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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicDeath penalty

Topic: Death penalty

Execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen postponed after govt intervenes

Yemeni officials say postponement gives Priya’s family more time to negotiate a ‘mutually agreeable solution’. They add that GOI has made ‘concerted efforts’ to secure the delay.

Telangana HC upholds death penalty of all 5 convicts in Dilsukhnagar bomb blast case

The death penalty was handed down by the NIA Special Court in 2016. The blast claimed 18 lives and left 131 injured.

West Bengal courts gave 6 death sentences in 6 months for sexual assaults

Judges ruled these cases were ‘rarest of rare’ for the savage nature of the rapes and murders perpetrated on girls.

Trial held in absence of death-row convict. What led SC to acquit UP man

The man was sentenced to death for killing his wife & daughter. Ordering a retrial in the 2014 case, court said even those accused of most heinous crimes are entitled to protection of law.

Death penalty in Sharon Raj murder case, life term to RG Kar rape-murder convict? Here’s why

Both courts acknowledged that death penalty can only be granted in 'rarest of rare' cases.

China threatens death penalty for ‘diehard’ Taiwan separatists

China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has made no secret of its dislike of President Lai Ching-te who took office last month.

‘Blatantly erroneous’ — how 56 death sentences in 14 months defied latest Supreme Court guidelines

From not seeking mental health reports of convicts to ignoring mitigating factors, many trial courts have sidestepped Supreme Court’s guidelines while awarding the death penalty.

China executes kindergarten teacher for poisoning nursery children four years ago

The former teacher, Wang Yun, poisoned the preschoolers' porridge with sodium nitrite, resulting in the death of one child and injuries to 24 others.

Psychiatric report, conduct in jail — what led Delhi HC to commute death sentence of minor’s killer

Bench relied on landmark 2022 judgment when Supreme Court issued guidelines and made psychological evaluation mandatory when considering death penalty for a convict.

Palwal ‘psycho killer’ and the long night of carnage—death penalty doesn’t end it

Former Armyman Naresh Dhankar bludgeoned six people to death within 90 minutes in January 2018. A district court sentenced him to death, rejecting his insanity plea.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.