Ajmal Kasab was hanged at Pune's Yerawada jail at 7.30 am on Wednesday and buried inside the jail premises. ...
07:36 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Patna: Relatives of victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack on Wednesday in Patna were happy with the execution of Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab. Rukhsana Bano, wife of Mokhtar, who was killed in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, and Israel Ansari, who lost six members of his family, said they are happy that "killer Ajmal Amir Kasab tasted death". "Death was only option for him. I am feeling happy," Rukhsana...
07:21 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Pune: The hangman who executed Ajmal Kasab at Yerwada prison on Wednesday was paid Rs 5,000 for the job but his identity kept a secret. The hangman was also kept in the dark on the identity of the death row convict till a few minutes before the execution which marked the culmination of the secret operation coded 'Operation X'. As the 25-year-old lone Pakistani gunman in the 2008 Mumbai terror...
07:01 PM, Nov 21, 2012
We will deal with Afzal Guru case obejectively; we will not fast track the case without any reason, Salman Khurshid said. ...
06:32 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Ajmal Kasab was hanged at Pune's Yerawada jail at 7.30 am on Wednesday and buried inside the jail premises. ...
06:02 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Pakistani gunman, Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged on Wednesday, was a fan of legendary playback singer late Mukesh and used to sing his favourite tunes during legal interviews, his lawyer Amin Solkar said on Wednesday. "'Hum chod chale is mehfil ko, yaad aaye to kabhie mat rona' (I am leaving this world, if you remember me please do not cry) rendered by Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in jail keeps...
05:55 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Sabarimala: Former NSG Commando PV Maneesh, who had suffered serious head injuries in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attack, said Ajmal Kasab's hanging will increase the "morale and courage" of soldiers who risk their lives to protect the Nation's interests. "Like all Indians, I also feel very happy hearing about his hanging," he said when contacted from Kochi. "This verdict will increase the morale and courage of each soldier as Kasab...
05:43 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Ajmal Kasab's identity remained 'C-7096' throughout his prison term and even when an official dossier was written for his hanging. The movement and activities of Kasab, who was hanged in Pune's Yerwada Jail, was always kept very secret and when official documents were moved regarding his hanging after the President rejected his mercy plea, he was identified by this number. The number was tagged to Kasab by the...
05:39 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Wednesday appears to be a day of significance in the life of Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged on November 22. It was on a Wednesday that the Pakistani gunman had entered Mumbai along with his nine other Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists to carry out the deadly attack. 25-year-old Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attack, was hanged on Wednesday at 7.30 am at Yerwada central jail in prison....
05:20 PM, Nov 21, 2012
The man who spearheaded the trial against Ajmal Kasab all these years, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam spoke to CNN-IBN and spoke about Kasab's trial and execution. "Kasab was given a fair trial. The country has emerged victorious.. By hanging him we have paid homage to all those policemen and innocent victims who lost their lives in the 26/11 Mumbai terror operation by LeT," Nikam said. "The 26/11 attackers wanted ...
05:01 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said India had informed in advance Pakistan and the family members of Ajmal Kasab about the decision to hang the 2008 Mumbai attack terrorist but Islamabad refused to acknowledge the letter. "The External Affairs Ministry through our mission in Islamabad had informed the Pakistan government about Kasab's hanging. When they did not accept the letter, they were communicated through fax," Shinde told reporters here, hours ...
04:40 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist of the 26/11 attack and a member of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was hanged at Pune's Yerawada jail at 7.30 am on Wednesday and later buried inside the jail premises. A fax message on the decision taken on Kasab was sent to Pakistan's foreign ministry. While Pakistan acknowledged the fax, it has not claimed Kasab's body. Kasab's mercy plea was rejected by...
04:24 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Pune: Minutes before his execution in Pune's Yerwada prison on Wednesday, Pakistani gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab appeared to be nervous but was quiet and offered prayers, a jail official said. "From his body language, we could make out that he was very nervous. However, he remained quiet before he was taken out from his cell for the hanging," the official said. Kasab had also offered prayers and asked if...
02:34 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected India's charges that it had ignored its note informing it of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab's hanging. ...
02:28 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday rejected India's assertion that it refused to accept a letter on the decision to hang Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, saying it had "received that note and acknowledged its receipt." Reacting to the execution of Kasab in a jail in Maharashtra early this morning, Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan said Islamabad had adopted the clear and consistent position...
02:21 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Defence lawyers, who appeared for Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab in the sessions and Bombay High Court in Mumbai, on Wednesday welcomed his execution and said that by taking his case out of turn, the government has brought some peace to the victims of the 26/11 terror attack. Defence lawyers Amin Solkar, Farhana Shah and Abbas Kazmi, however, raised questions on the secrecy over the hanging. "It is good that...
02:01 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: The hanging of 26/11 convict Ajmal Amir Kasab has led to a round of political slugfest between the Congress-led Central government and the BJP. While the Congress as well the BJP have expressed satisfaction over Kasab's hanging, the latter has also questioned on the government's stand of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said that the whole country wanted Kasab's execution. "But why not Afzal...
01:57 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: The operation to execute Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was on Wednesday shrouded in secrecy with even the hangman kept in the dark about the terrorist's identity till the last minute. Kasab, who has been lodged at Arthur Road prison in Mumbai ever since his arrest soon after the Mumbai terror attack, was whisked out of his heavily-guarded cell in the intervening night of November 18 and 19, a senior...
01:52 PM, Nov 21, 2012
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab was hanged on Wednesday morning at 7.30 am at Yerwada Central Prison in Pune. ...
01:40 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: After the execution of Ajmal Kasab, government sources on Wednesday said that the government could now expedite the decision on Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru. On Guru's mercy plea, sources said that President Pranab Mukherjee has sent 12 files to the Union Home Ministry for recommendation in this regard. Afzal Guru was convicted of conspiracy in the December 2001 attack on Parliament and was sentenced to...
01:27 PM, Nov 21, 2012
