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On This Day in History, June 27: World's first ATM installed, Peter the Great wins at Poltava, Atari founded, Djibouti gains independence, first colour TV demo and moreOn This Day in History, June 27, history spans military victories, political change, scientific innovation and technological breakthroughs....
Raakh true story explained: Everything you need to know about the chilling Ranga-Billa case. How did it change actor Bobby Deol's childhood?Prime Video's Raakh brings the 1978 Ranga-Billa case to light. The crime drama is inspired by the kidnapping and murder of Delhi siblings G...
Quote of the day by inventor Nikola Tesla: 'I wish I could be beside you now mother, to bring you the glass of water. All these years...' The genius scientist reflects on the true personal cost of being ambitiousNikola Tesla's widely shared quote offers a glimpse into the emotional struggles often associated with the inventor's later years. While hi...
'Not speaking not marital cruelty': SC frees husband sentenced to jail over wife's suicide after 13 days of silence between themSupreme Court has acquitted a man convicted of cruelty after his wife died by suicide, ruling that 13 days of non-communication between spo...
Rape convict Asaram surrenders at Jodhpur jail after High Court upholds life sentenceAsaram surrendered at Jodhpur Central Jail. The Rajasthan High Court upheld his life sentence in a 2013 minor rape case. His interim bail w...
Madhumita Shukla murder case: SC allows remission of case convict, says reformation should be state's focusThe Supreme Court has ordered the premature release of Rohit Chaturvedi, a convict in the 2003 Madhumita Shukla murder case. Chaturvedi has...
Bombay High Court upholds life sentence awarded to 2 Chhota Rajan gang members for 2010 double murderThe Bombay High Court has validated the life sentences of Mohammed Ali Shaikh and Pranay Rane, members of the Chhota Rajan gang, in connect...
Godhra train burning: SC to hear pleas against HC order on February 13The Supreme Court of India has scheduled February 13 for the final hearing of appeals in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. The Gujarat go...
2013 Patna serial blasts: HC commutes 4 convicts' death sentence to 30 years in jailThe Patna High Court has commuted the death sentences of four convicts in the 2013 serial blasts case to 30 years of imprisonment. The cour...
Gujarat: Status of post-Godhra riots cases monitored by Supreme Court-appointed panelAfter a Gujarat court acquitted all 67 accused, including former state minister Maya Kodnani, in the case of post-Godhra riots in Ahmedabad...
Delhi LG allows release of Jessica Lal murder convict Manu SharmaSharma, son of former Union minister Venod Sharma, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court in December 200...
SC declines interim bail to Sajjan Kumar serving life term in anti-Sikh riot caseKumar and Balwan Khokhar are serving life imprisonment in Tihar jail in the case after the Delhi High Court convicted them on December 17, ...
Release pleas of Jessica Lal, Priyadarshini Mattoo's killers rejectedThe board approved release requests of 59 convicts and rejected 145 such pleas, they said.
Appeal against Godhra order in SC, Pravin Togadia tells Gujarat governmentSeeking capital punishment for convicts in the 2002 carnage, he said the state government should appeal in the Supreme Court before Diwali ...
Seven sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002 Gujarat riot caseLargescale violence had erupted in the state a day after a coach of the Sabarmati Express train was set on fire on February 27, 2002 killin...
Yusuf Mohsin Nulwalla moves SC for reduction of five year jail termThe bench kept Nulwalla's plea seeking reduction of the five-year jail term to three years pending and asked him to file a curative petitio...
SC upholds life sentence awarded to gangster-turned-politician Pappu kalaniA Kalyan Sessions court had in 2009 convicted Kalani him and three of his accomplices in the murder of Inder Bhatija.
- High Court favours death penalty in severe crimes against women
According to prosecution, in 2004 when Nitin had come to pick up her sister from an examination centre, Chopade passed some vulgar comments...
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...
- President commutes death sentence of eight to life
Ms Patil, who is understood to be against death penalty because of her religious beliefs, gave her order on June 15 on mercy petitions.