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Alexei Navalny's Wife Says Tests Show Her Husband Was Poisoned
The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that laboratory analysis of smuggled biological samples found he was killed by poisoning while incarcerated at an Arctic prison in February 2024.
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Self-Styled Godman Rampal's Life Sentence Suspended In Disciples' Death Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the life sentence of self-styled godman Rampal, seven years after he was awarded it in a case involving the death of five disciples.
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UP Man Jailed For 10 Years For Killing Wife Over Dowry, Faking Death As Covid Case
A fast-track court in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for killing his wife over dowry demand while falsely showing her death as due to coronavirus.
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Indian Driver Jailed In Singapore For Killing Professor While Using Phone
An Indian national was sentenced to two years and a month in jail and fined SGD2,000 on Friday by a Singapore court for killing a senior National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor in a road accident in 2023.
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"Word Spreads Faster Than Wind About Woman Harassed For Dowry": Top Court
Word spreads faster than the wind about a woman being harassed for dowry by the parents-in-law, the Supreme Court on Friday said while acquitting a woman accused of subjecting her daughter-in-law to cruelty.
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Supreme Court Overturns Own Death Penalty Order For Rape-Murder Convict
The Supreme Court has said that it can revisit its own verdict of a death sentence if it is convinced that the accused has been condemned to the death penalty without ensuring that the guidelines mandated by the top court were followed.
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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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Assam Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Woman Who Refused To Marry Him
A local court in Assam on Thursday sentenced a man to death for murdering a woman exactly four years ago for refusing his marriage proposal, officials said.
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Man, 21, Gets 14-Week Jail For Racist Death Threat Emails To Rishi Sunak
A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 weeks' imprisonment and a two-year restraining order for sending racist death threats to Rishi Sunak in June last year, when he was still the British prime minister.
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Iran Publically Executes Man For Murdering Family Of 4
Murder and rape are punishable by death in Iran, which is second only to China in terms of the number of executions it carries out, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.
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On The Run For 24 Years, Murder Accused Arrested In Odisha: Police
Odisha Police have arrested a 52-year-old man, who had been on the run for the last 24 years after being accused in a murder case, an officer said on Tuesday.
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"Judges Should Never Be Bloodthirsty": High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term
Observing that judges should never be "bloodthirsty", the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered the death sentence of a man be commuted to life imprisonment for the murder of his maternal uncle.
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Saudi Arabia Executes 8 In A Day Amid Spike In Drug-Related Death Sentences
Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the Gulf monarchy particularly over drug-related convictions.
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"Stood Firm Despite Odds": Probe Team Chief Praises Survivor In Ex-MP Prajwal Revanna Rape Case
Special Investigation Team (SIT) Chief BK Singh, who led the probe into the obscene video and rape case of former MP Prajwal Revanna, stated that there were repeated attempts at every stage to delay or obstruct the verdict.
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Alexei Navalny's Wife Says Tests Show Her Husband Was Poisoned
The wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that laboratory analysis of smuggled biological samples found he was killed by poisoning while incarcerated at an Arctic prison in February 2024.
-
Self-Styled Godman Rampal's Life Sentence Suspended In Disciples' Death Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the life sentence of self-styled godman Rampal, seven years after he was awarded it in a case involving the death of five disciples.
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UP Man Jailed For 10 Years For Killing Wife Over Dowry, Faking Death As Covid Case
A fast-track court in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for killing his wife over dowry demand while falsely showing her death as due to coronavirus.
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Indian Driver Jailed In Singapore For Killing Professor While Using Phone
An Indian national was sentenced to two years and a month in jail and fined SGD2,000 on Friday by a Singapore court for killing a senior National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor in a road accident in 2023.
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"Word Spreads Faster Than Wind About Woman Harassed For Dowry": Top Court
Word spreads faster than the wind about a woman being harassed for dowry by the parents-in-law, the Supreme Court on Friday said while acquitting a woman accused of subjecting her daughter-in-law to cruelty.
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Supreme Court Overturns Own Death Penalty Order For Rape-Murder Convict
The Supreme Court has said that it can revisit its own verdict of a death sentence if it is convinced that the accused has been condemned to the death penalty without ensuring that the guidelines mandated by the top court were followed.
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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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Assam Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Woman Who Refused To Marry Him
A local court in Assam on Thursday sentenced a man to death for murdering a woman exactly four years ago for refusing his marriage proposal, officials said.
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Man, 21, Gets 14-Week Jail For Racist Death Threat Emails To Rishi Sunak
A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 weeks' imprisonment and a two-year restraining order for sending racist death threats to Rishi Sunak in June last year, when he was still the British prime minister.
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Iran Publically Executes Man For Murdering Family Of 4
Murder and rape are punishable by death in Iran, which is second only to China in terms of the number of executions it carries out, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.
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On The Run For 24 Years, Murder Accused Arrested In Odisha: Police
Odisha Police have arrested a 52-year-old man, who had been on the run for the last 24 years after being accused in a murder case, an officer said on Tuesday.
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"Judges Should Never Be Bloodthirsty": High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term
Observing that judges should never be "bloodthirsty", the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered the death sentence of a man be commuted to life imprisonment for the murder of his maternal uncle.
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Saudi Arabia Executes 8 In A Day Amid Spike In Drug-Related Death Sentences
Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death penalty in the Gulf monarchy particularly over drug-related convictions.
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"Stood Firm Despite Odds": Probe Team Chief Praises Survivor In Ex-MP Prajwal Revanna Rape Case
Special Investigation Team (SIT) Chief BK Singh, who led the probe into the obscene video and rape case of former MP Prajwal Revanna, stated that there were repeated attempts at every stage to delay or obstruct the verdict.
