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Friday, September 5, 2025
TopicMercy petition

Topic: mercy petition

President Kovind rejects mercy plea of 16 December gangrape & murder convict Mukesh Singh

PTI -
A Delhi court ordered the execution of the four convicted in the 16 December gangrape and murder for 22 January.

Home Ministry forwards December 16 convict’s mercy plea to President, recommends rejection

PTI -
Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 16 December gangrape & murder case, filed the mercy plea, which will likely delay the execution scheduled for 22 January.

As a teenager, Savarkar tried to destroy a mosque & was sad Hindus weren’t united

Vikram Sampath -
In the polarised tinderbox that was Maharashtra in 1890s, Vinakay Damodar Savarkar and his school mates were enraged by attacks on Hindus.
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