Death penalty for `most stupid` Indian in UAE

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 00:35

An Indian national, who bludgeoned his neighbour`s maid to death in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been sentenced to death by a court.

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.

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.

Briton gets death for blasphemy in Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 13:27

A Pakistani-born Briton has been sentenced to death for blasphemy Thursday, a media report said Friday.

Top Chinese legislator gets suspended death sentence for graft

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 16:54

China on Thursday sentenced a former top legislator to death with a two-year reprieve for taking a bribes of over USD 2 million.

Amnesty welcomes SC death row decision

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.

Indian sentenced to death for murdering compatriot in Dubai

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 21:14

A 28-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to death by a court here for strangulating his compatriot to death and dumping his body in the garbage in a box.

Chinese doctor sentenced to death for child trafficking

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 19:26

A Chinese female doctor was today given a suspended death sentenced for selling seven babies to human traffickers, a case that drew massive public outcry against the growing menace of child trafficking.

Delhi HC reserves order on December 16 gang-rape case

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 17:13

The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved its verdict on confirming the death sentence and appeals of four accused in December 16 gang-rape.

Youth given death sentence for raping and killing minor girl

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 00:36

A court in Rehli town awarded death sentence to a youth on Monday for allegedly raping and killing a seven-year-old girl.

Kerala High Court upholds death sentence to rapist

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 07:29

A division bench of the Kerala High Court Tuesday upheld a lower court`s judgment of awarding death sentence to a rapist and also came down heavily on the Indian Railways, lawyers and also fellow passengers who did not come to the victim`s rescue.

Chinese court sentences man to death for stabbing 23 children

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 20:42

A Chinese man who brutally stabbed 23 primary school students and an elderly woman last year was on Friday sentenced to death by a court in central China.