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Topic: Nirbhaya case

Black warrant hearing in 16 December gangrape-murder case today. This is what the law says

ThePrint details what a black warrant or death warrant is, and how four convicts in 16 December gangrape-murder case could end up at the gallows.

Dainik Jagran calls CAA protests ‘dangerous politics’, Dainik Bhaskar doubts govt’s intent

A round up of the Hindi newspapers opinion pages to reflect the viewpoint from the heartland on topical issues.

God must’ve held head in shame for creating monsters: Solicitor General in Nirbhaya case

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made the statement in the Supreme Court Wednesday, while seeking dismissal of the review plea filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape & murder case.

Nirbhaya’s mother welcomes Supreme Court decision to reject review plea

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the review petition filed by one of the four men convicted in the 2012 December gangrape and murder case.

Supreme Court rejects review plea of 16 December gangrape-murder convict

3-judge bench of SC says no ground of review justifies convict's submission that 16 December Delhi gangrape-murder case doesn't fall under rarest of rare category.

7 years after 16 December gang rape case, rape conviction rate low at 32%

On 7th anniversary of the Nirbhaya rape and murder case, NCRB data shows that of 1,46,201 rape cases that went into trial in 2017, only 5,822 resulted in conviction.

Shooter writes letter in blood to Amit Shah, appeals to execute Nirbhaya convicts

Vartika Singh urged the Modi government to hang the rapists convicted in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case.

Grandson of hangman who executed Indira’s killers says he’ll do the job for Nirbhaya rapists

Pawan Jallad, a third-generation hangman based in Meerut, has volunteered to conduct the execution of the Nirbhaya rapists if asked by the jail administration.

Delhi court defers hearing plea on issuing death warrants against Nirbhaya case convicts

The court deferred the matter till 18 December noting that the review petition of one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case was pending before the Supreme Court.

No outrage unless Hyderabad, Unnao, Kathua-like rape: UN Resident Coordinator in India

There should be a simple acknowledgement that women’s rights are human rights and that violence against women is violence against humanity.

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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

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.