Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 01:56
The punishment of a three-year stay in a reform home given to the lone minor accused in the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape here left the victim`s family angry and sparked a minor protest by those seeking death for the guilty.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 11:04
An eminent human rights body on Thursday asked India to immediately stop impending executions and renew its moratorium on capital punishment.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 13:07
The execution of two death row convicts in a 13-year-old rape-cum-murder case, scheduled for Thursday, was stayed by the Supreme Court.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 17:57
Traffic police in China`s Shanghai city have introduced an innovative punishment for jaywalkers -- reading newspaper.
Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 14:27
The Pakistan People`s Party suspension on the death penalty, issued in 2008, expired on June 30.
Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 11:21
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the growing momentum against capital punishment.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 22:05
An Indian-origin woman in South Africa has alleged that her seven-year-old son has been subjected to corporal punishment in school.
Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 08:40
A special Bangladeshi tribunal handed down death penalty to Muhammad Quamaruzzaman for collaborating in the mass murder of 164 unarmed civilians in 1971.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 17:56
A standard five boy of Purulia who was allegedly beaten in the class by his teacher for not being able to answer, fell ill after returning home and admitted to hospital has died.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 12:40
The wife of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar moved the Supreme Court seeking stay on the execution of the 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict`s death sentence.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 16:59
The Indian government on Wednesday appealed to the Pakistani authorities to release death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh immediately and send him to a third country for treatment.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 20:10
Condemning the brutal rape of the five-year-old girl in the city, the cast of upcoming film `Shootout at Wadala` wants maximum punishment for the accused in the case.
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