http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Wed, 22 May 2013 11:27:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/india/rejection-of-das-mercy-plea-by-former-president-patil-illegal-sc-747519.html#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 15:03:29 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=747519 In a first of its kind verdict, the Supreme Court has declared as "illegal" rejection of mercy petition of death row convict M N Das by the then President Pratibha Patil and commuted the sentence to life imprisonment on ground of 12 year delay in deciding his plea.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/rejection-of-das-mercy-plea-by-former-president-patil-illegal-sc-747519.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/sc-commutes-death-sentence-of-assam-murder-convict-mn-das-743421.html#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 07:03:40 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=743421 The apex court, which had refused to grant a similar relief to Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar on the ground of delay in deciding mercy plea, however, commuted death sentence of Das to life imprisonment.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/sc-commutes-death-sentence-of-assam-murder-convict-mn-das-743421.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/president-pranab-rejects-12-mercy-pleas-a-first-in-india-624385.html#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:25:35 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/?p=624385 The President has ordered death penalty for twelve convicts in the last nine months, a rate faster than any President in the last 15 years. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/president-pranab-rejects-12-mercy-pleas-a-first-in-india-624385.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/guess-pratibha-patils-last-travel-bill-as-president-587803.html#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:29:37 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=587803 The chartering of the Air India Boeing 747-400 jumbo for her two-nation trip to South Africa and Seychelles from 29 April to 8 May last year alone cost Rs 16.38 crore.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/guess-pratibha-patils-last-travel-bill-as-president-587803.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/gangrape-culprits-have-no-right-to-live-pratibha-patil-572802.html#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:35:14 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=572802 Condoling death of the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim, former President Pratibha Patil has said the perpetrators of the crime "had no right to live". ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/gangrape-culprits-have-no-right-to-live-pratibha-patil-572802.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sikkim-lokayukta-bill-gets-presidential-nod-433577.html#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:32:23 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=433577 The Sikkim Lokayukta Bill has got the presidential assent turning it into an act seeking to check corruption in the state, official sources said on Tuesday.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/sikkim-lokayukta-bill-gets-presidential-nod-433577.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/from-a-palace-patil-now-shifts-to-a-four-bedroom-house-391001.html#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:29:50 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=391001 http://www.firstpost.com/india/from-a-palace-patil-now-shifts-to-a-four-bedroom-house-391001.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/photos/images-its-president-pranab-mukherjee-now-390622.html#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:52:43 +0000 FP Politics http://www.firstpost.com/?p=390622 Pranab Mukherjee was sworn in as the 13th President of India today in the Central Hall of the Parliament. Images from his swearing-in ceremony and after. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/photos/images-its-president-pranab-mukherjee-now-390622.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-pranab-shouldnt-hire-pratibha-patils-speech-writer-390193.html#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:46:24 +0000 Roy http://www.firstpost.com/?p=390193 The press owes Pratibha Devisingh Patil an apology. They have called her do-nothing, tone-deaf, lacklustre, undistinguished. But her last speech to the citizens shows us that she has her finger on the pulse of the nation.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-pranab-shouldnt-hire-pratibha-patils-speech-writer-390193.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/patils-presidency-smooth-but-most-uneventful-389508.html#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:19:41 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=389508 Lacklustre, unmotivating and homespun. As Pratibha Patil prepared to walk into history as India's first woman president, analysts struggled to encapsulate her five-year tenure.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/patils-presidency-smooth-but-most-uneventful-389508.html/feed 0