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Sunday, July 27, 2025
TopicDeath row

Topic: Death row

‘Can’t discriminate’ — Delhi court stays execution of 16 December gang-rape convicts

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana said courts can’t afford to discriminate against any convict, including death row convicts, in pursuit of his legal remedies.

How 16 December gang-rape convicts are making last-ditch attempts to escape the noose

4 convicts in 16 December gang-rape & murder case were initially supposed to be hanged on 22 January. Their execution is now scheduled on 1 February.

Another December 2012 death row convict files mercy petition before President Kovind

Vinay Sharma, along with three others, is set to be executed on 1 February for the December 2012 gangrape and murder. The President has already rejected one of the convict's mercy plea.

Modi govt moves SC to speed up hangings, change its 2014 guidelines on death row convicts

Govt contends that death row convicts are ‘taking judicial process for a ride’, and wants SC to specify a time period for curative and mercy petitions.

Delhi court dismisses NGO plea seeking to convince 16 Dec gangrape convicts to donate organs

Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora dismissed the application on the grounds that it was "devoid of any merit".

Convicts of gruesome crimes deserve punishment, not death

There is little evidence to prove that countries which have abolished the death penalty have a greater incidence of crime than those that have retained it.

On Camera

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

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.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.