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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicMercy petition

Topic: mercy petition

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

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

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

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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Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.