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Pakistani terrorist Arif Mohammad can still challenge the rejection of mercy petition citing delay: Here is how that will change with the new criminal...

Shraddha Pandey - 14 June, 2024

The new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita sets time limits for deciding mercy petitions, ensuring no commutations citing inordinate delays

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Madhya Pradesh: Woman loses vision in one eye after Ayan Pathan put chillies in her eyes during torture, culprit’s illegal construction demolished

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2024

The 23-year-old Hindu woman who was assaulted, raped and tortured by 24-year-old Ayan Pathan in Guna, Madhya Pradesh has lost sight in one eye

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Pakistan: 22-year-old student sentenced to death for blasphemy against the Prophet, another 17-year-old student gets life imprisonment in same case

OpIndia Staff - 9 March, 2024

The cybercrime unit of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Lahore filed a complaint against the student in 2022 on blasphemy charges.

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Mumbai train blast: Death row convict Siddiqui seeks details of officers who investigated his case, Delhi HC turns down petition

ANI - 5 March, 2024

"The information is of such a nature, if given to the Petitioner, may expose these officers to grave danger," Justice Prasad held.

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‘It would not have happened without PM Modi’s personal intervention’: Navy veterans released from Qatar thank PM. Here is a timeline of the saga

OpIndia Staff - 12 February, 2024

Indian Navy veterans thanked PM Modi for his personal intervention to secure their release from Qatar

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Qatar court accepts India’s appeal against death penalty awarded to navy veterans accused of espionage, next hearing soon

OpIndia Staff - 24 November, 2023

A Qatari court accepted the appeal document filed by India against the death penalty awarded to eight Indian sailors in Qatar

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India files appeal against the death penalty for 8 former navy officers in Qatar, MEA says the court verdict is confidential

OpIndia Staff - 9 November, 2023

The MEA informed that India has appealed against the death sentence awarded to eight of its citizens.

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8 ex-Indian navy officers sentenced to death by Qatar. Here is what we know about the Indians accused of espionage charges by Qatar Govt

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2023

A court in Qatar awarded a death sentence to eight ex-Indian Navy officers on charges of espionage

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‘Deeply shocked’: MEA expresses concern as Qatar court awards death penalty to 8 ex-Indian navy officers

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2023

Qatar court has awarded a death sentence to the eight decorated ex-Indian Navy officers whom the Qatari intelligence service had arbitrarily arrested in Doha last year on charges of espionage

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