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There Is No Real Mitigating Circumstance In Yakub Memon Case
Death penalty is a polarising issue. But in India, the debate is more academic. In 68 years since Independence India has hanged only 52 convicts. These includes killers of Mahatma Gandhi, Indira...
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Yakub Memon Death Penalty: Government Advises President To Reject Mercy Plea
NEW DELHI -- Home Minister Rajnath Singh tonight called on President Pranab Mukherjee and is believed to have conveyed government's view that the mercy petition of Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub...
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President Pranab Mukherjee Rejects Yakub Memon's Mercy Plea; Execution May Be...
NEW DELHI -- President Pranab Mukherjee rejected a fresh mercy petition filed by 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon on Wednesday night. Memon is now scheduled to be hanged to death on Thursday...
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Unprecedented Early Morning Hearing Underway In Supreme Court On Yakub Memon...
NEW DELHI -- An unprecedented early morning hearing is underway in the Supreme Court as death row convict Yakub Memon's lawyers are trying to stay his execution, scheduled for 7am on Thursday, or in a...
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Lok Sabha Adjourned For The Day, Rajya Sabha Till 2 PM To Pay Respect To Kalam
NEW DELHI -- Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day today and Rajya Sabha till 2 pm without transacting any business in view of the funeral of former President A P J Abdul Kalam taking place in his...
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Soldier Killed In Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch In Ceasefire Violation by Pakistan
An Army soldier was killed in a sniper attack by Pakistani troops who targeted forward posts in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district in a violation of ceasefire on Wednesday night. Rachpal Singh was...
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Snapdeal To Be Profitable In 2-3 Years, Says CEO Kunal Bahl
Venture capital firms poured in $2.256 billion (Rs. 14,428 crores) in Indian startups last year. Much of that went into e-commerce companies such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and Jabong, and none of them are...
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PHOTOS: Nation Bids Farewell To 'People's President' APJ Abdul Kalam
Thousands gathered to bid farewell to the People's President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who was buried with full state honours at a public ground in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram town, this afternoon. Prime...
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Artist's Tribute To Kalam Draws Facebook Outrage
NEW DELHI— In the social media deluge of tweets, poems and art work, to honour late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, a piece of art by Delhi-based artist, Sameer Hazari, has managed to provoke. Hazari...
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This Song From 'Brothers' Is An Anthem For All Fitness Fans
This song of Brothers is likely to send fitness enthusiasts scurrying to double their bench presses. The video shows Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra's heavy weight fitness regime to get in shape for...
View ArticleYakub's Body Handed Over To Family, Tight Security In Mumbai
NAGPUR/MUMBAI -- The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged in Nagpur this morning for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, was handed over to his family which flew it to Mumbai for last rites...
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NAGPUR/MUMBAI -- The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged in Nagpur this morning for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, was handed over to his family which flew it to Mumbai for last rites...
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UN Warning: India's Population To Beat China's By 2022
India, already bursting at the seams with over a billion people, will overtake China earlier than expected to become the world's most populous country. The United Nation's population-studies body that...
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BSE Sensex Closes On High Note On GST Hopes; Dr Reddy's, Bank Of Baroda Lead...
MUMBAI - Indian shares rose on Thursday for a second consecutive day after the cabinet approved a bill on the goods and services tax that incorporates recommendations from a parliamentary panel, and...
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On The Day Yakub Memon Is Hanged, Shashi Tharoor Says Death Penalty Makes Us...
While Yakub Memon's hanging today polarised the nation, Congress Party leader Shashi Tharoor sparked controversy by lambasting the death penalty as a pointless and retributive practice, and asked,...
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Gurdaspur Attack: Overwhelming Evidence Of Pakistan Link, Says Indian Government
NEW DELHI -- Government today asserted that the Gurdaspur attack had Pakistan connection, saying there is "overwhelmingly conclusive" evidence that the three terrorists had infiltrated from there to...
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US Tourist Alleges Molestation By Uber Driver In Delhi
NEW DELHI -- A 20-year-old tourist from the US has alleged that she was molested by a cab driver of a city-based private company following which an FIR was registered by Delhi Police against him today....
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Yakub Memon Buried Amid Tight Security
MUMBAI -- The body of Yakub Menon, hanged this morning at Nagpur Central Prison for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was buried at Bada Khabristan graveyard here in the evening amid tight security...
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BJP And Congress Locked In Political Battle Over Yakub Memon Hanging
NEW DELHI -- BJP today attacked Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Shashi Tharoor for their statements on the hanging of Yakub Memon alleging they amounted to being "anti-national" and demanded an...
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4 Indian Teachers Kidnapped In Libya
NEW DELHI -- Four Indian teachers have been kidnapped in Libya, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday morning. The Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the Indian mission in Tripoli...
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