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Bengaluru: The Supreme Court today rejected the curative petition of two convicts in the Nirbhaya case. The two convicts – Vinay and Mukesh knocked on the door of the top court for one last time, but the top court found no merit in their plea, thereby only facilitating their hanging on the 22nd of this month.

In all likelihood, the Christian hymn ‘Abide With Me’ played during the Beating Retreat ceremony, which takes place on January 29, three days after Republic Day will be shelved this time and replaced with Vande  Mataram.

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