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Top Court Fumes At Centre Over No-Show In Beant Singh Assassin Case
Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is convicted for his involvement in an explosion that killed then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, has filed a petition for commutation of his death sentence.
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Why Kerala Family Wants To Ask Supreme Court For Mercy Killing Permission
A couple in Kerala said they will go to request the Supreme Court to allow mercy killing of all five members of the family as they are unable to continue the treatment of their children, suffering from a rare congenital disease.
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Andhra Boy With Rare Disease Dies Hours After Mother's Mercy Killing Plea
The mother of a nine-year-old boy with a rare blood disease went to a court in Telangana on Tuesday requesting medical help for her son or mercy killing.
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12-Year-Old Son Of Death Row Convict Shabnam Ali Asks President For Mercy
A prison in Uttar Pradesh is preparing for what could be the first-ever hanging of a woman convict in independent India. Shabnam Ali was sentenced to death for killing seven members of her family, including a baby, in 2008.
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"Have Left Our Security To God's Mercy": J&K Politicians On Terror Attacks
The fear of being vulnerable to terrorist attacks has gripped mainstream political workers across parties in Kashmir after the recent killing of a BJP leader and his two family members in Bandipore. Political workers say they are fearing for their lives; those whose security have been withdrawn are terrified.
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3 Nirbhaya Convicts Move UN Court In Latest Attempt To Stall Execution
Three of the four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape and killing of Nirbhaya today petitioned the United Nation's International Court of Justice (ICJ) in another eleventh-hour attempt to stall their hanging, scheduled on Friday.
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Death For Nirbhaya Convict, Confirms Supreme Court, Review Dismissed
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 ...
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Sri Lankan Refugee Seeks Mercy Killing If Not Given Indian Citizenship
A Sri Lankan refugee in Salem district in Tamil Nadu created a flutter on Monday by seeking mercy killing if he was not granted an Indian citizenship.
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Top Court Reconfirms Death Penalty For Coimbatore Rape-And-Murder Convict
A man convicted of "horribly" gang-raping a 10-year-old girl before murdering her along with her little brother in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore in 2010 does not deserve mercy, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing his petition against the death sentence.
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Gujarat Man Seeks Mercy Killing Of Daughter; Moves High Court
The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued notice to the state government on a petition by a man seeking mercy killing of his 23-year-old daughter suffering from cerebral palsy, a set of neurological disorders that affect muscle movement and coordination.
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4 Including A Cop Dead After Shooting At Chicago's Hospital
A man showed up to Mercy Hospital Monday afternoon and opened fire on a woman believed to be his former fiancee before turning the gun on others, killing four people, including a police officer and the gunman himself.
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11 Arrested After Mob Attack Kills Man, Injures 3 In Assam
Eleven people have been arrested after a man was beaten to death and three others critically injured by a mob in Assam's Biswanath district that suspected them to be cattle thieves on Thursday. All those arrested are from the Adivasi community who work in the Diplunga Tea Estate, about 250 km from Guwahati.
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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict's Mother Seeks "Mercy Killing" Of Son
With President Ram Nath Kovind reportedly rejecting Tamil Nadu government's plea to release seven Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts, the mother of one of them has demanded "mercy killing" of her son.
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Denied Job By Airline, Transgender Seeks "Mercy Killing"
In a letter addressed to President Ram Nath kovind, a transgender person has sought mercy killing after being denied a job as a cabin crew member in Air India.
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Once Promised Paradise, ISIS Terrorists End Up In Mass Graves
The ISIS once drew recruits from near and far with promises of paradise but now bodies of terrorists lie in mass graves or at the mercy of wild dogs as its "caliphate" collapses
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Top Court Fumes At Centre Over No-Show In Beant Singh Assassin Case
Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is convicted for his involvement in an explosion that killed then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, has filed a petition for commutation of his death sentence.
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Why Kerala Family Wants To Ask Supreme Court For Mercy Killing Permission
A couple in Kerala said they will go to request the Supreme Court to allow mercy killing of all five members of the family as they are unable to continue the treatment of their children, suffering from a rare congenital disease.
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Andhra Boy With Rare Disease Dies Hours After Mother's Mercy Killing Plea
The mother of a nine-year-old boy with a rare blood disease went to a court in Telangana on Tuesday requesting medical help for her son or mercy killing.
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12-Year-Old Son Of Death Row Convict Shabnam Ali Asks President For Mercy
A prison in Uttar Pradesh is preparing for what could be the first-ever hanging of a woman convict in independent India. Shabnam Ali was sentenced to death for killing seven members of her family, including a baby, in 2008.
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"Have Left Our Security To God's Mercy": J&K Politicians On Terror Attacks
The fear of being vulnerable to terrorist attacks has gripped mainstream political workers across parties in Kashmir after the recent killing of a BJP leader and his two family members in Bandipore. Political workers say they are fearing for their lives; those whose security have been withdrawn are terrified.
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3 Nirbhaya Convicts Move UN Court In Latest Attempt To Stall Execution
Three of the four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape and killing of Nirbhaya today petitioned the United Nation's International Court of Justice (ICJ) in another eleventh-hour attempt to stall their hanging, scheduled on Friday.
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Death For Nirbhaya Convict, Confirms Supreme Court, Review Dismissed
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 ...
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Sri Lankan Refugee Seeks Mercy Killing If Not Given Indian Citizenship
A Sri Lankan refugee in Salem district in Tamil Nadu created a flutter on Monday by seeking mercy killing if he was not granted an Indian citizenship.
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Top Court Reconfirms Death Penalty For Coimbatore Rape-And-Murder Convict
A man convicted of "horribly" gang-raping a 10-year-old girl before murdering her along with her little brother in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore in 2010 does not deserve mercy, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing his petition against the death sentence.
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Gujarat Man Seeks Mercy Killing Of Daughter; Moves High Court
The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued notice to the state government on a petition by a man seeking mercy killing of his 23-year-old daughter suffering from cerebral palsy, a set of neurological disorders that affect muscle movement and coordination.
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4 Including A Cop Dead After Shooting At Chicago's Hospital
A man showed up to Mercy Hospital Monday afternoon and opened fire on a woman believed to be his former fiancee before turning the gun on others, killing four people, including a police officer and the gunman himself.
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11 Arrested After Mob Attack Kills Man, Injures 3 In Assam
Eleven people have been arrested after a man was beaten to death and three others critically injured by a mob in Assam's Biswanath district that suspected them to be cattle thieves on Thursday. All those arrested are from the Adivasi community who work in the Diplunga Tea Estate, about 250 km from Guwahati.
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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict's Mother Seeks "Mercy Killing" Of Son
With President Ram Nath Kovind reportedly rejecting Tamil Nadu government's plea to release seven Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts, the mother of one of them has demanded "mercy killing" of her son.
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Denied Job By Airline, Transgender Seeks "Mercy Killing"
In a letter addressed to President Ram Nath kovind, a transgender person has sought mercy killing after being denied a job as a cabin crew member in Air India.
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Once Promised Paradise, ISIS Terrorists End Up In Mass Graves
The ISIS once drew recruits from near and far with promises of paradise but now bodies of terrorists lie in mass graves or at the mercy of wild dogs as its "caliphate" collapses
