New Delhi: One of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order dismissing his plea that he was a juvenile at the time of the incident in December 2012. The Delhi High Court in December declined to entertain Pawan Kumar Gupta’s plea claiming he […]
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Nirbhaya convicts will now be hanged to death at Delhi’s Tihar Jail on February 1
New Delhi: The Nirbhaya convicts will now be hanged to death at Delhi’s Tihar Jail at 6 a.m. on February 1. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora on Friday issued fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the case after being informed by Tihar Jail authorities that the mercy plea of convict Mukesh has […]
Kapil Mishra, Vijender Gupta among 57 in BJP’s 1st Delhi list
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday released its first list of candidates for the February 8 Delhi Assembly elections, comprising 57 names including senior leader Vijender Gupta who will fight from Rohini and AAP rebel Kapil Mishra from Model Town. Gupta was among the BJP’s three winning candidates in the 2015 elections, while Mishra is […]
President rejects Nirbhaya convict’s mercy plea
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday rejected the mercy petition of 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case convict Mukesh Singh, officials said. President’s decision came a day after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday night sent Mukesh’s mercy petition to him recommending its rejection, hours after the plea was received from […]
Bengal not to join MHA meet on NPR, Census
New Delhi: West Bengal in a written communication to the Ministry of Home Affairs has informed that it will not be present in the meeting convened on Friday to discuss the upcoming census and National Population Register (NPR) exercises with the states for their cooperation, Ministry sources said on Friday. All states have agreed to […]
Delhi HC seeks CBI response on Kuldeep Sengar’s plea challenging his conviction and imprisonment till death
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the response from the CBI on a plea filed by rape convict and former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar challenging his conviction and imprisonment till the last breath. A Division Bench of Justice Manmohan Singh and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal issued notice to the CBI. The expelled […]
No BJP list even after party’s poll body meet
New Delhi: The BJP Central Election Committee meeting held late on Thursday and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah has not thrown up any candidate names for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls. It is believed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will either release a first list comprising more than 40 names […]
Amazon not doing India a favour by investing a billion dollars: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal not only ticked off Amazon and its boss Jeff Bezos saying that they are not doing India a favour by investing a billion dollars, but also raised concerns if its losses were a result of predatory pricing and if Amazon and Flipkart were gaining entry into multi-brand retail […]
Nirbhaya convicts shifted to Jail No. 3: Tihar officials
New Delhi: Amid the uncertainty over the date of execution of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, all the four criminals facing death-row have been shifted to Tihar prison complex’s jail number 3 where their hanging would take place, officials said. The Tihar administration, busy with preparation for the execution of the […]
J&K police bust terror module in Srinagar, foil big terror attack, 5 held
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police have busted a terror module in Srinagar with the arrest of five men who were planning to carry out a terror attack, DIG (central Kashmir) D.S. Virdi said at a press conference in Srinagar on Thursday. “The group was planning to carry out a big terror attack,” Virdi said. All […]