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Kansas City man sentenced in death of missionary from China

Death penalty ‘definitely not a solution’: Activists, lawyers on how to stop rape incidents

8:39 pm December 2, 2019

New Delhi: As members of parliament demanded stringent punishment for rape convicts including death penalty, lynching, and castration, women rights activists and lawyers argued on Monday it was “definitely not the solution”. Delhi-based social activist and human rights campaigner Shabnam Hashmi said mandating death penalty will only “adversely affect” the cause of women. “Death penalty […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

Fake news bigger menace than paid news: Javadekar

7:20 pm November 16, 2019

New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday that fake news was a bigger menace than paid news and urged the media fraternity to introspect about ways to deal with it. Speaking at an event organised by the Press Council of India to observe National Press Day and confer National Awards for Excellence in […]

Trump lynching claim renews pain for kin of actual victims

10:05 pm October 23, 2019

MONTGOMERY, Alabama: Willie Edwards Jr., a black truck driver, was killed by Ku Klux Klansmen who forced him to jump off a bridge in Alabama in 1957. Two years earlier, white men had bludgeoned black teenager Emmett Till to death in Mississippi. No one went to prison for either slaying. Both people died in racist […]

J’khand minister terms lynching a ‘stray’ incident

9:11 pm June 27, 2019

New Delhi: Jharkhand Food Minister Saryu Rai Thursday said the recent lynching of a Muslim man in the state was a “stray” incident and steps will be taken to ensure such crime does not occur. Condemning the incident, he said the state government’s endeavour would be to address the gaps in the law and order […]