In 9-month tenure, Pranab Mukherjee rejected 9 mercy pleasPresident Pranab Mukherjee has rejected nine mercy petitions sentencing 14 convicts including one woman to death in nine months.
After long delay, Pranab Mukherjee disposed off 16 mercy pleas in 9 monthsPranab Mukherjee took charge on July 25 last year, and since then he has disposed petitions of 16 condemned prisoners in nine months.
Government may allow Afzal Guru’s kin offer prayers at Tihar JailAfzal Guru’s hanging was as sensitive as Kasab’s; if news becomes public, then work does not get done, says Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shin...
President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy plea of death row convictPresident Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy plea of death row convict Saibanna Ningappa Natikar.
Mercy plea: President commutes sentence of death row convictIn a first case of pardon by President Pranab Mukherjee after assuming office, death sentence of a convict, Atbir, has been commuted to lif...
- PSU oil companies spend $5 bn on clean fuel
Indian Oil Corp(IOC), the nation’s second-biggest refiner, and its state-run rivals are spending Rs 235 bn ($5 bn) to produce cleaner fuels...