New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case and demanded his "quick" execution. "...Now, he should be given complete sentence quickly. Punishment should be executed quickly," Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said reacting to the Supreme Court verdict on Kasab's appeal against his conviction and sentence. Upholding the death sentence of Kasab, the court...
03:12 PM, Aug 29, 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
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: 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
Mumbai: Key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal's custody with Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) ended on Friday. Jundal is a Lashkar-e-Toiba operative who confessed of playing a key role in 2008 Mumbai attacks. Jundal was 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 he was brought to Mumbai from Delhi....
10:28 AM, Aug 24, 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: 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
Mumbai: A Metropolitan court in Mumbai on Monday granted custody of LeT operative and key 26/11 handler Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal to Maharashtra ATS in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. Metropolitan magistrate PS Rathod gave Jundal's custody to the Anti-Terrorism Squad a day after he recorded a confessional statement in which he is understood to have given deep insight into Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba's role in the...
06:31 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab and key 26/11 handler and Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal were on Thursday questioned together by the police at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai. The terrorists were questioned inside Kasab's high-security prison. According to the police, Kasab identified Jundal as on of the conspirators of the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008. This comes three days after the Mumbai Crime...
10:50 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan has asked India to allow its judicial commission to visit Mumbai again for cross examination of witnesses of 26/11 case for gathering evidence against seven accused, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. The communication from Islamabad to New Delhi came weeks after a ruling of a Pakistani court on the 26/11 case which said that evidence collected by the commission during its first visit to India in...
06:50 PM, Aug 08, 2012
