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New Delhi: Shabnam Ali (38), who was convicted along with her lover Salim of murdering her family in Uttar Pradesh, is likely to become the first woman to be hanged in Independent India. Shabnam’s mercy petition has already been rejected…

New Delhi: The four convicts, who were sentenced to death for the gang-rape and murder of Nirbhaya in 2012, will be hanged at 5,30 am on March 20, a Delhi court said on Thursday, issuing the fourth death warrant. The death warrant was…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed a curative petition by Pawan Gupta, one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, on Monday, a day before their scheduled date of hanging. Pawan Gupta (25) was the only convict…

New Delhi: The four convicts sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case will be hanged at 6 am on March 3, the trial court said after issuing their death warrant on Monday. This is the third death warrant issued by the…

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said the convicts in the Nirbhaya case will get one week to exercise all their legal remedies, after which the trial court will begin proceedings for their execution. The HC order settled the…

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind rejected a mercy plea filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, mere hours after it was forwarded to him by the Union Home Ministry on Friday. The…

Berhampur: A jawan was found hanging in a quarters inside Army Air Defence College at Golabandha in Berhampur on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Navnita Krishna, a native of Tamil Nadu. According to sources, Navnita had gone…

Bhubaneswar: A woman lawyer was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a house at Indira Colony under Dhauli police limits here on Saturday night. The deceased, identified as Deepali Priyadarshini Jena, was found hanging inside…

Bhubaneswar: A woman was found hanging in a room of a private hostel at Nuasahi under Nayapalli police limits here on Wednesday night. She has been identified as Pragyan Priyadarshini Sahu (24), a resident of Sukinda in Jajpur district.…