Who is Christa Pike? Is Christa Pike going to be executed? Here's what to know about the Tennessee woman on death row and the crime she committed back in 1995Christa Pike, who was found guilty of the brutal murder of Colleen Slemmer back in 1995, was facing execution in Tennessee. However, a fede...
01 Oct, 2026, 05.14 PM IST
Tennessee court saves Christa Gail Pike an hour before execution: Who is she and why she is being called a 'Satanic killer'?A Tennessee court has halted Christa Gail Pike's execution just moments before it was set to begin. Pike, on death row for the 1995 murder ...
30 Sep, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
Christa Pike, first woman to face execution in Tennessee in 200 years, was sexually abused as toddler and raped twice; fresh details emergeAfter over three decades on death row, Christa Pike is set to be executed for the murder of her classmate. Convicted at the age of 18, her ...
29 Sep, 2026, 01.39 PM IST
Norway's King Harald V dies at 89, his son becomes King Haakon VIIINorway's King Harald V, Europe's oldest monarch, has died at the age of 89. He reigned for over three decades, modernizing the royal house ...
28 Aug, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
Furlough should not be a free passGurmeet Ram Rahim Singh received his seventeenth furlough after a 2017 rape conviction. He has spent 435 days outside prison since his sent...
27 Aug, 2026, 10.58 PM IST
Ratko Mladic, ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 83Ratko Mladic, the "Butcher of Bosnia," has died while serving a life sentence. He was convicted for genocide and war crimes committed durin...
27 Aug, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
Tarun Tejpal’s daughter links conviction to his investigative journalismTarun Tejpal's daughter claims his conviction stems from his investigative journalism work. She believes the rape allegation was used to si...
09 Aug, 2026, 08.42 AM IST
SC allows convicted Asaram to engage trained care taker of his choice, no interim bail as of nowThe Supreme Court denied interim bail to Asaram, who is serving a life sentence. He will now receive round-the-clock assistance from a chos...
06 Aug, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Kerala HC denies parole to rape convict; says it would send wrong message to societyThe Kerala High Court denied parole to a man convicted of rape. He sought leave to attend his wife's post-funeral ceremony. The court cited...
25 Jul, 2026, 10.07 AM IST
Child's testimony alone can secure conviction if reliable, inspires confidence, says Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court affirmed a 12-year prison sentence for a man convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl in 2017. The court emph...
07 Sep, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
Child's teary silence can't aid rapist's defence: Supreme CourtSupreme Court overturned a 40-year-old rape case acquittal, ruling that the silence and tears of a child victim during cross-examination ca...
20 Mar, 2025, 05.53 PM IST
Kolkata Court sentences man to death for rape and attempted murder of infantA special Pocso court in Kolkata sentenced Rajiv Ghosh to death for the brutal rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old girl. Describ...
18 Feb, 2025, 09.32 PM IST
Convictions in 'monstrous' child sex abuse ring: 7 found guilty in Glasgow trialIn a harrowing revelation, seven individuals have been convicted for their involvement in a grotesque child sex abuse ring, camouflaged und...
14 Nov, 2023, 09.46 PM IST
Muzaffarpur shelter home: Court to announce quantum of sentence for convicts on Feb 11The court had on Jan 20 convicted Thakur, who once unsuccessfully contested assembly polls on Bihar People's Party (BPP) ticket, of several...
04 Feb, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
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...
21 Apr, 2018, 06.47 PM IST
Rape convictions can solely rest on victim's testimony: Bombay High CourtThe Bombay HC observed that conviction in rape cases can solely rest on the testimony of the victim if it inspires confidence.
25 Jul, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Now, ministry wants to lower juvenile ageCabinet unlikely to endorse women & child welfare ministry proposal as it runs against UN convention India has signed.
29 Nov, 2013, 04.04 AM IST