Topic: Death penalty
Night before hanging, 16 December rapists ‘crying bitterly’, counsellors read Gita to them
Tihar jail official says the 4 gang-rape convicts have not come to terms with their hanging and were hopeful their lawyer would get it deferred.
4 convicts to be hanged tomorrow but India doesn’t know how many sent to gallows until now
No accurate records are available and very little data is available in public domain on the number of convicts who have been hanged in independent India.
Final wish, last meal – Why remaining hours of Dec 2012 convicts will ride an emotional wave
All four convicts in December 2012 gang rape case will be hanged Friday morning. For Asha Devi, who has spent 7 years waiting for this moment, will it bring closure?
HC rejects December 16 gangrape convict Mukesh’s plea of not being in Delhi at the time of crime
Justice Brijesh Sethi said the various grounds given in the plea were 'devoid of any substance' and only intended to delay the execution.
2 convicts in 16 December gang rape case seek stay on hanging, court asks Tihar to respond
Delhi court issues notice to Tihar jail authorities on pleas moved by Akshay Singh & Pawan Kumar Gupta, asking officials to file their response by March 2.
India needs to abolish death penalty, and not hang 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts
Capital punishment is a politicised, unjust, barbaric form of revenge. It is anything but justice.
Delhi court postpones hanging of December 2012 gangrape convicts till further orders
The four December 2012 gangrape convicts were scheduled to be hanged on 1 February at 6 am.
Don’t hang Godse, said Gandhi’s sons. This is how Nehru, Patel and Rajaji replied
Many prominent Gandhians requested clemency for the Mahatma’s assassins. They pointed out that Gandhi wanted to abolish death penalty.
December 2012 gang-rape convict tells SC he was sexually abused in prison
Lawyer for Mukesh Singh also claims not all documents were put before President who rejected the gang-rape convict's mercy plea on 17 January.
Pratiksha Baxi on ‘public fixation’ on death penalty, K Sreenivasan defends Bolsonaro invite
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Globalisation of revenge
Nobody looks more ridiculous in the whole Iraq situation than the Europeans. A bit of their hypocrisy was on show in New Delhi.
Reliance Industries posts 15% profit drop as Covid hits oil demand
The company posted a net profit of Rs 9,567 crore in July-September compared with Rs 11,262 crore a year back.
Defence
India successfully test fires air-launched version of BrahMos missile from Sukhoi jet
The missile hit a sinking ship in the Bay of Bengal with accuracy, official sources said. It was fired after the Su-30 MKI aircraft travelled for over three hours.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.