2012  

A Delhi court issued death warrants against the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The verdict pronounced stated that the four convicts will be hanged on January 22 at 7am. Do not miss the top stories of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.

 

Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case, had moved the court claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence in 2012 and should be treated under the Juvenile Justice Act

The Supreme Court dismissed the review petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The review petitions of the three other convicts, Mukesh, 30, Pawan Gupta, 23, and Vinay Sharma, 24, had been dismissed earlier.
 

Here is what one-member judicial inquiry commission led by Justice Vijay Kumar Agarwal had to say on CRPF's killing of 17 persons in a gunfight at Sarkeguda in Chhattisgarh
 

From 2005 till October 31 this year, nearly 1000 terrorists have been killed while trying to cross over into India through Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Watch the top headlines of the day from across India on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Earlier, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) recommended President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy plea of 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma

After the retirement of CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde has been sworn in as the next Chief Justice of India. He was sworn in as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh high court on October 16, 2012.

Nearly 1,800 Wahhabi preachers came to South India between 2006 and 2012. They preached, they radicalised, and they left, and the government sat over it.
 

Anupam Kher has shared the screen with Hollywood star Robert De Niro in 'Silver Linings Playbook' in 2012 took to social media to share the snap of them along with a heartwarming message.

A 21-year-old Madurai-based law aspirant, Premalatha has been invited to address the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Social Forum. The law student named Premalatha will address the forum at the screening of 'A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education', a 2012 documentary in which she featured.

The Indian woman police officer who led the investigation into the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case, has been conferred with the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award for redefining the role of female police officers

On September 9, 2012, ISRO successfully launched a French Satellite called SPOT 6. It is a remote sensing satellite. 

Today (August 29) is National Sports Day. To commemorate the legendary Indian hockey player Major Dhyan Chand’s birth anniversary, it was decided in 2012 to celebrate it as National Sports Day.

 

Katy Perry, who earlier performed in 2012's Indian Premier League in Chennai, is coming to Mumbai for her concert on November 16.