Death penalty

UNGA: India votes against draft resolution on use of death penalty

India on Tuesday voted against a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) draft resolution on the…

Hyderabad twin bomb blasts: Court awards death penalty to 2, sentences 1

The Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday awarded death sentence to three convicted in the…

Man sentenced to death for raping and crushing a woman’s head with stone

A local court has awarded death penalty to a man for raping and killing a…

Shashi Tharoor introduces bill to Lok Sabha for abolishing death penalty

From 'Cattle Class' to 'Hindu Pakistan' Shashi Tharoor has shocked the people with his point-blank…

Nirbhaya Case: Amnesty India says death penalty not a deterrent for crimes against women

After the Supreme Court decided to reaffirm its verdict of upholding the death sentence to…

Punjab wants death penalty for drug peddlers and smugglers

The Punjab government has decided to recommend the death penalty for drug peddling or smuggling,…