Browsing Category

Crime Against Women

Supreme Court Confirms Death For Nirbhaya Convict

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence of Akshay Singh, one of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, saying there was no ground to review the verdict. “Review petition is not…

CBI Wanted Teacher Hiding In Odisha!

Bhubaneswar: CBI suspects that a fugitive teacher, who has been convicted of abducting minor girls and women, may be hiding in Odisha. In a letter to Odisha School and Mass Education Department, CBI has requested the state government to…

No Criminal Hanged In Odisha Since 1994

Odisha has not hanged anyone to death since 1994. Whether this points to the state’s impeccable (?) law and order situation or the lack of it or a lackadaisical judicial system is a subject of debate. The last capital punishment was…