New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Wednesday sparred over communication about the hanging of the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Ajmal Kasab. Immediately after the hanging was carried out in Pune, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said Indian mission in Islamabad had informed Pakistan government about the hanging. "The External Affairs Ministry through our mission in Islamabad had informed the Pakistan government about Kasab's hanging. When...
09:10 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said India had informed in advance Pakistan and the family members of Ajmal Kasab about the decision to hang the 2008 Mumbai attack terrorist but Islamabad refused to acknowledge the letter. "The External Affairs Ministry through our mission in Islamabad had informed the Pakistan government about Kasab's hanging. When they did not accept the letter, they were communicated through fax," Shinde told reporters here, hours ...
04:40 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist of the 26/11 attack and a member of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was hanged at Pune's Yerawada jail at 7.30 am on Wednesday and later buried inside the jail premises. A fax message on the decision taken on Kasab was sent to Pakistan's foreign ministry. While Pakistan acknowledged the fax, it has not claimed Kasab's body. Kasab's mercy plea was rejected by...
04:24 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: The operation to execute Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was on Wednesday shrouded in secrecy with even the hangman kept in the dark about the terrorist's identity till the last minute. Kasab, who has been lodged at Arthur Road prison in Mumbai ever since his arrest soon after the Mumbai terror attack, was whisked out of his heavily-guarded cell in the intervening night of November 18 and 19, a senior...
01:52 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged early on Wednesday morning at Yerwada jail in Pune, had no last wish and left no will. Kasab's last words before he was executed were - Forgive me Allah! According to the Yerwada jailor, Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist involved in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, was very ashamed of his role in the dastardly terror strike. The jailor claimed that...
12:57 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: The ITBP contingent guarding 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai will soon be "deinducted". According to procedure, once the specified task given to a special squad of a central force comes to an end, the Union Home Ministry issues an order asking the force headquarters to "deinduct" the contingent. "The squad designated to guard Kasab will be deinducted now," sources in the paramilitary...
11:53 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Pune: Scores of people on Wednesday started crowding in front of Yerwada central prison here as soon as the news spread about the hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for the 26/11 attack even as jail authorities were tight-lipped about the details of the execution. A heavy security cordon has been put in place around the prison where the hanging was carried out on Wednesday morning. A group of Shiv...
10:31 AM, Nov 21, 2012
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab was hanged on Wednesday morning at 7.30 am at Pune's Yerwada jail. ...
09:49 AM, Nov 21, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood star Aamir Khan will be seen in two episodes of TV crime thriller 'C.I.D'. He will be on the Sony TV show to promote his movie 'Talaash', a suspense thriller, releasing Nov 30. "So Aamir Khan will be on 'C.I.D.' next week. Full on in both the episodes," Sneha Rajani, senior executive vice president and business head, Sony, shared on Twitter. 'C.I.D.' is one of the longest running...
03:55 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Pune: Yerawada jail authorities on Tuesday said they had not received any request from activist Arvind Kejriwal to meet farmers' leader Raju Shetty at the prison. "Daily we get many requests from relatives of jail inmates (to meet them) but we have not received any such application from Arvind Kejriwal for allowing him to meet Raju Shetty," Yerwada Jail Superintendent Yogesh Desai said while adding Wednesday was holiday for the...
08:16 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Dantewada: Salwa Judum movement founder Mahendra Karma was attacked by the Naxals on Thursday in Dantewada in Madhya Pradesh. Four of Karma's security men were injured as his motorcade was attacked. Karma, the former leaded of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh, is safe. More details awaited. ...
12:36 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Dantewada: Two people reportedly died when alleged Naxals opened fire at a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) team posted at the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) mine project area in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh on Sunday morning. The dead included one CISF personnel. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team has been rushed to the spot. In May, six personnel of the CISF were killed in a similar ambush by Naxals when...
10:58 AM, Nov 04, 2012
New York: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced it will not appeal against the decision to ban American cyclist Lance Armstrong for life and strip him of his seven Tour de France titles. WADA had the option of challenging the ruling that was made by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and backed by the International Cycling Union (UCI). "WADA has no concerns as to the complete process and...
09:36 AM, Nov 03, 2012
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra has brushed aside rumours that she will feature in an item number in Ekta Kapoor's 'Shootout at Wadala'. "No, till now I am not doing any song in any other film except for my films," the 30-year-old said here at the People's Choice awards. Priyanka is working for Ekta's 'Milan Talkies', and she is excited about working with the producer. "This ('Milan Talkies') is my first...
01:52 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Shanghai: American cyclist Lance Armstrong's fall from grace sent a clear message to sportsmen and women around the world that the anti-doping agencies are determined to catch drug cheats no matter who they are, World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) head John Fahey said here Friday. Last week US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) revealed a report of 1,000 pages, including testimonies of Armstrong's 11 former teammates, on systematic doping in the former US...
04:47 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Tusshar Kapoor is confident that with Sanjay Gupta's direction, his next film 'Shootout At Wadala' will perform well at the box office. "I am not at all nervous because the script is good and Sanjay Gupta is a very experienced director. His hold on the medium of the film is very strong and 'Shootout At Wadala' is a brand, it's the first prequel and the public is enjoying...
03:39 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Deva Katta's much-awaited political drama, 'Autonagar Surya', is all done but is only left with two songs. The talkie part has been wrapped up. For a while now, producer K Atchi Reddy has been saying that the film will be released in November. (There were speculations that it will hit the screens in the end of October). The film's music will released sometime around in mid-October. Naga Chaitanya is playing...
06:22 PM, Sep 21, 2012
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief John Fahey has told Reuters that American cyclist Lance Armstrong's decision not to fight doping charges meant there was substance' to those allegations and that he should be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. Armstrong on Thursday said he would no longer fight charges by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which quickly said it would strip him of his titles and ban him from...
04:16 PM, Aug 24, 2012
New Delhi: 'Shootout At Wadala' will hit the big screens next year on May 1, which is celebrated as International Workers' Day and Labour Day. The multi-starrer, which was earlier scheduled for release in December this year, will thus get a clear five-day weekend to set the box office ringing. The movie, co-produced by Balaji Motion Pictures and White Feather Films, is a screen adaptation of Mumbai police's first registered...
04:08 PM, Aug 16, 2012
New Delhi: The alleged killer of the Mumbai lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, security guard Sajjad Ahmed was on Saturday sent to police custody till August 17. The Mumbai Crime Branch has said that private guards are now under its scanner as this was the third murder of a woman in an apartment in the city. In Pallavi's case, the crime branch is likely to book Sajjad's agency under the Security Agencies...
01:07 PM, Aug 11, 2012
