On February 4, the Telangana government announced the criteria for sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the state, as recommended by a one-membe ...

India's relationship with numbers is a blend of myth, politics, and hype. But its civilisational struggle with numbers is not ...

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

Kolkata, Jan 25 (PTI) Amid the raging debate over a Kolkata court sentencing R G Kar hospital rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death, legal luminaries are unequivocal in their ...

Of the many executive orders President Donald Trump issued, one reinstates federal capital punishment. The order, “Restoring the death penalty and protecting policy safety,” states that capital ...

In India, capital punishment is supposed to be awarded in the “rarest of rare” situations. The disparity in the sentences of Greeshma and Roy has raised questions about the inconsistent and ...

Donald Trump has become America’s 47th president (Sky News) It also claimed that 'judges who oppose capital punishment have likewise disregarded the law by falsely claiming that capital ...

Trump’s order, coming just hours after he returned to the White House, compels the Justice Department to not only seek the death penalty in appropriate federal cases but also to help preserve capital ...

Asserting that the case warrants capital punishment ... were other culprits who had escaped punishment. Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) India, one of the organisations that ...

In India 'capital punishment' is given in only the 'rarest of the rare' cases. The death sentences are also criticised by a quarter, citing humanitarian grounds. Notwithstanding, there were some ...

The charges under which Roy has been convicted entail a minimum sentence of life imprisonment, while the maximum can be capital punishment. The court heard statements by accused Roy and the Central ...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee demands capital punishment for Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering a 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Medical College. The court, basing the ...