SP leader requests Mulayam Singh to nominate Yakub Memon's wife as Rajya Sabha MP
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) A Samajwadi Party leader on Saturday triggered a controversy by requesting party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to nominate 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon's widow Raheen as a Rajya Sabha MP, media reports said.
Yakub had said he was hanging for his brother's sins: Lawyer
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.
Yakub Memon's body reaches Mumbai for burial
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
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
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.
Birthday cake for Memon hours before hanging
Nagpur, Jul 30 (IBNS) Hours before his hanging a birthday cake was sent to Yakub Memon inside Nagpur Centra Jail at midnight as the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict turned 53 on Thursday.
Yakub Memon hanged in Nagpur prison
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
Nagpur, July 30 (IBNS) Ending all speculations, 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has been hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail here on Thursday .
Yakub Memon should be hanged: MHA to President
New Delhi, July 29 (IBNS): After the Supreme Court bench on Wednesday dismissed the plea against death warrant of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, who is to hang on Thursday, President Pranab Mukherjee, who has the last authority of providing mercy, sought the advice of the Ministry of Home Affairs, reports said.
Yakub Memon files fresh mercy petition with President
New Delhi, Jul 29 (IBNS) Just a day before his scheduled hanging 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has filed a fresh mercy petition with the President, reports said.
Yakub Memon's execution may delay as Supreme Court refers petition to a larger bench
New Delhi, Jul 28 (IBNS) Yakub Memon, the 1993 Mumbai blasts death convict, may not hang on July 30 as he got a breather after the Supreme Court on Tuesday referred a petition challenging his death warrant to a larger bench following a split verdict by a two-judge bench.
I believe there has been gross travesty of justice in the case of Yakub Memon: Katju
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Markandey Katju on Sunday said the case of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon reflected ' gross travesty of justice'.
Stop communal politics: Sakshi Maharaj's reaction to Owaisi's comment on Memon's death sentence
New Delhi, Jul 24 (IBNS) Reacting strongly to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement against against the death penalty to 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sakshi Maharaj said that politics of communalism should be stopped.
Yakub Memon being hanged because he is a Muslim : Owaisi
New Delhi, Jul 24 (IBNS) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has triggered a controversy, saying 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is being executed because he is a Muslim.
Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon asks Supreme Court to stop his hanging
New Delhi, Jul 23 (IBNS) Yakub Memon, who is to be hanged on July 30 for his involvement in the 1993 Bombay blasts, has appealed to the Supreme Court to stop his execution, saying the lower court's death warrant is illegal, reports said.