Sources: Reuters
A court in India sentences two men to death over a train bombing in 2005 which killed 14 people. 2024-01-3
A heatwave in Asia leads to deaths and school closures in India, and record-breaking temperatures in other countries. Luang Prabang, Laos, recorded a temperature of 42.7 C, while Tak, Thailand, recorded a temperature of 44.6 C. 2023-04-19
Eleven people are killed and six others are injured in a fire at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Ahmednagar, India. 2021-11-6
The death toll of Indian children who have died due to an acute encephalitis syndrome outbreak reaches 100. 2019-06-17
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