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U.S. man who aided Mumbai plotters sentenced to 35 years in prison

Mumbai

David Headley, an American who admitted scouting targets for the 2008 Islamic militant raid on Mumbai and later agreed to testify against the plotters to avoid the death penalty, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison.

 

India's oldest inmate freed at the age of 108

India's oldest inmate freed at the age of 108

India's oldest inmate, jailed for a multiple murder when he was 84, is released from prison at the age of 108.

 

Ex-Union Carbide officials sentenced over Bhopal

Ex-Union Carbide officials sentenced over Bhopal

A court on Monday convicted seven Indian former employees of U.S. chemical firm Union Carbide of negligence and sentenced them to two years in jail over the world's worst industrial accident that killed thousands in 1984.

 

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