US to seek death penalty for accused Boston bomber

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 21:54

The United States is to seek the death penalty for accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev if he is convicted of involvement in the deadly attack, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.

Arunachal student death: Delhi Police files murder case, magisterial probe ordered

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 17:24

An Arunachal Pradesh MLA`s son died here after he was allegedly beaten up by some shopkeepers following an altercation sparked by their taunts on his hairstyle, in yet another incident of targeting of people from the north-east.

Dita Von Teese practises 'seduction' daily

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 15:42

For actress-designer Dita Von Teese, seduction is "effortless" and she says that she practices the craft in her daily life.

Slym and wife were having marital problems: Thai police

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 21:41

The final conclusion on Slym's death will be announced after receiving autopsy and forensic reports, police said.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts deserve death sentence: SC

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 21:06

Prisoners convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case deserve the death sentence, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it refused to go into the merits of their conviction.

Six children die of electrocution in Jamui

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 20:20

Six children died of electrocution Thursday when a high tension wire snapped and fell on them at a village in Charka Patthar police station area of Bihar`s Jamui district.

`Death sentence to marines will be an attack on Italy`

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:51

Giving death sentence to two Italian marines charged with the killing of Indian fishermen will be an act of war, a top Italian lawmaker has warned.

Bangaldesh court awards death to Paresh Barua, 13 others

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 13:33

Paresh Barua, leader of the anti-talk faction of the ULFA, has been awarded the death sentence along with 13 others by a Bangladesh court Thursday in a 2004 arms smuggling case.

Death penalty decision looms for Boston bomb suspect

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 12:06

Tsarnaev, a 20-year-old ethnic Chechen, is accused of detonating the home-made bombs along with his older brother, Tamerlan, who was killed during a shootout with police several days after the April 15 attack.

Nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 66th death anniversary

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 11:40

The nation on Thursday paid homage to Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on his 66th death anniversary.

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Death convicts` plea comes up before SC today

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 09:19

The plea of three death convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to commute their death sentences to life imprisonment keeping in mind delay of more than 11 years in deciding their mercy petitions by the President, cones up before the Supreme Court on Thursday.

Centre to challenge SC ruling on commuting death sentences on grounds of delay

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:06

The central government will challenge the Supreme Court`s recent ruling in which it said that inexplicable, inordinate delays in deciding mercy pleas of death row convicts can be sufficient grounds for commutation of death sentence to life.