India to furnish evidence to Pakistan on Dawood's presence in Karachi
Aug 22, 2015, at 07:28 pm
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IBNS) India will furnish to Pakistan fresh evidence of terror mastermind Dawood Ibrahim's presence in Karachi, If the NSA-level talks between the two countries take place on Sunday as scheduled overcoming the precarious prospect it faces till now, reports said.
Police search for the man who claims on social media network he is a Yakub Memon Sympathiser
Aug 06, 2015, at 06:15 pm
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IBNS) The Mumbai Crime Branch is on the lookout for a man, who has declared on social media that he is a sympathiser of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, executed last week, and pledges to give up Indian citizenship to become an official spokesperson of terror group Islamic State.
SC Deputy Registrar resigns over judgement on Yakub Memon
Aug 02, 2015, at 08:05 pm
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Professor Anup Surendranath, who was appointed as the Deputy Registrar (Research) of the Supreme Court more than a year ago on contract, has resigned from the post after 1993 Mumbai Blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged to death.
Yakub had said he was hanging for his brother's sins: Lawyer
Jul 31, 2015, at 08:13 pm
Mumbai, July 31 (IBNS): Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday morning in Nagpur Central Jail for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, had told his lawyers that he was being executed for his brother Tiger's sins.
Judges who rejected Yakub's last minute plea given additional security
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:15 am
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): The three judges, who rejected 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's last-minute appeal in an unprecedented hearing that took place in the Supreme Court at 3 AM on Thursday, has been been provided with additional security, reports said.
Execution of Yakub Memon cruel and inhuman: Amnesty International
Jul 31, 2015, at 03:24 am
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS) The execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon marks another disheartening use of the death penalty in India, said Amnesty International India on Thursday.
1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon buried in Mumbai amid high security
Jul 31, 2015, at 02:11 am
Mumbai, July 30 (IBNS): The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday morning in Nagpur Central Jail, was buried in a graveyard in Mahim in Mumbai amid heavy security.
Shashi Tharoor's tweets on Memon's execution embarrasses Congress
Jul 30, 2015, at 11:07 pm
New Delhi, Jul 30 (IBNS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is once again in news to put his party in embarrassment, saying he is saddened by the execution of Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Yakub Memon's body reaches Mumbai for burial
Jul 30, 2015, at 08:09 pm
Mumbai, Jul 30 (IBNS) The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday morning in Nagpur Central Jail reached Mumbai where he will be buried.
I am going to die, only a miracle can save me: Yakub Memon told a jail guard
Jul 30, 2015, at 07:42 pm
Nagpur, Jul 28 (IBNS) As Yakub Memon was probably being torn between hopes and despair waiting for the Supreme Court to decide on his petition against execution, he reportedly told a prison guard that only miracle can save him.
The last hearing on Yakub Memon : Unprecedented 90 minutes in the early hours
Jul 30, 2015, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi, Jul 30 (IBNS) For the first time in India's legal history the Supreme Court was opened for judges at 3 am on Thursday to hear the final plea against the execution of Yakub Memon for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur prison
Jul 30, 2015, at 01:45 pm
Nagpur, July 30 (IBNS): Putting an end to all legal battle and nearly two hours after the Supreme Court rejected his final plea, 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged at Nagpur Central Prison in Nagpur on Thursday.
1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon hanged
Jul 30, 2015, at 12:32 pm
Nagpur, July 30 (IBNS) Ending all speculations, 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has been hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail here on Thursday .
President Mukherjee rejects mercy plea, Yakub Memon to hang tomorrow
Jul 30, 2015, at 04:46 am
New Delhi, July 29 (IBNS): Closing all roads of clemency for 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday rejected his mercy petition, clearing the decks for his hanging on Thursday morning at 7 AM.
Rajnath Singh meets President over Yakub Memon's mercy plea
Jul 30, 2015, at 02:13 am
New Delhi, July 29 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is meeting President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday evening over 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's mercy petition after the Supreme Court bench on Wednesday dismissed his plea against the death warrant.
Three-Judge SC bench likely to decide today whether Yakub Memon is to be hanged
Jul 29, 2015, at 07:04 pm
New Delhi, Jul 29 (IBNS) With less than 24 hours left for the scheduled hanging of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, a three-member bench of Supreme Court will take up on Wednesday his plea against the death warrant.
Salman tweets in support of Yakub, Salim disagrees with son
Jul 26, 2015, at 07:57 pm
Mumbai, July 26 (IBNS): Hours after Salman Khan tweeted in support of Yakub Memon, who is convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, his father Salim Khan on Sunday called the Bollywood actor "ignorant" of the issue and asked people to not take him seriously.
Parade and hang Tiger Memon, not his brother Yakub: Salman
Jul 26, 2015, at 04:34 pm
Mumbai, July 26 (IBNS): Bollywood actor Salman Khan has raised his voice in support of Yakub Memon, who is convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, and said his brother Tiger Memon should be paraded and hanged instead.
Supreme Court to hear on Monday Memon's plea for quashing death sentence
Jul 24, 2015, at 08:18 pm
New Delhi, Jul. 24 (IBNS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the plea of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon who seeks quashing of his death sentence.