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
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the NAM Summit in Tehran on Thursday evening. ...
09:19 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Tehran: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday began a key meeting in Tehran, amid clear indications that terrorism would be the prime focus of the Indian side. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 16th NAM summit and is the second meeting between the two leaders this year. The meeting comes a day after the Supreme Court upheld Ajmal Amir Kasab's death...
08:09 PM, Aug 30, 2012
The Supreme Court of India upheld 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's death sentence on Wednesday. Here's the full text of the judgment. ...
04:09 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Mumbai: Hours after the Supreme Court upheld Ajmal Kasabs death sentence on Wednesday, one man sitting in his office at Crawford Market was smiling jubilantly, as he fielded incessant phone calls. This is a moment of vindication for Ramesh Mahale, investigating officer for the 26/11 terror attack. It was under this cop that a team of investigators worked against time to file a mountainous 11,700-page chargesheet against Kasab, completing the...
12:35 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he respects the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death sentence of 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab. Reacting to the court verdict, Rehman Malik said, "This is the decision by a court and therefore, I am nobody to say why they have done it. The court must have had some reason to do it. Hence, I think, whether it is...
12:12 PM, Aug 30, 2012
I was at a South Delhi cafe this evening where I happened to over hear a rather animated conversation between a group of youngsters glued ...
12:11 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Mumbai: Even as Ajmal Kasab got a death sentence in the 26/11 attacks case, the Mumbai police are well underway in their investigations against one of his alleged handlers Abu Jundal. He was confronted with Kasab recently for a joint interrogation. "This is not a token judgement. This is a milestone and we are in the process of prosecuting one of the masterminds Abu Jundal. We have collected strong evidence...
09:01 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Tehran: The Ajmal Kasab judgement in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks is likely to have an impact on the meeting between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as they meet on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Tehran. India will push for a speedy trial of the 26/11 masterminds in Pakistan. Enough water has flown down the Indus since Manmohan Singh and Asif Zardari last...
08:43 AM, Aug 30, 2012
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab. ...
11:54 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Justice has finally been delivered in the 26/11 terror attack case with the Supreme Court upholding the death sentence for Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only surviving Pakistani terrorist who attacked Mumbai in 2008. It has taken around four years for the verdict in the case, and now there are voices from all over the country, particularly from the victims and families of martyrs, asking for immediate execution of...
11:40 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Tehran: With the Supreme Court on Wednesday upholding the death sentence on Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, India's case for action against others involved in the Mumbai terror attacks got strengthened ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari in Tehran on Thursday. The two leaders will confabulate on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit shortly after Zardari flies across from Islamabad. The scheduling problems for...
09:35 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Slamming media for live coverage of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was "totally wrong and unacceptable" as it made security forces' fight with terrorists "exceedingly difficult." "Any attempt to justify the conduct of the TV channels by citing the right to freedom of speech and expression would be totally wrong and unacceptable in such a situation. The freedom of speech and...
08:36 PM, Aug 29, 2012
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
