This day in history, May 30, has witnessed some of the world's most significant political, military, scientific and cultural developments. ...

Karnataka honour killing: A 48-year-old farmer from Karnataka’s Tumakuru allegedly murdered his 17-year-old daughter after opposing her rel...

Congress leader P Chidambaram raised concerns over the performance of investigative and prosecution agencies. This follows recent acquittal...

What is attempted assassination of the president charge? A federal court in Washington heard charges against Cole Tomas Allen, accused of a...

Chandrika Chaudhary, an 18-year-old NEET qualifier from Gujarat, was allegedly murdered by her father and uncle. The reason was her relatio...

In Gujarat's Banaskantha, an 18-year-old NEET qualifier, Chandrika Chaudhary, was allegedly murdered by her father and uncle due to fears s...

In Muzaffarnagar, police arrested a father and brother. They are accused of killing Saraswati Maliyan. The reason was her relationship with...

An accused, Bhoral Chachar, gunned down his daughter-in-law, Razia, and her alleged lover, Majid Chachar in Village Qabil Chachar near Obar...

Do not become conscience-keepers, says apex court while hearing a PIL.

Judge Haroon Latif awarded death penalty to Farzana Parveen's father Muhammad Azeem, brother Muhammad Zahid, former husband Mazhar Iqbal an...

Lawyer P K Dey said "the circumstances in which victim Nitish was killed entails award of death penalty, nothing less than this."

A circular has been to all station-house-officers directing them to provide security cover to eloped couples seeking for it on immediate ba...

Decrying practice of honour killings & fake police encounters, judge convicts such brutal executions should be awarded death sentence.

Supreme Court today directed courts to view such cases as "rarest of rare" category for awarding death penalty to the convicts.

The group of ministers constituted to work out a legal counter to honour killings has not been able to frame a law.

Caste councils vowed to fight in courts for convicts in honour killing case.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Vani Gopal Sharma pronounced the sentence after reserving the judgement in the case yesterday.