Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's order upholding the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab in 26/11 Mumbai terror attack saying the state government will ask the Centre to expedite the execution of the sentence. "We welcome the apex court verdict and will ask the Centre to ensure that it is implemented at the earliest," Patil said. State Congress president Manikrao Thakre also welcomed the...
02:47 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Mumbai Police Joint Commissioner Himanshu Roy has said that the Crime Branch is also investigating the role of Abu Jundal in 26/11 attacks. ...
02:37 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
Eknath Ombale, the brother of Tukaram Ombale who died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 terror attacks, said that if Afzal Guru had been hanged 10 years ago, maybe 26/11 and 13/7 wouldn't have happened. ...
02:04 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting to the apex court verdict which upheld the death sentence awarded to Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, who defended him in the apex court as amicus curiae, said he "bows down" to the ruling. "I bow to the verdict of the court. As amicus curiae, I was given an opportunity to advance every convincing arguments, I could,"...
02:01 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, the BJP on Wednesday demanded execution of the Pakistani terrorist at the earliest. "Those who wage war against the country and kill innocents deserve no mercy. Kasab should be hanged without any delay... enough of biryani for him," BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. Describing Pakistan as "a terror factory",...
12:55 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
Mumbai: With the Supreme Court upholding the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, Pakistan should now expedite the trial in their court, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Wednesday said. "Death sentence awarded to Kasab should be executed as soon as possible so that it gives a strong signal to the terrorists that law takes stern action against such acts," Nikam said. Nikam also...
11:51 AM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Welcoming the Supreme Court's verdict upholding the death sentence awarded to 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, the father of NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who died fighting the terrorists involved in the gruesome attack, said that he was satisfied with the judgement. "I welcome the judgement. I request the President to expedite the punishment and dispose off his mercy petition." Unnikrishnan was killed fighting terrorists in Mumbai's Taj Mahal...
11:10 AM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Upholding the death sentence awarded to 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the gruesome attack on India's financial capital Mumbai, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it was left with no other option. "Kasab waged war against India. It is the primary and the foremost offence committed by Kasab," the SC ruling said. The apex court dismissed Kasab's plea that he was not...
11:03 AM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld death penalty for 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab is the lone Pakistani terrorist captured alive in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He was sentenced to death for his role in the attacks that left 166 people dead by a special court in Mumbai on May 6, 2010. While dismissing Kasab's petition that he was not given a fair trial in...
10:44 AM, 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: The Supreme Court has upheld death penalty for 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab is the lone Pakistani terrorist captured alive in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He was granted death penalty for his role in the attacks that left 166 people dead. Following is the sequence of events in Kasab's trial since the 26/11 Mumbai attacks: 2008 November 26: Ajmal Kasab and nine other terrorists...
08:19 AM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: All eyes will be on the Supreme Court on Wednesday, which will pronounce its judgement on 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab's plea against his death penalty. The apex court will decide whether to uphold the Bombay High Court's order. Kasab, in his defence, claims he wasn't given a free and fair trial and should be granted mercy because of his young age. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam,...
07:54 AM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday is likely to pronounce verdict on a petition filed by the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab challenging the Bombay High Court judgement upholding his death sentence. The High Court upheld Kasab's death penalty February 21, 2011. Kasab was sent to the gallows by a Mumbai trial court May 6, 2010. Besides other charges, he was convicted for waging...
09:43 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Mumbai: Key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal was on Tuesday allowed to speak to his parents on the mobile phone after a court allowed permission. Jundal had reportedly sought permission from the court to speak to his parents. Jundal was on Monday sent to ATS custody till August 24 in connection with the Aurangabad arms haul case of 2006. Jundal was in the custody of Mumbai Police since July 21, when...
01:03 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: 26/11 accused Abu Jundal has said that he is willing to depose in court. Jundal who allegedly acted as the handler of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab has moved court to record his confession. This comes just 24 hours after he interacted with Kasab at Arthur Road Prison in Mumbai. Sources said that the Mumbai Crime Branch jointly interrogated both of them till Thursday evening inside Kasab's high security...
09:35 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, was surprised but not shocked when confronted with co-accused Abu Jundal at high security Arthur Road jail on Thursday, police said on Friday. "How a student reacts seeing his teacher after a long time? Kasab was not shocked. Or rather we could say he was surprised to see Jundal...," said a crime branch official, who was part of...
07:59 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Mumbai: Key 26/11 handler and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal on Friday expressed his desire to record his confessions in connection with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist on Friday moved an application in this regard in a court. This came a day after Jundal was confronted with Mumbai terror attack Ajmal Kasab, who identified him as one of the conspirators of the 26/11 attacks....
06:09 PM, Aug 10, 2012
