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  Ban Ki-moon reiterates stand against death penalty after Yakub hanging

  World | July 31, 2015 9:37 IST

  United Nations:  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has taken note of the execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon while emphasising that he stands against the death penalty, his spokesperson said on Wednesday.“We

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  See the full list of convicted and acquitted in 1993 Mumbai blasts case

  India | July 30, 2015 23:29 IST

  The first execution of 1993 Mumbai blast was carried out today when Yakub Memon was hanged in Nagpur jail early morning today. This might become the only death sentence as other major players of the

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  YakubHanged: B-town debates over death penalty!

  Bollywood | July 30, 2015 23:16 IST

  Yakub Memon's execution this morning has opened gates to fresh debates. What is worth noting is that the celebrities are making their opinions count as they join the heated discussions of who's right and who's

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  Esteem of Supreme Court has risen tremendously: Mukul Rohatgi

  India | July 30, 2015 22:01 IST

  New Delhi: "Justice has prevailed for the families of those who lost their lives in the 1993 Mumbai blasts," attorney general Mukul Rohatgi said on Thursday on the Supreme Court ruling that came shortly before

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  Yakub Memon hanged, Nation bids adieu to Dr. Kalam: Top 5 News Headlines

  India | July 30, 2015 22:11 IST

  Yakub Memon, 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict, hanged in NagpurNagpur/New Delhi:  Yakub Memon, the lone 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict whose death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court, was hanged to death today, capping

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  Why this unseemly hurry in Yakub's execution, asks Prashant Bhushan

  India | July 30, 2015 21:53 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Thursday questioned the "unseemly hurry" behind the execution of Yakub Memon saying no time was given to the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict to challenge the rejection

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  Yakub Memon buried amid tight security

  India | July 30, 2015 21:45 IST

  Mumbai:  The body of Yakub Menon, hanged this morning at Nagpur Central Prison for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was buried at Bada Khabristan graveyard here in the evening amid tight security with

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  Gag order on Yakub Memon funeral, media blacks out telecast

  India | July 30, 2015 20:47 IST

  Mumbai: Not willing to take any chances, police here on Thursday issued a gag order to the media barring it from photographing and videographing the funeral procession and the last rites of hanged convict Yakub

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  Those supporting Yakub are trying to divide society: Azam Khan

  Politics | July 30, 2015 18:49 IST

  Allahabad: Azam Khan, senior minister of UP govt,  today hit out at the politicians criticising Yakub Memon's hanging and said that these people are actually trying to divide society on religious lines.“Those supporting Yakub Memon

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  BJP slams Digvijay, Tharoor for reaction on Yakub's hanging; says remarks 'insult' to people

  Politics | July 30, 2015 17:29 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today hit out at Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Shashi Tharoor over their reactions to the hanging of Yakub Memon, saying their comments were "insult" to the people wanting to get rid

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  Security of 3 SC judges, who rejected Yakub Memon's last minute plea, beefed up

  India | July 30, 2015 17:09 IST

  New Delhi: Security of three judges of Supreme Court, who rejected the last minute plea of Yakub Memon, has been beefed up after intelligence agencies issued alert expressing threat to their lives.The security at their

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  Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur, buried in Mumbai

  India | July 30, 2015 18:05 IST

  Nagpur/New Delhi:  Yakub Memon, the lone 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict whose death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court, was hanged to death today, capping dramatic last-ditch legal manoeuvres by his lawyers to stall

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  Political war of words over Yakub Memon's execution; Owaisi demands death for Kodnani and others

  Politics | July 30, 2015 16:21 IST

  New Delhi: A political war of words erupted on Thursday over the execution of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon, with a section of opposition leaders speaking against the death sentence.Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh

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  Congress leaders stoke controversy with remarks on Yakub's hanging

  Politics | July 30, 2015 16:08 IST

  New Delhi:  Stoking a controversy, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said the credibility of government and judiciary was at stake after the “urgency” shown in Yakub Memon's case while his party MP Shashi Tharoor questioned

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  Last moments of Yakub Memon - hanged for 1993 Mumbai serial blasts

  India | July 30, 2015 15:25 IST

  Nagpur: Yakub Memon, 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict, was hanged to death at Nagpur Central Jail Thursday morning.Memon was sent to the gallows   on his 54th birthday   after several of his court appeals and clemency

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  Rope made in Bihar jail used to hang Yakub Memon

  India | July 30, 2015 14:56 IST

  Patna: A rope supplied by a Bihar jail was used to hang 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon on Thursday, an official said.The rope supplied by Buxar Central Jail was used for hanging Yakub Memon, its superintendent,

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  Credibility of judiciary and govt at stake, tweets Digvijay after Yakub's execution

  Politics | July 30, 2015 14:09 IST

  New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijay Singh today morning courted controversy after he tweeted that the judiciary and the government should expedite terror cases irrespective of caste, creed and religion.His tweets came soon after 1993 Mumbai

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  Unprecedented hearing of Yakub Memon plea in Supreme Court at 3.20 am

  India | July 30, 2015 16:19 IST

  New Delhi:  An unprecedented pre-dawn 90-minute hearing in the Supreme Court which began in Court Room 4 at 3:20 am sealed the fate of Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, after his

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  Yakub Memon first in 31 years to be executed in Nagpur jail

  India | July 30, 2015 13:23 IST

  New Delhi:  Yakub Memon today became the first convict in 31 years to be hanged to death in Nagpur Jail and the fourth in the country in the last 10 years.53-year-old Memon, convicted in the

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  Yakub Memon first to be hanged in Maharashtra after Ajmal Kasab

  India | July 30, 2015 12:54 IST

  Mumbai:  The hanging of Yakub Memon today in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts in which 257 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured, is the first execution of death sentence in Maharashtra after