Lahore: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is on a death row for alleged involvement in a string of bombings in Pakistani cities in 1990, has signed a fresh mercy petition to be sent to President Asif Ali Zardari. Sarabjit's lawyer Awais Sheikh met him at Kot Lakhpat jail on Saturday and got him to sign the fresh mercy petition. In the letter addressed to the President, Sarabjit again sought mercy...
02:59 AM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday welcomed the Home Ministry's decision to reject 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition and demanded that he be hanged at the earliest to send across a stern message to terrorists and terror sponsors. "We welcome this decision of the government against Kasab. It should be implemented immediately now that the Home Ministry has rejected his mercy plea. Doing so will send a strong message...
06:56 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: Union Home Ministry on Tuesday recommended the rejection of the mercy petition of Pakistani terrorist and 26/11 lone survivor Ajmal Kasab. Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam has welcomed the development, saying "President has to study the recommendation of MHA. It's a positive phase in the case. It's a good development." K Unnikrishnan, NSG martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's father, said, "I am happy that we did not make a mistake....
05:16 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Just Married, Please Excuse by Yashodhara Lal is a fresh and honest take on marriage and parenthood, this is a story of self-discovery that will have you laughing out loud - and sympathizing wholeheartedly with its quirky and likeable cast of characters. Here's an extract from the book: Marrying a Sharma The wedding was a fairly low-key affair at the Radisson hotel in Delhi. It would perhaps have been a...
01:19 PM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court rejected YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's bail plea on Friday. Jagan Mohan has been in Chanchalguda prison in Hyderabad ever since his arrest nearly four months ago in connection with the disproportionate assets case. The CBI has said that it will take three more months to complete the investigation against him. There are nine cases against Jagan. YSR Congress honorary president YS Vijayalakshmi had...
01:07 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Hisar/Ahmedabad: In a huge embarrassment for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, RTI activist Ramesh Verma of Hisar has questioned his claim that as much as Rs 1880 crore was spent by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi during her treatment abroad. The RTI activist went on to say that his plea was just about foreign visits of the Congress president and not her treatment. "I never got any information from the RTI...
07:39 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has turned down the pleas of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's mother and sister against the proposed confiscation of their properties by the Centre. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul dismissed the pleas of Dawood's mother Amina Bi and sister Hasina Ibrahim Parker, upholding the single judge order and saying that they were duly served the notices for seizure of...
05:01 AM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the bail plea of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy in the alleged disproportionate assets scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to oppose Jagan's bail plea. The case is being probed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). ...
11:24 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Mumbai: Ajmal Amir Kasab's mercy petition, addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, has been "rejected" by Maharashtra Home Ministry, days after the lone surviving perpetrator of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks set in motion the last option available to save his life. "The Home Ministry has rejected Kasab's petition and has forwarded it to the Chief Minister's Office," sources in the home department said on Monday. Under the rules, the Chief Minister's...
05:06 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Motor Workers Union (AITUC) has demanded the government to revise the autorickshaw and taxi fares by immediately convening a meeting of the central-trade union organisations in the motor vehicle sector. The demand was raised in the wake of the increase in the prices of diesel and petrol in the premium grade. It was on January 14, 2011, that the government had last revised the fares. Now the minimum fare...
12:27 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Jaipur: Failing to get financial assistance for the treatment of her two paralytic children, a woman in Rajasthan has written to the state government seeking permission for their mercy killing. Ramila Devi, 30, is a resident of Sallada village near Sarada town in Udaipur district, around 300 km from Jaipur. She has an eight-year-old daughter Bhumika Kumari and a four-year-old son Tanish. Both suffered a paralytic attack about two years...
10:35 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Chennai: The hearing on the anticipatory bail plea of Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi has been adjourned till next Monday. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court will hear his plea in the granite mining scam. Dayanidhi was director of one of the eight mining companies named in the 17 FIRs. The police had issued a look out notice against him and several others for their alleged...
11:26 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Aruna Chadha, an accused in former flight attendant Geetika Sharma's suicide case, moved a bail application in a Delhi court on Friday. A close associate of Chadha told IANS that her bail plea would be heard in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Devender Kumar Jangala on Saturday. Chadha was an official of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines where Geetika too worked. She was arrested on August 8...
09:30 AM, Sep 01, 2012
New Delhi: A Bill seeking to bar death row convicts for waging a war against the nation from making mercy pleas to the President is likely to be introduced by a Shiv Sena member in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The Private Members bill being moved by Bharatkumar Raut has come close on the heels of the Supreme Court upholding the capital punishment for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in the...
09:26 PM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: After the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, the big question remains whether his execution will be delayed just like that of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Afzal Guru's death sentence was upheld by the apex court for carrying out the Parliament attack in 2001, but he continues to live as his mercy plea lies pending with the President. Guru applied for mercy...
08:19 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to accord a personal hearing to VHP leader Sadhvi Ritambhara and pass a reasoned order on her plea for issuance of a passport for ten years instead of one as she frequently visits abroad for giving religious discourses. "The present petition (of Sadhvi) be treated as a representation by respondent (Regional Passport Office of the External Affairs Ministry) and...
06:11 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Mumbai: With heavy showers bringing respite to heat-stricken Mumbaikars, the Meteorological department is expecting the pleasing weather to continue. According to Met department officials, the presence of an offshore trough in the west coast brought in heavy showers to city yesterday, and with the trough getting stronger, the city can expect showers for the next 24 hours. Confirming the same, V K Rajeev, director Indian Meterological Department (IMD), said, The...
05:24 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Alappuzha: The SNDP Yogam has decided to withdraw the petition filed before the Supreme Court against the decision of the state government to implement 10 per cent reservation for the economically backward belonging to the upward communities in the state. SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan has said that the Yogam has also decided to withdraw the impleading petition filed before the Supreme Court. The Jamaat Council had filed petitions...
01:30 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda's anticipatory bail plea. Kanda, who is the chief of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines, has been charged with abetting the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma. During the hearing, police told the court Kanda's custody is vital for the investigation. According to the police's lawyer Kanda's custody was needed to find the source...
05:20 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of YSR Congress leader YS Jagan Mohan Reddy challenging his arrest in a disproportionate assets case. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai, however, sought response of CBI on a separate petition by Reddy, who is an MP, seeking bail in the matter. The apex court issued notice to the investigating agency after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani,...
11:33 AM, Aug 09, 2012
