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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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