen on July 16
Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, convicted of murdering a Yemeni citizen in 2017, is set to be executed in Yemen on July 16. The Save Nimisha Priya Action Council said…
- Middle East
25 Indians awarded death sentence in UAE, judgement yet to be implemented: Govt
New Delhi: The number of Indian nationals who have been awarded a death sentence in the UAE, but the judgement is yet to be implemented, stands at 25, the government informed Parliament…
- Middle East
Indian woman faces death sentence in UAE, family pleads for clemency
Abu Dhabi: Shahzadi Khan, a 33-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, is currently on death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after being convicted of allegedly killing a child in…
- Kerala
Woman moves Kerala HC against death sentence for boyfriend’s murder
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday called for the records in connection with the conviction and death sentence given to a 24-year-old woman for the sensational murder of her boyfriend in…
- India
RG Kar case: TMC attack victim’s parents for death penalty comments
Kolkata: The parents of the woman junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, who was raped and murdered within the hospital premises, faced the ire of senior Trinamool Congress leaders,…
- India
Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, MEA says extending all help
New Delhi: India on Tuesday said it is extending all possible help to explore relevant options in the case of an Indian nurse facing a death sentence in Yemen. Nimisha Priya, hailing…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Man sentenced to death for killing wife, son and unborn child
Hyderabad: A local court in Hyderabad on Friday, December 20 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife, son and unborn child in Narayanguda, in 2022. The convict, R Sai, conspired…
