Sarabjit Singh`s sister meets Sonia Gandhi

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 16:55

The sister of Sarabjit Singh knocked the doors of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi seeking her intervention for his release.

Candlelight vigil to demand Sarabjit`s release

Last Updated: Sunday, July 1, 2012, 20:42

Sarabjit Singh`s relatives along with city residents took out a candlelight march here demanding freedom for the death row prisoner rotting behind the bars in Pakistan for over twenty years.

‘Death row convict Bhullar mentally unstable’

Last Updated: Monday, June 18, 2012, 17:19

Death-row convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar`s mercy plea was rejected by President in a terror attack case.

Apex court seeks time frame for deciding mercy pleas

Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 19:22

The Supreme Court asked the government to set a time frame for deciding death row convicts` mercy petitions pending before it.

Japan hangs 3, 1st executions since 2010: Reports

Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 08:45

Capital punishment in Japan is usually ordered only for inmates convicted of multiple murders.

Rajoana row: Badal meets Prez, seeks intervention

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 19:01

Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal met President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil to seek her intervention in saving Balwant Singh Rajoana from the gallows.

Philippines seeks mercy for 77 on death row abroad

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 00:01

The Philippines said its diplomats had increased their efforts to save 77 Filipinos on death row overseas after four nationals were executed in China last year for drug trafficking.

Four Indians on death row in Sharjah return

Last Updated: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 09:07

Four Indians, sentenced to death for murdering a Pak man, returned home on Friday following their release from prison after payment of blood money.

Vaiko meets Rajiv assassins in prison

Last Updated: Monday, September 19, 2011, 16:07

MDMK leader Vaiko met the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case at the prison here.

Another death row convict gets reprieve

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 19:24

After the three killers of Rajiv Gandhi, another death row convict Mahendra Nath Das got some reprieve today when Gauhati High Court stayed his execution till November one on his plea similar to that made by them.