The Supreme Court has found Ajmal Kasab guilty of conspiracy, murder and waging war against India. ...
08:05 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Almost four year after Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab along with his nine associates, all of whom belonged to ISI-supported terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), wreaked havoc in Mumbai, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty awarded to him by a special Mumbai court and confirmed by the Bombay High Court. While dismissing Kasab's petition, which was moved through senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, the two-judge bench of Justice Aftab...
05:46 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'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 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
New Delhi: India is likely to give its nod for the visit of a Pakistani judicial commission to Mumbai for the second time and allow cross-examination of 26/11 terror attack case witnesses for gathering evidence against seven accused, including LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. A decision in favour of the second visit of the judicial commission is expected soon as New Delhi does not want to come in the way...
04:25 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Mumbai: A special court in Mumbai on Friday extended the police custody of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative and key 26/11 handler Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal till September 3 in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) told the MCOCA court that Jundal was the main accused in the case and they were on the look out for other accused who were absconding. Meanwhile,...
08:50 PM, Aug 24, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, IBN Lokmat editor Nikhil Wagle said Raj Thackeray is trying to replace BJP and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra politics. ...
11:31 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Defying the police, MNS chief Raj Thackeray led thousands of his supporters from Girgaum Chowpatty to Mumbai's Azad Maidan. ...
09:46 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray addressed a mammoth rally at Mumbai's Azad Maidan on Tuesday and came down heavily on Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil and Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik for what he called was their failure to control the August 11 violence in India's financial capital. Defying the police, Thackeray led thousands of his supporters from Girgaum Chowpatty to Mumbai's Azad Maidan, the scene of...
05:48 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Mumbai: While passion and patriotic fervour of the citizenry is set to soar tomorrow, the issue of safety " particularly at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) " seems to be giving ground. The situation appears particularly perilous following the arrest of two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) men for alleged involvement in a gold smuggling racket. So, while personnel deployment at the airport is at an all-time high, there...
02:05 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Mumbai: Recording of judicial confession of key 26/11 attack handler Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal took place before a magistrate in Mumbai on Sunday. In his confessional statement Jundal is understood to have given a deep insight into Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba terror group's role in the 2008 Mumbai strikes. Thirty-year-old Jundal, who has been confronted with Ajmal Kasab - the lone surviving Lashker terrorist in the Mumbai terror attacks, was...
08:22 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Beed: Abdul Rafe, a close aide of suspected LeT operative Abu Jundal, has been picked by the Mumbai Crime Branch for questioning in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Rafe was held three days ago and taken to Mumbai for questioning after Jundal told his interrogators that he had told the Beed resident of the plan to attack Mumbai when he was in Saudi-Arabia. Police sources said Rafe was...
01:40 AM, Aug 12, 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
