Vishwanathan, a TV journalist, was shot dead in the early hours of 30 September 2008. Court said request for death penalty refused as case does not come under 'rarest of rare' category.
Singh, a strongman who once wielded great power in Saran region was awarded life sentence Friday. SC order decries tainted probe & use of political muscle that led to acquittal.
In a 1988 case of a man accused of murdering his 2nd wife while on bail for murdering his 1st wife, Karnataka HC notes delays in processing his mercy petition & other procedural lapses.
Bench relied on landmark 2022 judgment when Supreme Court issued guidelines and made psychological evaluation mandatory when considering death penalty for a convict.
In 1991, Congress leader Awadhesh Rai, brother of former MLA Ajay Rai, was shot dead outside his house. Ansari, a gangster-politician, was convicted Monday by a Varanasi court,
Rampal and his followers were convicted under charges of murder, wrongful confinement of people and criminal conspiracy and are undergoing life imprisonment.
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, a vocal critic of PM Modi, has been sentenced for custodial torture resulting in the death of one person 30 years ago.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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