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Opinion | Why Calling Hasina's Trial 'Unfair' Is Missing The Point Entirely
This whole process essentially marks a departure from past eras in Bangladesh when trials-even of mass atrocity-were weak on facts, heavy on politics.
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32-Year-Old Telangana Man Gets Death Penalty For Murdering Wife, 2 Children
A court in Vikarabad district on Thursday awarded a death sentence to a 32-year-old man for brutally murdering his wife and two children in August 2019.
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Opinion | Dhaka Irony: How A Court Set Up By Hasina's Father Sentenced Her To Death
As each day passes, the darkness of religious intolerance will only grow. That, in some ways, is even more dangerous. Especially now. Radicalism doesn't come out of a vacuum.
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Can India Deny Dhaka's Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina? What Rules Say
After Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, was sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity", the interim government in Dhaka urged India to immediately extradite the deposed leader.
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Opinion | With Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence, It's 1975 Again In Bangladesh
Hasina becomes an emblem of the circularity of South Asian history, where leaders are alternately elevated as saviours and condemned as tyrants, often within a single lifetime.
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"Very Troubling": Shashi Tharoor On Death Penalty To Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for "crimes against humanity".
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty, Dhaka Court Cites "Crimes Against Humanity"
Hasina, 78, is currently living in exile in India, after defying the tribunal's orders to face trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising on August 5, 2024.
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Death Penalty For 5 For Murdering Chittoor Mayor, Husband In 2015
Katari Anuradha and her husband, Katari Mohan, were murdered inside the Chittoor Municipal Corporation office in November 2015.
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In Doctor Suicide Case, Father's Death Penalty Appeal To Devendra Fadnavis
The father of the 26-year-old doctor who died by suicide in Maharashtra's Satara has sought the death penalty for the culprits responsible for her daughter's death.
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Plea Seeks Removal Of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt's Graves From Tihar Jail Premises
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to remove the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt, who were awarded death penalty and executed in Tihar jail.
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Honeymoon Murder Case: Raja Raghuvanshi's Family Seeks Death Penalty For His Accused Wife Sonam
A day after the Meghalaya police filed a chargesheet in Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi's murder, his family members on Saturday demanded death penalty for his wife Sonam, the prime accused in the case, and four others.
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"He's Only 28": Family Of Indian-Origin Truck Driver Behind US Crash Call For Light Penalty
The family and the entire village of Indian-origin trucker Harjinder Singh, who is staring at a potential 45-year jail sentence for allegedly causing a deadly crash in the US, is rallying behind him, calling for a lenient punishment.
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Assam Man, Who Killed Woman For Refusing To Marry Him, Sentenced To Death
A court in Assam's Dhemaji on Thursday sentenced a man to death for the brutal murder of a college student in 2021. According to officials, the man had killed the woman for refusing his marriage proposal.
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2 Months After RCB Stampede, Karnataka Assembly Passes 'Crowd Control' Bill
Over two months after the stampede that claimed 11 lives in Bengaluru during the RCB's felicitation ceremony on June 4, the Karnataka Assembly passed a new legislation aimed at ensuring safety at mass gatherings and public events.
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RG Kar Victim's Father Calls Aparajita Bill 'Deceptive,' Accuses Police Of Evidence Tampering
The father of the RG Kar rape and murder victim accused Kolkata Police of tampering with evidence and failing to act in his daughter's case, while reacting to the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill.
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Opinion | Why Calling Hasina's Trial 'Unfair' Is Missing The Point Entirely
This whole process essentially marks a departure from past eras in Bangladesh when trials-even of mass atrocity-were weak on facts, heavy on politics.
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32-Year-Old Telangana Man Gets Death Penalty For Murdering Wife, 2 Children
A court in Vikarabad district on Thursday awarded a death sentence to a 32-year-old man for brutally murdering his wife and two children in August 2019.
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Opinion | Dhaka Irony: How A Court Set Up By Hasina's Father Sentenced Her To Death
As each day passes, the darkness of religious intolerance will only grow. That, in some ways, is even more dangerous. Especially now. Radicalism doesn't come out of a vacuum.
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Can India Deny Dhaka's Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina? What Rules Say
After Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, was sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity", the interim government in Dhaka urged India to immediately extradite the deposed leader.
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Opinion | With Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence, It's 1975 Again In Bangladesh
Hasina becomes an emblem of the circularity of South Asian history, where leaders are alternately elevated as saviours and condemned as tyrants, often within a single lifetime.
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"Very Troubling": Shashi Tharoor On Death Penalty To Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for "crimes against humanity".
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty, Dhaka Court Cites "Crimes Against Humanity"
Hasina, 78, is currently living in exile in India, after defying the tribunal's orders to face trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising on August 5, 2024.
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Death Penalty For 5 For Murdering Chittoor Mayor, Husband In 2015
Katari Anuradha and her husband, Katari Mohan, were murdered inside the Chittoor Municipal Corporation office in November 2015.
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In Doctor Suicide Case, Father's Death Penalty Appeal To Devendra Fadnavis
The father of the 26-year-old doctor who died by suicide in Maharashtra's Satara has sought the death penalty for the culprits responsible for her daughter's death.
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Plea Seeks Removal Of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt's Graves From Tihar Jail Premises
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to remove the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt, who were awarded death penalty and executed in Tihar jail.
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Honeymoon Murder Case: Raja Raghuvanshi's Family Seeks Death Penalty For His Accused Wife Sonam
A day after the Meghalaya police filed a chargesheet in Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi's murder, his family members on Saturday demanded death penalty for his wife Sonam, the prime accused in the case, and four others.
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"He's Only 28": Family Of Indian-Origin Truck Driver Behind US Crash Call For Light Penalty
The family and the entire village of Indian-origin trucker Harjinder Singh, who is staring at a potential 45-year jail sentence for allegedly causing a deadly crash in the US, is rallying behind him, calling for a lenient punishment.
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Assam Man, Who Killed Woman For Refusing To Marry Him, Sentenced To Death
A court in Assam's Dhemaji on Thursday sentenced a man to death for the brutal murder of a college student in 2021. According to officials, the man had killed the woman for refusing his marriage proposal.
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2 Months After RCB Stampede, Karnataka Assembly Passes 'Crowd Control' Bill
Over two months after the stampede that claimed 11 lives in Bengaluru during the RCB's felicitation ceremony on June 4, the Karnataka Assembly passed a new legislation aimed at ensuring safety at mass gatherings and public events.
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RG Kar Victim's Father Calls Aparajita Bill 'Deceptive,' Accuses Police Of Evidence Tampering
The father of the RG Kar rape and murder victim accused Kolkata Police of tampering with evidence and failing to act in his daughter's case, while reacting to the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill.
