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  SC judge who rejected Yakub's mercy plea gets threat letter

  India | August 07, 2015 22:10 IST

  New Delhi: Justice Dipak Misra who led the Supreme Court bench that rejected the mercy plea of Yakub Memon, death convict of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, has received an anonymous threatening letter.The letter threatens him

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  I'll make India pay for Yakub's execution: Tiger Memon

  India | August 07, 2015 15:56 IST

  New Delhi: On 30th July 2015, the day Yakub Memon, one of the masterminds of 1993 Mumbai blasts, was executed, a call at Memon house just few hours before the hanging was made by none

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  Mumbai Police hunting for Yakub Memon sympathiser who wants to join ISIS

  India | August 06, 2015 17:12 IST

  Mumbai: Mumbai Police is on the lookout for a Yakub Memon sympathiser who has expressed his wish to join Islamic State by renouncing his Indian citizenship.Zuber Ahmed Khan, a resident of Navi Mumbai who claims

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  President Pranab rejects 92% of mercy petitions, highest by any Prez

  India | August 06, 2015 15:06 IST

  The rejection of Yakub Memon's mercy plea by President Pranab Mukherjee has once again brought the issue of mercy petitions to the limelight. While some presidents were kinder, others were not. However, there is no consistency

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  We have to increase our weight and punch proportionally : Ajit Doval

  India | August 05, 2015 9:47 IST

  Mumbai: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today defended death penalty where “larger interest of the nation” is involved and deprecated those who questioned the execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon.  Disapproving of

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  Sympathising with Yakub a disservice to nation: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | August 02, 2015 23:46 IST

  Hyderabad:  Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today expressed disappointment over few people trying to politicise issues of death sentence and terrorism and said it would be “a dis-service to nation” by sympathising with Yakub Memon, who

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  Reports on deputy registrar quitting incorrect: Supreme Court registry

  India | August 02, 2015 21:11 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court registry on Sunday termed as "incorrect and misleading" reports that a deputy registrar had quit due to differences over the apex court's verdict on death row convict Yakub Menon.In a

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  Mumbai riot accused not prosecuted with same zeal as Yakub Memon

  India | August 02, 2015 10:19 IST

  New Delhi: Amid the rising debate following the execution of Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Memon whether justice has been selective to the 92 riot victims, Justice B.N. Srikrishna has said that the establishment has

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  Why no urgency was shown in the case of Rajiv's assassins, asks Digvijay Singh

  Politics | August 01, 2015 21:07 IST

  Panaji:  Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today asked why the government didn't show the kind of urgency shown in Yakub Memon's case when it came to those convicted in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.The Supreme Court

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  Govt acted humanely in Yakub Memon's hanging: RSS

  India | August 01, 2015 16:34 IST

  New Delhi: The RSS today said the hanging of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon was dealt with humanely by the government by allowing his family access which ensured peace in the aftermath.Senior leader Indresh

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  Make Yakub's wife Rajya Sabha MP, SP leader asks Mulayam Singh

  Politics | August 01, 2015 14:17 IST

  New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has got a request from one of his party leaders to send Yakub Memon's wife to upper house of parliament.SP's Maharashtra unit vice-president Mohammed Farooq Ghosi has

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  In their gloomy isolation after Memon hanging, Muslims turn to Owaisi

  Politics | August 01, 2015 17:05 IST

  In the night of the tyrants, Who calls my name from afar? I must climb the scaffolding of the gallows to see beyond the prison parapets. Have they waylaid the caravan of the new dawn?"Majrooh

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  Met Tiger Memon in PoK after 1993 blasts: Militant-turned MLA from J&K

  India | August 01, 2015 7:50 IST

  Srinagar: Former militant-turned Congress MLA Usman Majeed on Friday stoked a controversy by claiming he had met Tiger Memon after the 1993 Mumbai blasts in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir during which he seemed "worried" about his

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  Potential terrorists among those who attended Yakub's funeral: Tripura Governor

  Politics | July 31, 2015 15:33 IST

  New Delhi: Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has once again stoked a controversy by saying that there is a possibility of potential terrorists attending the funeral of Yakub Memon in Mumbai on July 30.Roy asked the

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  Those who sought leniency for Yakub Memon are nation's enemies: Shiv Sena

  Politics | July 31, 2015 11:47 IST

  Mumbai:  Lashing out at those who sought leniency for Yakub Memon, the Shiv Sena today demanded they should be “tried for being enemies of the country” and also asked the government to ensure that the

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  Yakub Memon's death is a 'legal murder': Chhota Shakeel

  India | July 31, 2015 11:58 IST

  New Delhi: Chhota Shakeel, close aide of India's most wanted man Dawood Ibrahim, has threatened India of dire consequences for hanging 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Memon.In an exclusive interview to a leading English

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  Political war of words erupts over Yakub Memon's execution

  Politics | July 31, 2015 7:57 IST

  New Delhi:  A political war of words erupted on Thursday over the execution of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon and the issue of terrorism, with a section of opposition leaders speaking against the death

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  Stalling Memon hanging would've been against spirit of law: Mukul Rohatgi

  India | July 31, 2015 4:13 IST

  New Delhi: Dismissing the argument that 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's execution should have been stalled by 14 days after the rejection of his mercy plea, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Thursday said had

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  Maharashtra government averted rumour mongering about Yakub's execution

  India | July 31, 2015 0:41 IST

  Mumbai:  Maharashtra government actively kept tabs on the Internet and social media to ensure that hate messages on platforms like Twitter and Whatsapp did not stir up passions, besides maintaining a close vigil on the

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  Arun Jaitley deprecates Shatrughan Sinha's signing of Yakub mercy plea

  Politics | July 30, 2015 23:55 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today lamented that BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha had "embarrassed" the party by signing a petition to the President against the execution of Yakub Memon and said it was "extremely