Sarabjit Singh and Sanaullah Haq - both faceless in life, are now martyrs in the eyes of India and Pakistan. Many are saying there should be no more Sarabjits and Sanaullahs. ...
10:19 PM, May 09, 2013
Noted lawer Asma Jahangir also said that Pakistani courts were targeting former President General Pervez Musharraf. ...
09:57 PM, May 09, 2013
The former chairperson of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission was speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. ...
08:34 PM, May 09, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of murder convict Mahendra Nath Das. The sentence has been commuted to life on the grounds of delay in execution. ...
10:42 PM, May 01, 2013
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Tuesday acquitted of all charges in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Witness and petitioner Jagdish Kaur refused to leave the court saying if he cannot be hanged, she should be hanged. ...
04:25 PM, Apr 30, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Khalistani terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar's plea to commute his death sentence to life. ...
11:52 PM, Apr 12, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the mercy petition of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who had sought commutation of his death penalty to life sentence on the ground that there was inordinate delay by the President over his plea for clemency. ...
09:31 PM, Apr 12, 2013
There have been massive protests over the death of 23-year-old Students Federation of India activist Sudipto Gupta in Kolkata. Not just in Kolkata, protests are also being staged in Chennai by SFI activists. The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has also come under attack from the protesters as well as the Left Front. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 03, 2013
SFI activist Sudipto Gupta was killed in alleged police crackdown on a protest by the students organisation in Kolkata on Tuesday. ...
11:37 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Under pressure from opposition after the death of a Students federation of India activist, Sudipto Gupta, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed the episode as "unfortunate". "We should not politicise a tragedy. Chief Minister visited the family of the deceased and offered her condolences. It shows what she is made up of," said TMC leader Derek O'Brien. ...
04:46 PM, Apr 03, 2013
An eyewitness tells CNN-IBN, prisoner Chamel Singh was beaten to death by prison guards in Lahore. The Foreign Ministry raises the issue again and Pakistan says a probe is already on. ...
08:00 PM, Mar 28, 2013
A former Russian tycoon, Boris Berezovsky, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his house. A one time ally of Vladimir Putin, he's believed to have fallen out with him. The police are now looking for chemical evidence after a radiation detector went off in his house. ...
11:10 AM, Mar 25, 2013
The Delhi Police on Tuesday admitted before the High Court that all the eight people arrested from India Gate were innocent. ...
11:57 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Delhi gangrape accused Ram Singh was found hanging in his cell in Tihar jail in the early hours on Monday. Jail authorities have said it is a suicide case and has ordered a probe into the death. ...
09:29 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Yet another sarpanch was shot dead in Baramulla on Sunday evening. He is the 5th sarpanch to be murdered by the militants. ...
10:48 AM, Feb 25, 2013
While speaking to CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said that alcohol is the root cause of crime against women. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has entered the Afzal Guru hanging debate saying Kashmiris should see Afzal as an Indian and not just a Kashmiri. He also said that death penalty should be abolished while speaking to CNN-IBN's deputy editor Sagarika Ghose. ...
12:03 PM, Feb 19, 2013
The Supreme Court has refused to admit their petition amidst speculation that they may be hanged soon. Their hanging is reportedly imminent after the rejection of their mercy plea. Human rights activist Shanthi Fonseca said, "There is no imminent danger meaning execution is not going to take place so that is enough for us. Because when the Supreme Court is saying the execution cannot take place, then they have to ...
12:20 PM, Feb 17, 2013
The AugustaWestland chopper deal got murkier with allegations of bribery now being levelled directly at the former Air Chief, SP Tyagi. ...
09:25 PM, Feb 13, 2013
At least five persons were injured as fresh protests broke out in Kashmir on Tuesday against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. ...
11:41 PM, Feb 12, 2013
