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Dalai Lama Hails Nobel Prize For Narges Mohammadi, Emphasizes Women's Vital Role
Dalai Lama said there is a growing desire for change in the world, a change that will see conflicts resolved through dialogue and non-violence.
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For First Time In 20 Years, Death Penalty For Woman In Singapore
Singapore is set to hang two drug convicts this week, including the first woman to be sent to the gallows in nearly 20 years.
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Death Penalty For Bangladeshi Couple Over "Selling" Teen In India: Report
A Bangladeshi couple was sentenced to death by a tribunal today for selling a 17-year-old girl to a brothel in India, according to media reports. Khulna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced capital punishment for the couple.
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Court Acquits Man Awarded Death Penalty In Gang-Rape, Murder Case
The Bombay High Court has refused to uphold the conviction and death penalty awarded to a man in the case of alleged gang-rape of two women and the killing of one of them in 2012.
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Death For Crimes Against Women, Children In Proposed Maharashtra Law
In a bid to curb heinous crimes against women and children in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that has provisions for stern punishment, including the death penalty, life sentence, and hefty fines, for the perpetrators, and also speedy trial.
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Delhi Women's Panel Chief Demands Death Penalty For Accused In 2 Rape Cases
Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal on Wednesday wrote to LG Anil Baijal to ensure that the police file chargesheets in the rape cases of a 12-year-old girl and an 86-year-old woman within three days.
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2 Women Officers In Charge of Andhra's Landmark Disha Law
Two women officers have been appointed in Andhra Pradesh to implement the Disha Act that cleared the state assembly last month for tougher punishment, including death sentence, within 21 days for those guilty of crimes against women.
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Delhi Women's Panel Members March To Demand Death Penalty For Rapists
Several members of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took out a protest march on Thursday morning demanding capital punishment for rapists.
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"Teach Children To Respect Women": Smriti Irani On Curbing Rape
Union minister Smriti Irani today said no punishment can be stricter than death penalty for rapists as she appealed to parents to teach their children to respect women.
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Women's Panel Head Seeks Death Penalty Unnao Rape Survivor's Attackers
Delhi Commission For Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, asking him to ensure that death penalty is awarded within 30 days to those who set a rape survivor in the state's Unnao district on fire.
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'Death Penalty Can't Stop Cannibals': Babul Supriyo On Telangana Case
Even as an enraged nation demanded the death sentence for those behind the rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad, Union Minister Babul Supriyo today claimed that such "cannibals" will continue to exist in society even in the face of the most stringent deterrent.
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Huge Protests Over Telangana Vet Rape-Murder, 3 Cops Suspended: 10 Points
Spontaneous protests erupted across Telangana on Saturday over the alleged rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian whose body, badly burnt, was found near Hyderabad on Thursday morning. Women's groups and family members of the victim have sought death penalty for those involved in the shocking incident and accused the Telangana police of hand...
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Bombay High Court Upholds Death Penalty Clause For Repeat Rape Convicts
The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the Constitutional validity of an amended section ofthe Indian Penal Code under which repeat offenders in rape cases can be awarded life imprisonment or death penalty.
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Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Mumbai Techie's Rape And Murder Upheld
The Bombay High Court Thursday confirmed the death penalty awarded to a 30-year-old man for the rape and murder of a woman techie, saying the maximum punishment was appropriate in the case, considering "increasing incidents of crime against women" in India.
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Death Penalty For Man Who Raped, Murdered 11-Year-Old In Assam
A court in Assam awarded death penalty to a man who was prime accused in the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl in Nagaon in March this year.
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Dalai Lama Hails Nobel Prize For Narges Mohammadi, Emphasizes Women's Vital Role
Dalai Lama said there is a growing desire for change in the world, a change that will see conflicts resolved through dialogue and non-violence.
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For First Time In 20 Years, Death Penalty For Woman In Singapore
Singapore is set to hang two drug convicts this week, including the first woman to be sent to the gallows in nearly 20 years.
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Death Penalty For Bangladeshi Couple Over "Selling" Teen In India: Report
A Bangladeshi couple was sentenced to death by a tribunal today for selling a 17-year-old girl to a brothel in India, according to media reports. Khulna Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal pronounced capital punishment for the couple.
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Court Acquits Man Awarded Death Penalty In Gang-Rape, Murder Case
The Bombay High Court has refused to uphold the conviction and death penalty awarded to a man in the case of alleged gang-rape of two women and the killing of one of them in 2012.
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Death For Crimes Against Women, Children In Proposed Maharashtra Law
In a bid to curb heinous crimes against women and children in Maharashtra, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that has provisions for stern punishment, including the death penalty, life sentence, and hefty fines, for the perpetrators, and also speedy trial.
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Delhi Women's Panel Chief Demands Death Penalty For Accused In 2 Rape Cases
Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal on Wednesday wrote to LG Anil Baijal to ensure that the police file chargesheets in the rape cases of a 12-year-old girl and an 86-year-old woman within three days.
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2 Women Officers In Charge of Andhra's Landmark Disha Law
Two women officers have been appointed in Andhra Pradesh to implement the Disha Act that cleared the state assembly last month for tougher punishment, including death sentence, within 21 days for those guilty of crimes against women.
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Delhi Women's Panel Members March To Demand Death Penalty For Rapists
Several members of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took out a protest march on Thursday morning demanding capital punishment for rapists.
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"Teach Children To Respect Women": Smriti Irani On Curbing Rape
Union minister Smriti Irani today said no punishment can be stricter than death penalty for rapists as she appealed to parents to teach their children to respect women.
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Women's Panel Head Seeks Death Penalty Unnao Rape Survivor's Attackers
Delhi Commission For Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday, asking him to ensure that death penalty is awarded within 30 days to those who set a rape survivor in the state's Unnao district on fire.
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'Death Penalty Can't Stop Cannibals': Babul Supriyo On Telangana Case
Even as an enraged nation demanded the death sentence for those behind the rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad, Union Minister Babul Supriyo today claimed that such "cannibals" will continue to exist in society even in the face of the most stringent deterrent.
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Huge Protests Over Telangana Vet Rape-Murder, 3 Cops Suspended: 10 Points
Spontaneous protests erupted across Telangana on Saturday over the alleged rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian whose body, badly burnt, was found near Hyderabad on Thursday morning. Women's groups and family members of the victim have sought death penalty for those involved in the shocking incident and accused the Telangana police of hand...
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Bombay High Court Upholds Death Penalty Clause For Repeat Rape Convicts
The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the Constitutional validity of an amended section ofthe Indian Penal Code under which repeat offenders in rape cases can be awarded life imprisonment or death penalty.
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Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Mumbai Techie's Rape And Murder Upheld
The Bombay High Court Thursday confirmed the death penalty awarded to a 30-year-old man for the rape and murder of a woman techie, saying the maximum punishment was appropriate in the case, considering "increasing incidents of crime against women" in India.
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Death Penalty For Man Who Raped, Murdered 11-Year-Old In Assam
A court in Assam awarded death penalty to a man who was prime accused in the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl in Nagaon in March this year.
