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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicSentence review board

Topic: Sentence review board

10 remission applications denied, why HC freed man convicted for 3-yr-old’s sexual assault 22 yrs ago

The court noted that the SRB, by rejecting the man’s plea for premature release ten times, had acted contrary to the Remission Policy, 2004, and DRP Rules, 2018.

Priyadarshini Mattoo’s family meets Delhi minister, urges him to not allow her killer’s premature release

Priyadarshini Mattoo was a DU law student when Santosh Kumar Singh raped and murdered her in 1996. Her body was found with a room heater's cord around the neck.

No decision on release of 1993 Delhi blast convict, Sikh leaders ballistic at Kejriwal

The Sentence Review Board (SRB) in Delhi deferred its decision on Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, whose release Sikh groups and SAD have been lobbying for ahead of Punjab polls.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.