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China: Man jailed for 3 yrs for mercy killing of mother

A Chinese migrant worker has been sentenced to three years in jail for acceding to his paralysed mot...

`16 cases of mercy petition disposed of in 3 yrs`

16 mercy petitions have been disposed of during the last three-and-a-half years, which is more than ...

No plan to review laws on death sentence: PC

There were no plans to review laws on death sentence, Home Minister P Chidambaram clarified and said...

Govt rejects mercy plea of rapist Umesh Reddy

The Karnataka government on Monday rejected the mercy plea of serial rapist BA Umesh Reddy who has b...

Cop seeks mercy killing after facing harassment

A police constable has sought mercy killing from the President after he was allegedly harassed by se...

Apex court seeks time frame for deciding mercy pleas

The Supreme Court asked the government to set a time frame for deciding death row convicts` mercy pe...

SC`s fiat to Centre on death convicts` mercy pleas

Supreme Court asked the Centre to furnish details of the number of mercy petitions disposed off by ...

Death row convict awaits decision on his mercy plea

Lodged in the Ambala Central Jail for the past 19 years, an inmate on death row still waits for his...

SC concerned over delay in deciding mercy pleas

Expressing concern over delay by the Centre and state governments in deciding mercy pleas of prisone...

Supreme Court asks for mercy plea details

An apex court bench of Justices said they will examine pendency of all the 17 mercy petitions pendin...

Prez decision not taken on Afzal Guru`s mercy peti

Guru has been sentenced to death for his involvement in 2001 Parliament attack which killed 13 peopl...

Pak govt not considering Sarabjit clemency

The issue of clemency for Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh is neither under consideration ...

J&K Assembly to take up Afzal mercy plea on Sep 28

The resolution has been submitted to the Assembly speaker by independent legislator Engineer Rashid....

Mercy petitions not exempted from RTI Act: CIC

CIC directed the Rashtrapati Bhavan that mercy petitions filed before the President should be disclo...

Mercy pleas: Congress refuses to join debate

Congress refused to be drawn into a debate over President Pratibha Patil`s rejection of the clemency...

President rejects mercy plea of Rajiv’s assassins

The apex court had sentenced members of the banned LTTE Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan and Nalini to ...

Reject Afzal`s mercy plea, govt advises Prez

Govt is understood to have recommended to the President rejection of the clemency petition of Parlia...

First Mercy Ravi award presented to Sheila Dixit

The award has been instituted in memory of Congress leader late Mercy Ravi, wife of Union Minister...

SC seeks timely disposal of mercy petition

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the central govt seeking time-bound disposal of mercy petitio...

17 mercy petitions pending before President

Mercy petitions of 17 people on death row are pending before President Pratibha Patil, a reply to a ...

BJP MP seeks mercy killing over inflation

Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief Prabhat Jha on Monday wrote a four-page letter to Presid...

Cong steers clear of issue of Bhullar`s mercy petition

Cong steered clear of the issue of rejection of Khalistan militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar`s merc...

UP govt seeks police view before forwarding Koli`s mercy plea

Before forwarding the mercy petition of Nithari prime accused Surendra Koli to the President, the ...

Nithari: Death warrant for Koli; mercy plea filed

In the horrifying Nithari killing case of 2006, a special court on Monday issued death warrant for t...

UN approves military force as Gaddafi threatens rebels

Muammar Gaddafi vowed to crush Libya`s revolt with "no mercy, no pity".

Bihar parents seek mercy killing for two sons

Asha Devi is aware of the cruel irony. "Mothers seek long lives for their children, but here I am se...

Chronology: Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug

Following is the chronology of events relating to the 60-year-old KEM nurse Aruna Ramachandra Shan...

Aruna Shanbaug`s colleagues, hospital staff welcome SC ruling

There was joy and elation among Aruna Shanbaug`s former colleagues and nurses tending to her after ...

Afzal Guru`s mercy petition not yet sent to Prez

The mercy petition for Afzal Guru, convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the Parliament H...

SC seeks doctors presence in Euthanasia mercy killing plea

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the personal presence of a 3-member team of doctors from Mumbai...

Mercy petitions should be disposed within a year: Top lawyer

Strongly defending the provision of capital punishment, senior advocate K T S Tulsi on Monday term...

Fix a time frame for disposal of mercy petitions: Digvijay

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday said there was an urgent need to fix a time li...

Apex court to examine mercy killing plea

The apex court bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra said there was no law in the c...

Athlete Murali Kuttan dies, son wins gold

Unaware of the death of his father and ace athlete A G Murali Kuttan, young Sujith Kuttan emerged th...

N.Zealand plane makes Antarctic mercy dash

A Royal New Zealand Air Force plane evacuated a sick American man from Antarctica Tuesday.

10 condemned prisoners got `mercy` from Prez in three decades

Seventy-seven mercy petitions have been decided by the Presidents during the last 30 years out of ...

`Home Ministry to decide on Afzal Guru`

Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit has said Union Home Ministry will decide on the file pertaining to Parliamen...

`Kasab deserves no mercy`, says disabled girl`s father

Father of the 11-year-old girl disabled by the bullets of Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab is still an...

Sun shows no mercy, Bhusawal sizzles at 47.5 degrees

With the sun showing no mercy, it was another hot day today at most places in the country, includi...

England clarifies law on assisted suicide

Prosecutors in England and Wales received fresh guidelines on assisted suicide on Thursday to make i...

`Officials involved with Guru`s mercy plea can`t be named`

The Home Ministry has refused to disclose details of its officials who have given opinion on the mer...

British TV presenter arrested over mercy killing of lover

A veteran British broadcaster was arrested on suspicion of murder after admitting he smothered to ...

UK police to probe reporter`s mercy killing claim

A veteran British TV reporter claimed on the air Tuesday that he had used a pillow years ago to smot...

SC admits mercy death plea of rape victim

The Supreme Court has accepted a mercy death plea of a rape victim, who is now in coma.

Will show no mercy to opposition protesters: Iran

Iran will "show no mercy" toward opposition protesters seen as threatening national security, a judi...

Decide on mercy petitions quickly: SC tells govt

The Supreme Court has said the government has a duty to decide on the mercy petitions of those sen...

UP couple seeks mercy killing of four sons from Prez

While parents routinely pray for their children`s long life and prosperity, a couple in Uttar Prades...

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