Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 11:20
Taking cue from the Supreme Court`s recent decision to commute sentences of 15 death row convicts on the grounds of inordinate delay in their execution, 1993 Delhi blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar has moved the apex court seeking commutation of his death penalty to life term.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 22:39
India on Wednesday raised with the US its concerns over "trafficking" visas issued to family members of Sangita Richard, the absconding maid of the Indian diplomat whose arrest had triggered a row between the two countries.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 22:25
Supreme Court`s decision to commute the death sentences of 15 convicts was a positive step for human rights in India, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:58
Human rights group People`s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court`s judgment commuting the death sentence of 15 convicts to life imprisonment.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 15:59
The Supreme Court verdict commuting death penalty of 15 convicts has given hope that the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case could get similar relief, MDMK leader Vaiko said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 11:28
In an landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that inexplicable, inordinate delay in deciding on mercy plea of a death row convict is sufficient ground for commutation of death sentence to life.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 03:30
Sue Monk Kidd`s newest novel, "The Invention of Wings," knocked John Grisham`s "Sycamore Row" off the top of the US fiction best-sellers list on Thursday.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 13:57
EU competition commissioner has reportedly given Google one `last opportunity` to settle allegations in the long-running antitrust case that claims the search giant has been misusing its dominant position in web search.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 02:43
Damage caused to India-US relations by Devyani Khobragade episode is unlikely to "dissipate soon", according to media report that said the case might have been handled better by American authorities.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 08:06
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade`s US attorney Daniel Arshack filed a petition on Tuesday asking the trial judge in New York to dismiss her case.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 00:13
The US on Tuesday said in-person registration of domestic workers of foreign diplomats would be mandatory.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 17:47
Senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who returned to India last week after being indicted for visa fraud in the United States, arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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