All Eight Accused Convicted

A court in Rampur on Friday convicted six of the eight accused in the attack on a CRPF camp 12 years ago. Two of the accused, Qauser Farouqi and Gulab Khan, have been acquitted.

The verdict in the gang-rape, torture and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, which shocked and disturbed the country, is expected to be pronounced by a special court in Pathankot shortly. Charges of rape and murder were framed against seven of eight accused in the case; one of them claimed to be a minor. The accused, i...

Situation in Pakistan returned to normalcy on Saturday as the massive countrywide protests led by hundreds of radical Islamist hardliners against the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case came to a halt following a deal with the government. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting ...

Union Minister Jayant Sinha who landed himself in a major controversy after felicitating eight men held guilty of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection, said in a series of tweets today that he was "honouring the due process of law".

Nearly seven years after the murder of veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey sent shock waves through the country, a court in Mumbai has convicted gangster Chhota Rajan in the case. He has been given life imprisonment for the crime. Former journalist Jigna Vora, who was accused of instigating Chhota Rajan for the murder, has been acquitted for lack of e...

After over 25 years, eight people convicted for the world's worst industrial disaster have been sentenced to two years in prison. Over 20,000 people were killed in the Bhopal gas tragedy of December 2-3, 1984.The sentencing came hours after a Bhopal court convicted the eight accused, including former Union Carbide of India Chairman Keshub Mahindra,...

A court in Rampur on Friday convicted six of the eight accused in the attack on a CRPF camp 12 years ago. Two of the accused, Qauser Farouqi and Gulab Khan, have been acquitted.

The verdict in the gang-rape, torture and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, which shocked and disturbed the country, is expected to be pronounced by a special court in Pathankot shortly. Charges of rape and murder were framed against seven of eight accused in the case; one of them claimed to be a minor. The accused, i...

Situation in Pakistan returned to normalcy on Saturday as the massive countrywide protests led by hundreds of radical Islamist hardliners against the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case came to a halt following a deal with the government. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting ...

Union Minister Jayant Sinha who landed himself in a major controversy after felicitating eight men held guilty of killing a meat trader in the name of cow protection, said in a series of tweets today that he was "honouring the due process of law".

Nearly seven years after the murder of veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey sent shock waves through the country, a court in Mumbai has convicted gangster Chhota Rajan in the case. He has been given life imprisonment for the crime. Former journalist Jigna Vora, who was accused of instigating Chhota Rajan for the murder, has been acquitted for lack of e...

After over 25 years, eight people convicted for the world's worst industrial disaster have been sentenced to two years in prison. Over 20,000 people were killed in the Bhopal gas tragedy of December 2-3, 1984.The sentencing came hours after a Bhopal court convicted the eight accused, including former Union Carbide of India Chairman Keshub Mahindra,...