Sources: Reuters
A court in Geneva, Switzerland, sentences Indian-born billionaire Prakash Hinduja and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in Cologny. 2024-06-21
A court in India sentences two men to death over a train bombing in 2005 which killed 14 people. 2024-01-3
India surpasses eight million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second country to pass the milestone after the United States. 2020-10-29
Complete lockdowns are announced in 30 states and union territories of India in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. 2020-03-24
A court in India sentences Mirza Himayat Baig to death for plotting the 2010 Pune bombing of a bakery which killed 17 people in Pune. 2013-04-19
The Indian state of Gujarat seeks the death penalty for ten people involved in the Naroda Patiya massacre in 2002 including former minister Maya Kodnani who had been earlier sentenced to prison sentences. 2013-04-17
India's Supreme Court clears the way for the execution of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, a Sikh militant, rejecting his appeal for his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. 2013-04-12
Afzal Guru is hanged at Tihar Jail in New Delhi, India, for his role in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. 2013-02-9
The trial of five men accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case begins today, while President of India Pranab Mukherjee approves the death penalty for rapists. 2013-02-5
India executes Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunmen in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. He is hanged after his mercy petition is rejected. 2012-11-21