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360 degree: Process to speed up execution is need of the hour

The death penalty is required to be retained in our book with certain amendments.

26 March 2017 3:46 AM IST

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Scrap the death penalty

With many social indices signalling that the country has progressed, we need a more mature view of abolition.

24 March 2017 1:57 AM IST

People lie prone to escape from gunfire as a police officer scans for threats at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. (Photo: AP)

Florida shooting suspect charged, may face death penalty

Esteban Santiago told investigators that he planned attack, buying one-way ticket to Fort Lauderdale airport, a federal...

8 Jan 2017 9:12 AM IST

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It's time India should move ICJ against Pak on all issues

The BJP government had said that moving the ICJ against Pakistan in the matter is not practical .

24 May 2017 2:02 AM IST

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US: Arkansas speeds up death sentences to beat expiry date on drug...

Paradoxically, Arkansas has not executed anyone since 2005.

11 March 2017 7:40 AM IST

Arkansas wants to carry out the sentences before its supply of an execution drug expires May 1. (Photo: Pixabay)

US: Judge to consider Arkansas' plan to execute 7 in 11 days

Judge Kristine Baker must rule whether the execution of the prisoners would violate their rights and their access to the...

10 April 2017 12:38 PM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav. (Photo: PTI)

Army veterans protest Jadhav's death sentence near Pak High Commission

Nearly two dozen ex-servicemen, including Col (retd) Ravi Tokas and Col (retd) KPS Rana, took part in the protest.

12 April 2017 9:12 PM IST

Journalists look a image of Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested in March 2016, during a press conference by Pakistans army spokesman and the Information Minister, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Kulbhushan can appeal death penalty in 60 days: Pak

The sentence had sparked an angry reaction from India which said Jadhav's execution would be treated as 'premeditated...

11 April 2017 7:38 PM IST

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Turkey may seek reinstatement of death penalty punishment

The death penalty was banned in Turkey in 2004.

25 Feb 2017 10:56 AM IST

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: PTI)

Jadhav case: India summons Pakistan deputy high commissioner

Shah's summoning comes five days after Indian envoy Gautam Bambawale had met the Pakistan foreign secretary.

19 April 2017 9:51 PM IST

The victims mother stated that her husband was a good for nothing fellow, and demanded that he should be hanged. (Image for representational purpose only)

Father gets death penalty for killing pregnant daughter

After the murder, Eknath Kisan Kumbharkar (47) is said to have stated that his daughter Pramila had disgraced him and so...

21 Jun 2017 1:32 AM IST