'How could I have seen my son being hanged'

The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of Mahendra Nath Das, a condemned prisoner from Assam, to life sentence. Das has been on the death row for the last 16  years and the......

ACHR files fresh mercy plea on Bhullar to President

The Asian Centre for Human Rights on Thursday submitted a fresh mercy plea to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking commutation of death sentence of condemned prisoner Devender Singh Bhullar to life......

Death row convict gets reprieve, Gawhati HC stays execution

After the three killers of Rajiv Gandhi, another death row convict Mahendra Nath Das got some reprieve on Wednesday when Gauhati high court stayed his execution till November 1 on his plea similar......

1,455 convicts awarded death penalty in 10 years

Days after the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, President Pranab Mukherjee rejected the mercy petitions of four associates of slain forest brigand Veerappan, who were given a......

PIX: Cricket captain Kohli, lifter Chanu bask in Khel Ratna glory

IMAGE: President Ram Nath Kovind confers Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on cricketer Virat Kohli. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Ace cricketer Virat Kohli sent the shutterbugs into a clicking......

Kohli, Chanu recommended for Khel Ratna; Neeraj picked for Arjuna

IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates after completing his century in a Test match against England. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter......