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Yakub Memon Case: Hope Fades For Death Row Convict As SC Order, Mercy Plea...
NEW DELHI -- Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has exhausted nearly all legal avenues before him as a Supreme Court bench today ruled against both arguments which his team of...
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Bangalore Is World's 2nd Fastest Growing Startup Ecosystem, Has Youngest...
Bangalore has risen four places in the latest Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking by San Francisco-based Compass, a research firm that provides global benchmarking tools. Their first such report on...
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President Sends Yakub Memon's Mercy Petition To Home Ministry
NEW DELHI -- President Pranab Mukherjee today sent the fresh mercy petition of 1993 Mumbai-blast accused Yakub Memon--filed today as a last ditch attempt to escape the gallows--to the Home Ministry....
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ISIS Preparing To Attack India, Claims Report
WASHINGTON --The ISIS is preparing to attack India to provoke an Armageddon-like confrontation with the US, according to an internal recruitment document of the feared group which also seeks to unite...
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Afghan Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Has Died: Intelligence Agency
Fresh reports surfaced Wednesday indicating that the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has died. The militant group is expected to put out a statement on this soon. According to a BBC...
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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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Supreme Court Rejects Memon Counsel's Arguments In Special Dawn Hearing
NEW DELHI -- Capping a day and night of rapid developments in the Yakub Memon case, the Supreme Court rejected Yakub Memon's last-minute plea at 5 am on Thursday, just two hours before the 1993 Mumbai...
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1993 Mumbai Blasts Convict Yakub Memon Hanged To Death
After a night of unprecedented developments in which Yakub Memon fought to stay alive, the chartered accountant, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, was hanged shortly before 7:00 am...
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The Morning Wrap: Government Moots Life Imprisonment In New Consumer...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Yakub Memon...
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Snapshots From The Yakub Memon Case Over The Years
Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was hanged to death today after his last ditch attempts to get a reprieve failed early this morning in the Supreme Court. Memon was hanged...
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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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