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Australian watchdog sues Amazon unit over children's backpack safetyAccording to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the company is accused of supplying children's "Unicorn Toddler Bac...
Claude Lemieux cause of death: Four-Time Stanley Cup Champion passes away at 60-How did NHL legend Claude Lemieux die?Hockey legend Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup winner, has passed away at 60. Lemieux was celebrated for his fierce playoff performa...
Is Pakistan’s grey gamble sinking in the Strait?Fresh clashes between the US and Iran near the Strait of Hormuz have cast doubt on Pakistan’s role as a mediator in the crisis. While Donal...
Centre finds death penalty clause in Aparajita Bill 'excessively harsh', Guv sends it back to stateWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has returned the Aparajita Bill to the state government due to serious objections raised by the Centre...
Beant Singh assassination: SC asks Centre to decide Rajoana's plea for commutation of death penaltyA bench headed by Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said the pendency of appeals of other co-convicts in the apex court in the case would not come i...
President is seized of Balwant S Rajoana's plea for commutation of death penalty: Centre to SCThe Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that President Ram Nath Kovind is seized of the matter pertaining to Balwant S Rajoana's plea s...
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea challenging mandatory death penalty under SC/ST ActThe plea said the legislature cannot compel courts and inflict upon them the "dubious" and "unconscionable" duty of imposing a "preordained...
Nirbhaya rape case: Amnesty says executions don't eradicate crime against womenAsmita Basu of Amnesty says that there is no evidence to show that death penalty acts as a deterrent for sexual violence or any other crime.
Punjab government suggests death penalty to Centre for drug smugglersThe decision to make the recommendation to the Centre was taken by in a meeting of the Punjab Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarin...
Child rights activists oppose death penalty for rape of minorsA number of activists argue that the introduction of the death penalty would simply lead to a decrease in the already poor conviction rates...
Centre to amend law for death penalty in child rape cases below 12-year of ageIn a letter submitted to Supreme Court the Centre had said that it has started process to amend POCSO Act to ensure maximum punishment of d...
Assembly passes resolution for bill to make stalking non-bailable, award death to rapists of minorsThe resolution, moved by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj, demanded that the Delhi government present a Bill asking the Centre to amend the law.
3/4th death row convicts socio-economically backward: ReportThe report also states that more than 80% of the death row inmates are subjected to 'inhuman, degrading and extreme forms of physical and m...
Three in four death row convicts from vulnerable sections: ReportThe ‘Death Penalty India Report’, released in Delhi on Friday, does not allege direct discrimination against prisoners from such background.
Death penalty an aberration in democracy, abolish it: Shashi TharoorThe Congress leader said hanging people does not deter crime and there is a lot of subjectivity in application of death penalty.
Law panel's report on death penalty reaches Home Ministry for final callThe report 'Death Penalty' was submitted to the Law Ministry by the Law Commission on August 31.
Don't worry about the NIA clause against Italian marines: Salman KhurshidThe government’s mind on the Italian marines will be known when it submits an affidavit in the Supreme Court on April 16.