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The families of eight former Indian Navy personnel who have been sentenced to death in Qatar have categorically denied that the men had anything to do with espionage and pointed out that there has been no "proof of allegations" from the country.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has asked the centre to do everything in its power to save eight Indians who have been sentenced to death in Qatar in an alleged espionage case.

A man was sentenced to death by a court in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Monday for killing a 7-year-old girl after abducting her with the intention of committing rape but failing to do so as she raised an alarm that attracted a mob.

A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced to postpone life-saving procedures for their patients because they do not have the necessary drugs.

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, ordered to surrender himself to start a 15-month jail term for contempt, said Sunday he would not be doing so by the court-set deadline.

The four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape, torture and killing of a young medical student in Delhi are a step closer to being hanged after the Supreme Court today dismissed the last review petition in the case, filed by one of the convicts. Confirming the death sentence of convict Akshay Kumar Singh, the court said he had the option of pleading ...

Pakistan will amend its Army Act to enable Indian convict Kulbhushan Jadhav to appeal his death sentence in a civilian court, reports said on Wednesday. The former officer was tried and sentenced by a Pakistani military court and current laws do not allow appeal.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to stop the abuse of blasphemy laws after the release of Asia Bibi, who escaped a death sentence in a case that drew international scrutiny.

A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced a former soldier to 5,160 years in prison for the massacre of 201 peasants during one of the worst atrocities of the Central American nation's civil war.

An elderly couple from Mumbai has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking permission for "active euthanasia", which involves knowingly doing something to let the person die. In the letter, 86-year-old Narayan Lavate, said that he does not have children and they don't suffer from any major health problem, but "we are of no use to the ...

Condemned to death twice for spying, Seo Ok-Ryol spent three decades in prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Now aged 90, the only thing he wants to do before he dies is go home -- to North Korea

India has sought consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav 15 times from Pakistan and will do all it can to ensure justice is done, the foreign ministry said today. Mr Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court last week on charges of spying.

After Delhi made it clear that Pakistan's planned execution of Indian Kulbhushan Jadhav will be considered "pre-meditated murder", newspapers in Pakistan are asking if the death sentence was too hastily announced on Monday.

The death sentence for Indian Kulbhushan Jadhav was today described as "unprecedented" by the Pakistani media. Yesterday, a Pakistan military court sentenced Mr Jadhav to death after he was convicted of "espionage and sabotage activities". India has condemned the verdict as "indefensible" with Home Minister Rajnah Singh pledging that the governmen...

Indian man Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence in Pakistan was strongly condemned by MPs in parliament who urged the government to do everything possible to save him and bring him back to India. Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the house that the government would do whatever it takes to bring justice to the former navy man.

The families of eight former Indian Navy personnel who have been sentenced to death in Qatar have categorically denied that the men had anything to do with espionage and pointed out that there has been no "proof of allegations" from the country.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has asked the centre to do everything in its power to save eight Indians who have been sentenced to death in Qatar in an alleged espionage case.

A man was sentenced to death by a court in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Monday for killing a 7-year-old girl after abducting her with the intention of committing rape but failing to do so as she raised an alarm that attracted a mob.

A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced to postpone life-saving procedures for their patients because they do not have the necessary drugs.

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, ordered to surrender himself to start a 15-month jail term for contempt, said Sunday he would not be doing so by the court-set deadline.

The four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape, torture and killing of a young medical student in Delhi are a step closer to being hanged after the Supreme Court today dismissed the last review petition in the case, filed by one of the convicts. Confirming the death sentence of convict Akshay Kumar Singh, the court said he had the option of pleading ...

Pakistan will amend its Army Act to enable Indian convict Kulbhushan Jadhav to appeal his death sentence in a civilian court, reports said on Wednesday. The former officer was tried and sentenced by a Pakistani military court and current laws do not allow appeal.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to stop the abuse of blasphemy laws after the release of Asia Bibi, who escaped a death sentence in a case that drew international scrutiny.

A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced a former soldier to 5,160 years in prison for the massacre of 201 peasants during one of the worst atrocities of the Central American nation's civil war.

An elderly couple from Mumbai has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking permission for "active euthanasia", which involves knowingly doing something to let the person die. In the letter, 86-year-old Narayan Lavate, said that he does not have children and they don't suffer from any major health problem, but "we are of no use to the ...

Condemned to death twice for spying, Seo Ok-Ryol spent three decades in prison, most of it in solitary confinement. Now aged 90, the only thing he wants to do before he dies is go home -- to North Korea

India has sought consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav 15 times from Pakistan and will do all it can to ensure justice is done, the foreign ministry said today. Mr Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court last week on charges of spying.

After Delhi made it clear that Pakistan's planned execution of Indian Kulbhushan Jadhav will be considered "pre-meditated murder", newspapers in Pakistan are asking if the death sentence was too hastily announced on Monday.

The death sentence for Indian Kulbhushan Jadhav was today described as "unprecedented" by the Pakistani media. Yesterday, a Pakistan military court sentenced Mr Jadhav to death after he was convicted of "espionage and sabotage activities". India has condemned the verdict as "indefensible" with Home Minister Rajnah Singh pledging that the governmen...

Indian man Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence in Pakistan was strongly condemned by MPs in parliament who urged the government to do everything possible to save him and bring him back to India. Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the house that the government would do whatever it takes to bring justice to the former navy man.