Prez Mukherjee disposed of 16 pleas in 9 months

There was a long delay in deciding mercy pleas by the Presidents, which was also highlighted by the Supreme Court on Ffriday, but the situation changed when Pranab Mukherjee took charge on July 25......

Veerappan's wife seeks commutation of death sentence for 4

Slain sandalwood smuggler Veerappan's wife Muthulakshmi has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to take steps for commuting the death sentence awarded to four of his associates in the 1993 Palar......

SC stays execution of 4 Veerappan's aides till Wednesday

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed till further orders the execution of death sentence of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, who were awarded capital punishment in 2004 for a landmine......

SC declines plea of Veerappan aides for stay on execution

Four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan on Saturday moved the Supreme Court against the execution of their death penalty in connection with a landmine blast that had killed 22 policemen in......

Madaiah sets course record

After the favourites cornered the glory on the first two days, unfancied Vinod Kumar shot into a one-stroke lead at the end of the penultimate round in the Rs One million prize-money Hero Honda......

Naman Dawar takes mid-way lead

Naman Dawar, looking for his first career victory as a pro, moved into a two-shot lead with a brilliant seven-under 63 at the par-70 Golmuri Golf Club, which gave him a two-day total of 10-under......

Shiv Kapur, Mukesh Kumar share lead

Busan Asian Games gold medallist Shiv Kapur faltered towards the end but managed to emerge as the joint leader with Mukesh Kumar of Mhow after the penultimate round of the Sahara-MCG Open Golf......

Vijay Kumar wins Hutchison Essar Open

Vijay Kumar proved once again that experience has no substitute as he hardly broke sweat whileclinching the inaugural Hutchison Essar Open titleat the par-70 Bombay Presidency Golf Club course on......

Chowrasia wins Tata Open golf

Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia made a brilliant charge on the final day with a six-under 64 on the combined Beldih and Golmuri courses to annex the Rs 20 lakh Tata Open golf for the third time in......