Want to exchange old gold for new jewellery? Beware of these taxesIndians exchanging old gold for new should be aware of potential taxes on sales and purchases. The Income Tax Department monitors high-valu...
03 Jun, 2026, 12.30 PM IST
Barney Frank dies at 86: Who was the liberal firebrand behind Dodd-Frank, Wall Street reform, and America’s LGBTQ political revolution?Who was Barney Frank? The death of Barney Frank marks the end of one of the most consequential and controversial political careers in moder...
20 May, 2026, 08.40 PM IST
Stung by Iran war, Trump heads to China in need of winsPresident Trump visits China with reduced trade goals. His earlier tariff strategy has not yielded expected results. The meetings will focu...
12 May, 2026, 08.04 AM IST
Gelatin sticks found on PM's travel route: Vijayendra demands arrest of miscreantsBJP State President BY Vijayendra has condemned the discovery of gelatin sticks along Prime Minister Modi's travel route in Bengaluru as a ...
10 May, 2026, 10.58 PM IST
May the fourth be with Bengal, Tamil N, and new choicesAssembly polls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu delivered surprising verdicts. In West Bengal, voters ended the status quo, bringing change. T...
04 May, 2026, 11.13 PM IST
'Very important to introduce Shakti Act': NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar on Pune rape & murder of 4-year oldA four-year-old girl's rape and murder in Pune has prompted calls for the Shakti Act. NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar highlighted flaws in the curre...
03 May, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Assam court convicts 20, acquits 25 in mob lynching case of Nilotpal Das and Abhijit NathA Nagaon court has convicted 20 individuals in the lynching of Abhijit Nath and Nilotpal Das. This verdict comes eight years after the inci...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
J&K LG says admin will confiscate property, revoke passports, Aadhar cards and freeze accounts of drug smugglersJammu and Kashmir administration will take stringent action against drug smugglers. Properties will be seized, and licenses, passports, and...
11 Apr, 2026, 10.34 PM IST
West Bank Palestinians face death by hanging under Israel’s new anti-terror law; the last death sentence in the country was Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962Israel's parliament has approved a controversial law making capital punishment the default sentence for Palestinians in the West Bank convi...
01 Apr, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Israel passes law imposing death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terror attacks, US respects its 'right'Israel's parliament has passed a controversial law mandating the death penalty for West Bank Palestinians convicted of terrorist acts. The ...
31 Mar, 2026, 07.07 AM IST
Government not in favour of abolishing death penalty: Kiren RijijuIndia has its own basis of formulating laws and it has to respect the "sentiments of the people", Rijiju added.
29 Jul, 2016, 08.17 PM IST
1,398 people awarded capital punishment during 2004-14: GovernmentMoS for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the Law Commission has recommended that death penalty be abolished for all crimes other th...
08 Mar, 2016, 03.33 PM IST
Law Commission for "swift" scrapping of capital punishmentLaw Commission recommended by a majority "swift" abolition of death penalty except in terror-related cases, noting it does not serve the pe...
31 Aug, 2015, 11.10 PM IST
Law panel to submit report to SC on whether India should retain death sentence or notThe law panel will submit its report to the Supreme Court "sometime" next week on whether India should continue with death penalty or aboli...
23 Aug, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
Should death penalty go? Law panel begins reviewThe move comes close on the heels of the SC commuting the death sentence of 19 persons after their mercy pleas were rejected since January ...
25 Aug, 2014, 03.34 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj demands capital punishment for Delhi gangrapists"The new law has a provision to award capital punishment in a rape and murder case. This will be the first case under new law," Sushma said.
10 Sep, 2013, 04.12 PM IST
- It is not for judiciary to repeal or amend the law on capital punishment, says SC
SC upheld the death sentence awarded to an appellant businessman for the gruesome killings of his wife, son and 2 daughters.
14 Sep, 2011, 01.57 AM IST