23:43
Justice has prevailed for the families of those who lost their lives in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said today on the Supreme Court ruling that came shortly before Yakub Memon was hanged today.I am happy that the long process has come to an end. The convict was given...
23:12
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has taken note of the execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon while emphasising that he stands against the death penalty, his spokesperson said today.We have taken note of what happened. The Secretary General stands against the death penalty and...
22:09
JUST IN: A fire has broken out in Kolkata's New Market. The fire broke out around 9 pm in the flower section of the New Market. Ten fire engines have been rushed to the spot. More details are awaited.
21:52
The records related to Subhas Chandra Bose's mysterious disappearance are not being disclosed as they might have been lost, eaten up or disintegrated, first Chief Information Commissioner of the country Wajahat Habibullah. When the prime minister had gone to Germany, some relatives of...
21:46
A mild tremor hit Nepal's hilly district situated in the east of Kathmandu. The 4.5-magnitude aftershock was recorded by the National Seismological Centre with the epicenter at Dolakha district. A total numbers of 365 aftershocks with four or more magnitude were recorded after the devastating...
21:29
India should implement a moratorium on death penalty, said DMK leader and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi. Reacting to the hanging of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon, Kanimozhi said she would move a private member resolution and private member's bill in the Rajya Sabha to abolish death...
21:18
Landslides triggered by torrential rain in Nepal have swept through villages, killing at least 30 people close to the nation's most popular trekking circuit, home ministry officials have said. The landslides struck the villages near the resort town of Pokhara, 125 kilometres west of...
20:28
If confirmed to be from missing flight MH370, could a small portion of plane wing be the clue investigators need to unlock one of aviation's biggest mysteries? On the surface, it's what investigators have been waiting for -- the first physical piece of evidence as to what happened...
19:56
Just in: Cyclone Komen makes landfall in Bangladesh. The storm has already claimed 27 lives in Bangladesh and Myanmar, reports the local media in Dhaka.After landfall, it will move westnorthwestwards and weaken gradually,' the MeT said. Heavy to very heavy rainfall will occur at a few...
19:50
A leading human rights organisation today renewed its call for India to abolish death penalty after it executed 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon, saying there is no evidence that the cruel form of punishment acts as a deterrent. Human Rights Watch said that India should adopt the message of...
19:44
Following the death of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, the second round of peace talks between Afghan government representatives and the militant group which were to be held in Pakistan tomorrow has been postponed, it was announced today. In view of the reports regarding the death of Mullah...
19:40
Rajat Chauhan ensured India a medal by making the final of the compound section, while Laxmirani Majhi advanced to the bronze playoff in the women's recurve in the World Archery Championships, here today. The 2014 Asian Games team gold medalist thrashed Camilo Cardona of Colombia 143-138 in...
19:31
Just in: Pakistan troops again open fire on forward posts along the Line of Control in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.Earlier in the day, an Army jawan was killed in a sniper attack by Pakistan troops who targeted forward posts in Poonch district of in violation of ceasefire. Sepoy Rachpal...
19:14
Hours after Yakub Memon was hanged this morning in a Nagpur jail, security has been added for the three judges who rejected his last-minute appeal in an unprecedented hearing that took place in the Supreme Court. The three justices spent two hours starting at about 3 am...
19:01
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said her government was fully geared up to face any eventuality arising out of Cyclone 'Komen'. Banerjee, who cut short her London visit and returned following the cyclone threat, expressed concern over the situation, saying that many parts of the...
18:30
Just in: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit Pune's Film and Television Institute of India tomorrow. He will meet students who have been protesting for over a month over the appointment of Bharatiya Janata Party man Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of the prestigious institution.There...
18:07
Yakub Memon has been buried at the Bada Kabaristan with Islamic rites at 5.20 pm. Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria visited Bada Kabaristan to take stock of the security situation. Maria visited Mahim twice earlier to oversee security arrangements around the Memon residences...
17:43
Read singer Abhijeet's vitriolic tweet for Prashant Bhushan last night? After his infamous 'dog remark' during actor Salman Khan's hearing in the 2002 hit-and-run case, singer Abhijeet hit a new low with an abusive tweet targetting Prashant Bhushan for being part of a team of lawyers which had...
17:32
No, not mourners for Yakub Memon, but for an exemplary Indian who was also laid to rest today in Rameswaram.
17:28
This is what Amnesty international India chief and Rediff.com columnist Aakar Patel had to say about Yakub Memon's execution. This morning, the Indian government essentially killed a man in cold blood to show that killing is wrong,' said Aakar Patel, Executive Director, Amnesty International...
17:20
Police bandobast near the two buildings in Mahim where the Memon family live. Pic: Sahil Salvi. If you've been wondering why we don't have a single picture of Yakub Memon's flower-bedecked body here's why. The Mumbai police has imposed Section 144 which among other things, forbids any pictures of...
17:16
Just in: A medical team in Gujarat will terminate the pregnancy of 14-year-old rape survivor at 10 am tomorrow. The Supreme Court had held that she could be allowed an abortion unless it posed a great risk to her life, The Gujarat teenager had been refused permission by two lower courts to go...
17:10
Holding Yakub Memon's flower-bedecked coffin aloft, mourners inside the Bada Kabaristan. A second Janaaze ke Namaz, (prayers before a funeral), may be held now. The first namaz was said at the Mahim dargah attended by thousands of mourners. Inside the Bada Kabristan community leaders requesting...
16:51
A RAF contingent in Mumbai as the city stepped up security in the wake of Yakub Memon's execution. Pic: Sahil Salvi.
16:50
The origin of reality shows can be attributed to the fact that writers had run out of script ideas. To write a good script one has to be imaginative. Why bother? Why not just put a camera and not just peep but make a spectacle of people's lives, and if required death too.The tragic drama that was...
16:45
While some of Mumbai mourns for a terrorist, a moment for the victim. The 1993 blasts not only robbed Sabiha Usmani of her right eye, but also threatened both her life and that of her unborn child. Both survived and now 22 years later she wants all the culprits to be brought to...
16:36
Deputy head Mullah Akhtar to head the Taliban after Mullah Omar's death, say reports.
16:34
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com walks the streets of Mahim, where Yakub Memon grew up and lived till the day before the serial blasts in 1993, on the day he was hanged, and discovers an undercurrent of unease and restrained anger. Read the column here.
16:31
Quick Response Teams of police, formed after the 26/11 terrorist attacks, were deployed at a many places across Mumbai especially communally sensitive areas. Police have made nearly 500 preventive detentions since Yakub Memon's execution order was confirmed. Pic: Sahil Salvi
16:29
Yakub Memon's body arrives at Bada Kabrastan at Marine Lines. The body is in an ambulance and is accompanied by four vehicles carrying family members as well as a huge contingent of police vehicles. On the way in from the Mumbai airport to his Mahim home the body was taken in a hearse.
16:14
Security was stepped up across the city as this picture at CST shows. Pic: Sahil Salvi.
16:12
It was 'house full' at the Central Hall of Parliament today. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had been adjourned up to 2 pm, which was probably why there was time enough for MPs to chat. Interestingly, Anurag Thakur of the BJP sat with Rajeev Shukla of the Congress. Jairam Ramesh butted in and...
15:54
The ambulance carrying Yakub Memon's body outside the Bismillah building in Mahim. Pic: Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com.
15:50
The Janaaze ki Namaz for Yakub Memon at the Mahim dargah is over. The hearse carrying his body is now on its way to the Bada Kabaristan at Charni Road. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com reports that accompanying the hearse to the burial grounds will be a large contingent of police and the RAF....
15:25
Linking the Gurdaspur attack to Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the three terrorists had infiltrated from there to carry out the strike and asserted that the government will do everything possible to prevent cross-border terrorism. Read more
15:23
Women's day out in Mahim as people wait for a glimpse of Yakub Memon's body. Actually men outnumbered women on the streets of Mahim, most mourners, some voyeurs, as Memon's body was brought to his brother's home. The uneasy calm of the streets marked by a very heavy police presence was given a...
15:12
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com reporting from Mahim says there are thousands upon thousands of people on the streets. Yakub Memon's Janaaze ke Namaz, (prayers before a funeral), is being carried out now at the Mahim dargah. Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria is stationed in Mahim as we write...
15:11
Google pays tribute to former President APJ Kalam with a black ribbon on their logo. Google has always honoured popular and famous leaders on their birth and death anniversaries with creative doodles.
15:04
Tight security in Mumbai since last night after the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon. There will be at least 35,000 cops on the streets to ensure law and order prevails. Hundreds of plainclothes policemen will mingle in the crowd near Al...
14:55
Just in: Bomb scare at bus stand in Gurdaspur, which was attacked by terrorists on Monday. Police have cordoned off the area and a bomb squad has been called.
13:53
Photo: Mourners below the Bismillah building at Mahim where Yakub's brother Suleman stays. Pic: Pic: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com. Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf who spoke to people near the Al Hussaini building in Mahim where Yakub lived, said he was innocent and was a messiah. Suleman was...
13:46
Just in: Funeral prayers for Yakub Memon will be held at Bada Kabrastan in Marine Lines. Yakub Memon's body has been taken to his brother Suleman's house in Bismillah Manzil, five minutes away from the Al Hussaini building, where Yakub used to stay.Photograph: The Bismillah building where Yakub...
13:29
The tweets that have got the government's back up. Digvijaya Singh on Yakub Memon's execution: Yakub Memon hanged. Exemplary urgency and commitment has been shown by Govt and Judiciary in punishing an accused of Terror .I hope similar commitment of Govt and Judiciary would be shown in all cases...
13:17
Just in: Yakub Memon's body has reached Mahim. A hearse carrying Memon's body left Mumbai airport towards the Mahim dargah, near his residence, the Al Hussaini building. Yakub Menon's family, including his Sulaiman and cousin Usman, who accompanied the body from Nagpur, are in the hearse. In...
12:38
Here was an Indian like you and me, who reached the country's highest office without compromising on his integrity or values. Here was a politician who was not a Muslim, or Tamil, or a boatman's son -- but an Indian President, who opened his office to all Indians, says Sriram Karri.Read his...
12:30
Mumbai police issue order under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code forbidding photography of Yakub Memon's funeral.
12:16
PM Modi offers condolences to the family of APJ Kalam. APJM Maraikayar (in the picture), the 99-year-old brother, is Dr Kalam's only surviving sibling. Their other three brothers and a sister had passed away earlier.
12:10
PM Modi accompanied by other VVIPs leave the burial ground. Mourners from Chennai, Bengaluru say Kalam touched their lives at a very personal level. A lot of people who came all the way but narrowly missed paying their respects in tears. The single emotion that stands out at the Rameswaram for Dr...
12:03
Former President APJ Kalam laid to rest with full state honours. Family members offered special prayers before the burial amid a 21 gun salute.
11:51
That's Rahul Gandhi paying his respects a while ago.
11:50
Gun salute as Dr Kalam's body is now taken off from the coffin and laid to rest.
11:47
Tri-services personnel remove the national flag from the body of the former President and is handed to the airmen. The former president is to be buried with full millitary honours. A few minutes ago, army, navy and air force personnel paid their last respects to the former President at...
11:37
Meanwhile, Yakub Memon's body has reached Mumbai.
11:34
Tri-services contingent in attendance at the funeral ground in Rameswaram.
11:32
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar, union minister Venkaiah Naidu (pictured), Congress VP Rahul Gandhi, PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss pays their last respects.
11:28
A host of VVIPs paying their respects to Dr Kalam. Tamil Nadu Governor Rosaiah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tri-services personnel salute the body of Kalam.BJP MP Shahnawaz Hussain with Congress senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad say their prayers together before the body. Immediately after came...
11:21
The mortal remains of former President A P J Abdul Kalam, who died on Monday, arrives at the burial ground in Rameswaram. His body was taken from his ancestral house to the local mosque ahead of the funeral as thousands of mourners -- young and old -- poured into the island town to pay their last...
11:16
Final journey of missile man. PM Modi pays homage before the glass-encased coffin of Dr Kalam.
11:06
Back in Mahim, Mumbai, family and friends of Yakub Memon look at life after his death. Photograph: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com.
10:58
Dr Arun K Tiwari, who had a 34 year-long colourful, memorable association with the former President APJ Abdul Kalam, as his speech writer and the co-author of five books, spoke to Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com after reaching Rameswaram with the coffin. Just met Dr Kalam's 99-year-old...
10:49
Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com reports from Rameswaram.The Mohideen Aandavar mosque in Rameswaram had anticipated a crowd for APJ Abdul Kalam's Alvida Namaaz on Thursday. Still, it could not have expected the thousands of people, Muslim and Hindu, who thronged the narrow mohallas around the...
10:37
In Rameswaram, preparations for former President APJ Abdul Kalam's funeral begin even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves from the Madurai airport to Rameswaram. An hour earlier, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Madurai Airport to board a chopper to Rameswaram. He was...
10:20
The last wish of Yakub Memon before he was hanged was to meet his daughter. Reports say that Memon spoke to his daughter.
10:16
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com reporting from Mahim.In Mahim, where the family of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict, Yakub Memom still stays, the mood is sombre and angry. Last evening as the Supreme Court dismissed Yakub's plea, rejecting his argument that correct procedure was not followed in...
10:15
Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria in Mahim. Picture: Syed Fidaus Ashraf.
09:41
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Madurai Airport on Thursday morning to board a chopper to Rameswaram to attend former President APJ Abdul Kalam's last rites. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is accompanying Rahul Gandhi. A high alert has been sounded along the Tamil...
09:32
Security tightened at Nagpur airport; Joint CP , Additional CP and DIG CISF are supervising the arrangements.
09:31
Rediff.com/Syed Firdaus Ashraf reports that shops and markets in Mahim, where Yakub Memon's family resides, are shut as a precautionary measure. Read Syed Firdaus Ashraf's column: Is Yakub Memon innocent? I don't know
09:25
Criticising 1993 Mumbai terror attacks convict Yakub Memon's execution; the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Thursday said that Eye for an eye cannot be the philosophy of India's judicial prudence. This incident has brought the point effectively that our country should abolish death...
09:23
Yakub Memon's execution was carried out about two hours after his lawyers last-gasp plea to get the death warrant stayed was dismissed by the Supreme Court in an unprecedented hearing that began in the early hours and ended at dawn. Here's how it happened. 11 AM (July 29) -- A 14-page mercy...
09:08
Just in: One jawan killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, say police.
09:06
Heavy security outside the Bada Kabristan (pictured), Marine Lines, where Yakub Memon is likely to be buried. No visitors allowed today. The police have reportedly refused permission to the family to take the body in a procession to the burial ground. 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict, Yakub...
08:53
Mar 12, 1993: A series of 13 explosions rock Mumbairesulting in 257 fatalities and injuries to 713 others.Apr 19: Actor Sanjay Dutt (accused number 117) arrested.Nov 4 : Over 10,000 page-long primary charge sheet filedagainst 189 accused, including Dutt.Nov 19: Case handed over to CBI.Apr 1,...
08:48
When I read page number 50 of Transcendence, second paragraph, there he writes, No more manoeuvres are required any more, as I am placed in my final position in eternity. And within a month of that. he was no more. Arun K Tiwari, co-author of five of President A P J Abdul Kalam's books,...
08:42
Yakub Memon's brothers leave the Nagpur hotel they are staying at to head to the central jail to claim his body. Memon's body will be taken to Mumbai at 10.30 am by his family in an air ambulance and is likely to be buried in Mumbai's Marine Lines.No family member was present at the jail during...
08:42
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the state home affairs portfolio, is expected to make the announcement on Memon's execution at 11 am in the State Assembly.
08:39
Meanwhile, there is another funeral of a very different man today in Rameswaram. Former president APJ Abdul Kalam will be laid to rest at 11 am at his hometown in seashore town of Tamil Nadu. Ahead of PM Modi's visit for the funeral, coastal security group deploys additional patrol boats and all...
08:36
Nagpur jail authorities say Yakub Memon was hanged at 7 am not at 6: 35 am as reported earlier. Yakub was declared dead at 7am.
08:32
The Yakub Memon case has split public opinion. @sagarikaghose tweets: Hope justice will now be given to all victims: of 1984 riots,1992-93 riots, of Gujarat riots.They too lost loved ones. They too need closureWhile, economist @bibekdebroy writes:Candle Candle, burning dim,In Jantar Mantar,...
08:25
The Supreme Court, while confirming the death sentence of Yakub Memon and calling him a key conspirator, held that the other ten who were on death row were only the bows that the archer controlled. It commuted their sentence to life terms. There was a twelfth man on death row as well, but he...
08:09
First reactions from the BJP: Spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain says justice was delayed but not denied. Media reports say his body will be brought to Mumbai for burial by his family amidst tight security in an air ambulance leaving from Nagpur at 11 am.
07:53
The Hindu editorial on Yakub Memon's execution order. Judicial finality need not necessarily mean that India should hang Yakub Memon. Even in this situation, as his life hangs on the slender thread of a fresh mercy plea to the President, is the irreversible and inhuman sentence of death the...
07:50
A recap of all the drama that led up to Yakub Memon's hanging. Yakub Memon, Mumbai blasts convict, was hanged at 6:43 am today, with the Supreme Court dismissing his last-minute attempt to escape the gallows by rejecting his plea for a stay on the death warrant. Stay of death warrant would be a...
07:41
Security across Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai and Nagpur, has been beefed up. The quick response team, an elite and armed wing of the Mumbai Police created after the 26/11 terror attack, has been pressed into action. A QRT team was also placed outside Yakub's cell and is still on...
07:40
Late last night, lawyers for Yakub Memon changed strategy and rushed to the residence Chief Justice of India H L Dattu and petitioned him for an urgent hearing to stay the hanging on the ground that 14 days time should be given to death row convict to enable him challenge the rejection and for...
07:30
For the first time ever, the Supreme Court was opened for judges to hear a petition at 3 am. The final plea against the execution of Yakub Memon for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. After about 90 minutes, the judges rejected Memon's appeal to stop his execution. He was hanged in...
07:19
A postmortem is being performed. Yakub Memon's body will be taken out of Nagpur prison at 11 am.
07:13
According to reports, 8-10 people were present at the place where Memon was hanged.Memon offered Namaz and read the Quran before being hanged.
06:58
1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged in Nagpur jail on Thursday morning, a couple of hours after the Supreme Court dismissed his last-minute attempt to escape the gallows by rejecting his plea for a stay on the death warrant. The jail doctor will certify him dead in next 30...
04:59
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has rejected the mercy plea made by Yakub Memon after a nearly hour-long mercy plea. Memon is scheduled for 7 am in the Nagpur Central Prison on his 53rd birthday.
04:48
Review petition for Yakub was heard for 10 days when the law mandates that only half-hour has to be given,says Justice Misra
04:46
Ample opportunity was given to Yakub Memon to present his case, says Justice Misra.
04:45
Justice Dipak Mishra: The execution warrant was communicated to Yakub Memon on July 13, 15. On April 11, 2014, the mercy petition by the brother of Yakub was rejected. Yakub never disowned the petition filed by his brother.
04:41
The protocol that would have been followed had the mercy petition not been filed:3 am: Yakub Memon to be woken up.3:10 am: Memon to be asked to take a bath.3.20 am: Memon to be served breakfast; asked to read any religious book of his choice.3.35 am: To the gallows.
04:31
Similar prayers were made in the petition disposed off yesterday says Justice Dipak Mishra towards the end of the hearing.The order dictation is still underway.
04:26
Meanwhile, the Nagpur Jail administration has asked all its staff to deposit all mobiles phones and gadgets, according to ANI.
04:24
Judges are now taking decision on the mercy petition. It may be recalled that Yakub will be hanged at 7 am on Thursday morning barring any last-minute reprieve.
04:21
AG: Death warrant upheld just 10 hours ago by three judges cannot be quashed.Yakub's lawyer: They are hell-bent on executing Memon this morning.How has the President rejected the fresh mercy plea in a short time
04:17
It is to be noted that journalists are present in the court room and have access to the arguments.
04:16
It is the petitioner's idea is to delay the execution by 4-5 years on death row and then seek commutation alleging inordinate delay, argues the AG.
04:10
It is irrelevant if the earlier petition was filed by his brother. It was for Yakub. If mercy petitions are filed over and over again, death warrants will never be executed: Attorney General Rohatgi.You cannot have a mercy plea hours before execution. The reality is, that the judicial process is...
04:05
Filing second mercy plea is abusing the system, Attorney General Rohatgi has argued in court.The lawyers' counter-argument to that is that the first mercy petition that was filed was filed by Yakub's brother and not Yakub himself.
04:00
From NDTV: You are not challenging the rejection of the mercy plea?, asked one of the judges to the Memon's lawyer.I don't have a copy of the President's order. Give me 14 days to prepare, the lawyer reportedly replied.
03:58
Attorney General Rohatgi: If the Executive cannot grant mercy, the court cannot intervene.Yakub's lawyers are questioning how the President rejected the plea in such a short time.
03:54
From PTI: Lawyers are arguing that the nearest legal aid centre has to be informed about rejection of the plea, but it could not be done because it was late night.
03:42
The never-seen-before early morning hearing is now underway in the Supreme Court, and is not expected to go on for very long.
03:41
Ironically, jail authorities delivered a confidential letter to Yakub's family at around 3 am at a hotel in Nagpur.Yakub is housed in the Nagpur Central Jail.
03:22
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has just reached the Supreme Court. The hearing will start any minute from now.
03:22
The unprecedented middle of the night hearing regarding the death sentence of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is about to begin.
03:16
Senior lawyers, including Prashant Bhushan, Nitya Ramakrishnan, Yug Chaoudahry and Brinda Grover have reached the courtroom.The judges are expected to arrive shortly. There is a bunch of people outside the SC, protesting against the late night hearing.
03:05
Security in and around Mumbai has been tightened ahead of the SC court hearing.
02:51
The bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, Prafulla Chandra Pant and Amitava Roy, which had upheld the death warrant against the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict, will hear the petition Justice Mishra will head the bench.
02:42
And this is the scene outside the Nagpur Jail.
02:42
And this is the SC registrar reaching the CJI's residence again.
02:41
JUST IN: Uncertainty still hangs over whether Yakub Memon will hang today morning for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. Reports are coming in that there would be a 2 am hearing for a last-minute petition against Memon's hanging.
02:41
In an unprecedented development, it is now being reported that the Supreme Court's doors would be thrown open to hear the plea.The hearing is set at 2:30 am.
02:41
According to several media reports, the final plea against the hanging of Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai blasts case is being heard by the Chief Justice of India.His mercy petition was rejected on Wednesday night by President Pranab Mukherjee after the Modi...
01:57
Major confusion outside Justice Mishra's house. Earlier, reports said that the hearing would take place at the CJI's residence. A little later, the action shifted to Justice Mishra's house.Fresh reports now say that the action may now move to the Supreme Court, and the hearing would take...
01:52
A court room would be set up inside Justice Misra's living room, according to TV reports.
01:49
The entire road leading to Chief Justice Deepak Mishra's residence has been barricaded.Senior lawyers, including Prashant Bhushan, Nitya Ramakrishnan, Yug Chaoudahry and Brinda Grover are at the Chief Justice's residence, seeking to meet him regarding the death sentence of Memon.
01:10
The fresh petition pleads that an order be passed that the authorities should give Yakub Memon at least 14 days time for execution after the rejection of his mercy petition as per the apex court's guidelines.
01:09
Memon's hanging is scheduled for 7 am tomorrow in the Nagpur Central Prison on his 53rd birthday as per the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court's order even as prison sources said preparations were completed to carry out the execution amid tight security.
01:05
Activists are saying that once the President rejects the mercy plea, the death row prisoner can't be hanged for 14 days in accordance with the rules.
00:48
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray criticised All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi and actor Salman Khan here today for opposing Yakub Memon's execution.Salman Khan may be stupid, but what about people like Naseeruddin Shah who signed Yakub Memon's mercy...
00:34
SC rejects Centre's curative plea for death of Rajiv killers'Taliban chief Mullah Omar is dead,' Afghan govt confirms'RAW will be having this entire file with them'Modi associate wants Presidential mercy for Yakub MemonWho bungled Yakub Memon's case?Rameswaram's special send-off for their...
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