Hanging

'Justice finally granted': 2012 Delhi gangrape victim's parents hail hanging of four convicts, say historic day for all women

The victim's father, Badrinath Singh hailed the hanging saying that their daughter had finally got the justice, seven years after she was brutalised in a moving bus in Delhi. He said that this day is dedicated for all the women of the country.

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Seven years later, all four death row convicts executed for crime that shook nation

The hanging was carried out as per schedule in Delhi's Tihar jail after a three-judge Supreme Court bench rejected the final plea by the convicts' lawyer AP Singh to stay their execution in a late-night hearing.

2012 Delhi gangrape: All legal routes closed, four convicts set to hang at 5.30 am today

All legal routes to escape the noose closed on Thursday for the four men convicted in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case who are now hours away from being hanged, seven years-three months after brutalising a young woman in a Delhi bus with a barbarity that shook the nation

Class 9 student commits suicide in Delhi after allegedly being harassed, molested by two teachers

A Class IX student, Ikisha Raghav Shah, committed suicide in Noida after allegedly being harassed by two male teachers, according to CNN News18

'Humane' death penalty is an oxymoron: SC should focus on improving quality of investigation, trials instead

The Supreme Court's observations give rise to the obvious question: is it even possible for the State to ensure a peaceful and dignified death for criminals?

Kulbhushan Jadhav row: International Court of Justice stays former naval officer's hanging by Pakistan

The International Court of Justice has stayed the hanging of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "spying", reports said.

Self-immolation rate high among homemakers due to domestic violence

Indian men are twice as likely as women to kill themselves, but of all the methods of suicide, self-immolation is the only one that claims more women than men

Death row inmates as alive as dead bodies: Report highlights flaws in justice system

The report also tries to bring out the fact that there are very serious and real social costs to the experience that prisoners and their families go through.

Latehar on the edge after two Muslim cattle traders are found hanging from a tree

Jharkhand’s Latehar district was on the edge on Saturday, after the bodies of two Muslim cattle traders were found hanging from a tree in Jhabbar village

JNU student found dead in Delhi, police suspect suicide

A student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was found dead in Ber Sarai area of south Delhi on Thursday.