The Supreme Court acquitted ten prisoners who had been on death row, the highest number of such acquittals in the past decade. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court of India has not confirmed a single death penalty in the last three years, according to an annual statistics report on death penalties in...

1 min readNew DelhiFeb 4, 2026 04:46 AM IST With just a month before the March 2026 deadline to wipe out Naxalism, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed Parliament on Tuesday that the number of LWE-affected districts have shrunk from 126 in 2018 to only eight as of December 2025, with three remaining the most...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday defended the government’s zero-tolerance policy against crime, questioning criticism of police action against criminals and asking whether police should “take bullets” if they do not fire in response. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Uttar Pradesh Pharma Conclave 1.0, the Chief Minister said strict and consistent...