Mumbai: 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab was on Wednesday morning hanged at Pune's Yerwada jail. The information was confirmed by the Maharashtra Home Ministry, which said President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected the mercy plea of the LeT terrorist on November 8. The Maharashtra government said the execution of Kasab was kept a secret. 2008 November 26: Ajmal Kasab and nine other terrorists attacked Mumbai. November 27: At 1.30...
09:05 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: 8:14 pm: Pakistani security and intelligence ban journalists and television cameramen from entering Ajmal Kasab's hometown in Punjab province. 6:01 pm: Khurshid says Ajmal Kasab and Sarabjeet's cases are not similar and India will continue to hope for Sarabjeet's release and will not give up its efforts. 5:56 pm: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid hopes Pakistan will deliver on 26/11 trial after Ajmal Kasab's execution. 3.40 pm: Home...
08:11 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy plea of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab. The President's press secretary confirmed the reports saying the decision had been communicated to the Ministry of Home Affairs. When asked about the date of execution, the official said it was not a mandate of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Sources said that the decision was taken after advice from the MHA. In September,...
07:59 AM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Alleged 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has said that he condemns the attacks and is willing to answer questions by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that will soon be visiting Pakistan in connection with the ongoing trial in the case. This is the first time that the Jamaat-ud-Dawat (JuD) chief has condemned the terrorist attacks in which nearly 164 people died and several others were injured....
07:06 AM, Nov 03, 2012
India and America are co-operating on terror, but the US won't hand over 26/11 terrorist David Headley to India, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said on Tuesday. Blake, however, emphasised that the US was aiding India with the investigations. ...
02:47 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday welcomed the Home Ministry's decision to reject 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition and demanded that he be hanged at the earliest to send across a stern message to terrorists and terror sponsors. "We welcome this decision of the government against Kasab. It should be implemented immediately now that the Home Ministry has rejected his mercy plea. Doing so will send a strong message...
06:56 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Mumbai: The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab has sent his mercy petition to President Pranab Mukherjee. Kasab's mercy plea has been filed through the Arthur road jailor to the President's office. Kasab has been sentenced to death in the 26/11 case. If executed, Kasab will be the 52nd person to be hanged in India since independence. Kasab has ahead of him people like Mohammed Afzal Guru, the terrorist...
01:06 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: Key 26/11 attacks handler Abu Jundal's police custody ends on Monday and the matter is set to come up for hearing at a Mumbai court. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was given the custody of Jundal for their investigations into the 2006 arms haul case and the 26/11 attacks. In May 2006, the ATS chased down two vehicles on the Chandwad-Manmad Highway in Aurangabad, one of which was...
08:04 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers finished their talks on Saturday evening amidst an atmosphere of positivity, and though there were few concrete assurances on the 26/11 trial in Pakistan, both nations signed a new liberalised visa agreement. ...
11:44 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Pakistan PM's advisor Rehman Malik has refuted charges that his government is stalling investigations into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. ...
12:11 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: "Terrorism was mantra of the past, terrorism is not the mantra of future," said Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday ahead of her talks with Indian counterpart SM Krishna, asking India to see the Mumbai terror attack trial "realistically" and not "emotionally". She has also indicated that the new visa agreement will be inked during Krishna's visit. Asserting that Pakistan has sent some very "serious signals" in...
05:27 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: India on Friday said it will take a decision on the visit of another Pakistan judicial commission here to cross examine witnesses related to the trial of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks after completion of internal consultations. "The Home Ministry is consulting judicial authorities in this and we will be in a position to reply once we get a response from the judicial authorities," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed...
09:03 PM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: After the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, the big question remains whether his execution will be delayed just like that of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Afzal Guru's death sentence was upheld by the apex court for carrying out the Parliament attack in 2001, but he continues to live as his mercy plea lies pending with the President. Guru applied for mercy...
08:19 AM, Aug 30, 2012
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, in Tehran for the NAM summit, said Pakistan would undoubtedly take note of the verdict upholding death sentence for 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab. ...
02:50 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Kalpana Pawar, wife of slain police constable Ambadas Pawar, said that 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab should be hanged without further delay. ...
02:25 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld acquittal of the 26/11 co-accused Fahim Harshad Mohammad Yusuf Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed Shaikh. The two were accused of providing topographical details to the Mumbai attackers. The court observed that the evidence shows that conspiracy behind the 26/11 strike was hatched in Pakistan. The Maharashtra government's had challenged the acquittal of the two. Ansari and Shaikh were acquitted by the Bombay High High...
12:35 PM, Aug 29, 2012
A tea stall owner in front of Hotel Taj in Mumbai says every day reminds him of the 26/11 horror. ...
10:21 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said, "Is it even fair to call these terrorists human beings? They should be given maximum punishment." ...
09:43 AM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Journalist: You must be so relieved and satisfied at the end of this operation. What does the victory feel like? Captain Vikram Batra: Feel like? Yeh dil maange more! That was Captain Vikram Batra who died a valiant death fighting Pakistan tooth and nail in July 1999 during the Kargil war. His famous war-cry, 'Yeh dil maange more' became a part of the youth lexicon. Nine years on,...
08:48 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch on Monday sought permission from the Maharashtra government to question 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab with regard to the key handler of the attacks, Abu Jundal and his confessions. Arrested in May this year, Jundal has been revealing various details of the 2008 Mumbai attacks plot, saying that Kasab was one of their best men. Meanwhile, sources have said that Indian security agencies were able to...
12:44 PM, Aug 06, 2012
