Tag: Ajmal Kasab
President Pranab Mukherjee rejects nine mercy pleas in nine months
PRESIDENT Pranab Mukherjee has rejected nine mercy petitions sentencing 14 convicts including one woman to death in nine months, making a rejection for every month of his tenure as President.
Taliban vow to attack India over Kasab death
PAKISTAN'S Taliban movement threatened on Thursday to attack Indian targets to avenge the country's execution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of the militant squad responsible for a rampage through Mumbai that killed 166 people in 2008.
Now, Narendra Modi dragged into row over Ram
CONTROVERSY over Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani's statement on Lord Rama continues as Congress leader Digvijay Singh dragged Narendra Modi into the row.
Supreme Court suspends Kasab’s death sentence
THE apex court justified the suspension order saying that it would like to hear his plea challenging capital punishment at length as ‘due process of law’ has to be followed, despite the growing demand that the appeal should be ‘rejected’ outright.
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No foul play in Mandissa’s death, police say
While no cause of death has been revealed, Franklin Police Department officials in Tennessee said Monday that no foul play is suspected.
