Family mum, but locals rally & pray for Yakub
Mumbai/Nagpur: On Tuesday, Yakub Memon's family maintained silence in front of media vans that crowded the entrance of Al Hussain housing society, from where RDX-laden cars and scooters slid out in the...
View ArticleOnly lawyer, not cousin, allowed to meet Yakub
NAGPUR: Possibilities of 1993 bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon "getting disturbed" after meeting kin, with less than 40 hours remaining for his possible hanging on July 30, have prompted Nagpur Central...
View ArticleYakub has not made his will so far: Lawyer
Nagpur: Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, whose last-ditch effort to escape the noose at the Central Prison here on his 53rd birthday on Thursday was rejected by the Supreme Court, has not prepared...
View ArticleYakub Memon has not made his will so far: Lawyer
NAGPUR: Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, whose last-ditch effort to escape the noose at the Central Prison here on his 53rd birthday tomorrow was rejected by the Supreme Court, has not prepared any...
View ArticleYakub Memon's body handed over to family, to be buried in Mumbai
The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged at the Central Prison here this morning for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, was handed over to his family and it will be flown to Mumbai for...
View ArticleYakub Memon's body handed over to family
NAGPUR: The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged at the Central Prison here this morning for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, was handed over to his family and it will be flown to Mumbai...
View Article1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon hanged, body handed over to family
Nagpur: The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged at the Central Prison here this morning for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, was handed over to his family and it will be flown to Mumbai...
View ArticleYakub Memon will be woken at 3 am tomorrow: sources
Mumbai: Yakub Memon, the lone person to be sentenced for a series of bombings in 1993, is scheduled to be hanged on Thursday morning if President Pranab Mukherjee rejects his final plea for mercy....
View ArticleBrothers allowed to meet Yakub inside Nagpur prison
NAGPUR: Yakub Memon, who now sports a long, white beard, met elder brother Suleiman and cousin Usman for the last time at Nagpur Central Jail late on Wednesday evening. On his 54th birthday, Yakub will...
View ArticleYakub Memon hanged at Nagpur central prison
The lone convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, Yakub Abdul Razak Memon (53), was reportedly executed at Nagpur central prison at around 6.30 am on Thursday. However, no official announcement was...
View ArticleBro, cousin in Nagpur try till end to stall Yakub hanging
Nagpur: Suleiman Memon, elder brother of 1993 serial blasts convict Yakub Memon, arrived here from Delhi in the morning and joined his cousin Usman, who has been coordinating Yakub's legal moves from a...
View ArticleMemons tried till last minute to evade hanging
NAGPUR: Suleiman Memon, elder brother of 1993 serial blasts convict Yakub Memon, arrived here from Delhi in the morning and joined his cousin Usman, who has been coordinating Yakub's legal moves from a...
View ArticleExecution comes after SC rejects his plea in historic hearing
Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the lone convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case facing capital punishment, was hanged to death on Thursday at the Nagpur Central Jail. Memon’s last wish of meeting his...
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects Yakub Memon’s curative petition
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the curative petition of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. With the court rejecting his petition, Memon...
View ArticleAfter SC denies relief, Memon submits mercy petn to Governor
Yakub Memon, the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict whose curative petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court earlier in the day, submitted a mercy petition for the Maharashtra Governor this evening, in...
View ArticleMumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon files mercy petition
Nagpur, July 21 (ANI): Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon, whose curative petition was rejected by the Supreme Court today, has now filed a mercy petition to the...
View ArticleMedia give 30-minute car chase to ‘catch’ cousin who met Yakub in jail
NAGPUR: Tuesday saw high drama on the roads in Nagpur as mediapersons gave a 30-minute chase to Yakub Memon's cousin Usman, who was travelling in a police vehicle after meeting the 1993 blasts convict...
View ArticleLawyer gets Yakub’s diary, books
NAGPUR: Twenty days after the hanging of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon in the Nagpur Central Jail, officials handed over his diaries,...
View ArticleYakub’s wife and daughter likely to visit him today
NAGPUR: The mulaqat room of Nagpur Central Jail, where inmates meet visitors with a grilled barricade in between, is likely to get emotionally charged up on Thursday as the family members are expected...
View ArticleYakub execution can be stayed, says lawyer
Nagpur: Yakub Memon's local lawyer Anil Gedam on Monday said his client's execution could be stayed even if the curative petition coming up before the Supreme Court on Tuesday was not admitted. He said...
View ArticleCousin visits Yakub in prison, talk revolves around SC hearing today
Nagpur: 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon on Monday met his cousin Usman Memon in the interview arena of Nagpur Central Jail with members of various security and intelligence agencies...
View ArticleCousin meets Yakub in jail as curative plea to be heard today
MUMBAI: Usman Memon, a cousin of Yakub Memon, convicted and sentenced to death for the March 12, 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, met him at the high-security Nagpur Central prison on Monday, a day...
View ArticleYakub moves apex court to escape the noose
Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, has pinned his hope of life on a curative petition pending in the Supreme Court. A curative plea is filed to ensure there is...
View ArticleYakub Memon moves apex court to escape the noose
Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, has pinned his hope of life on a curative petition pending in the Supreme Court. A curative plea is filed to ensure there is...
View ArticleYakub Memon moves apex court to escape death
Yakub Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, has pinned his hope of life on a curative petition pending in the Supreme Court. A curative plea is filed to ensure there is...
View ArticleAfter SC denies relief, Yakub Memon submits mercy petition to Maharashtra...
NAGPUR: Yakub Memon, the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict whose curative petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court earlier in the day, submitted a mercy petition for the Maharashtra governor on...
View Article‘Mercy plea, fitness level only options left against death’
NAGPUR/MUMBAI: Hours after the Supreme Court rejected the curative plea against his death sentence on Tuesday, the 1993 serial blasts convict Yakub Memon filed a mercy plea before the Nagpur prison...
View Article‘Mercy plea, fitness only options left against death’
Nagpur/Mumbai: Hours after the Supreme Court rejected the curative plea against his death sentence on Tuesday, the 1993 serial blasts convict Yakub Memon filed a mercy plea before the Nagpur prison...
View ArticleYakub Memon case: Tense atmosphere outside jail
A frustrated brother trying to avoid the media, a tense cousin making a last ditch effort to get a glimpse of his cousin, an entire administrative machinery on its toes and an impatient media waiting...
View ArticleIndia hangs only man sentenced to die for 1993 Mumbai blasts
An Indian accountant and the only person sentenced to death for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people — the country's worst terrorist attack — was hanged Thursday on his birthday,...
View ArticleLegal options over for Yakub Memon, say experts
MUMBAI: Legal experts said the law has run its course after the Supreme Court upheld the validity of Yakub Memon's death warrant and paved the way for his execution. Maharashtra governor C Vidyasagar...
View ArticleYakub's kin seek pardon from Prez
Claiming that he was innocent, the family members of death row convict Yakub Memon on Saturday pleaded for pardon from President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Memon’s wife, Rahin...
View ArticleYakub Memon's pleas rejected, Maharashtra braces for hanging
New Delhi/Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Mumbai 1993 blasts convict Yakub Memon seemed set to go to the gallows with the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissing his petition against his July 30 execution and a...
View ArticleYakub Memon woken up three hours before hanging
Yakub Memon was woken up from his solitary prison cell here at 4am today, three hours before his scheduled execution time, as the task of preparing the only death row convict in the 1993 blasts case...
View ArticleYakub Memon to be hanged in 1993 Bombay blasts case: Chronology of the case
NEW DELHI: A little over 22 years after 13 coordinated blasts rocked Bombay, killing 257 people and injuring over 700, the lone convict on death row in the case, Yakub Abdul Razak Memon will hang after...
View ArticleEminent persons request President to consider Yakub Memon's mercy plea
A group of eminent jurists, MPs, leaders of political parties and eminent individuals from different walks of life submitted a petition to President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday to request him to...
View ArticleEminent persons request President to consider Yakub's mercy plea
A group of eminent jurists, MPs, leaders of political parties and eminent individuals from different walks of life submitted a petition to President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday to request him to...
View ArticleLast few hours of Yakub Memon before hanging
Nagpur: Yakub Memon was woken up from his solitary prison cell here at 4am on Thursday, three hours before his scheduled execution time, as the task of preparing the only death row convict in the 1993...
View ArticleQuestions that will not die
A week after Yakub Abdul Razak Memon was sent to the gallows for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, questions have been raised about the nature of the Supreme Court proceedings leading up to...
View ArticleHome Ministry likely to advise President to reject Yakub Memon's mercy plea
New Delhi: Government is likely to reject the mercy petition of Yakub Memon, who is facing gallows in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, and convey this view to President Pranab Mukherjee. Hectic...
View ArticleYakub Memon wrote another, undelivered, mercy plea on the eve of his hanging
NAGPUR: The last few hours of 1993 bomb blast convict Yakub Memon's life were expectedly filled with spirituality. He also won the admiration of the Nagpur Central Jail personnel for his cooperation as...
View ArticleYakub Memon hanged: Timeline of events since 1993 Mumbai blasts
Mumbai: A little over 22 years after 12 coordinated blasts rocked Mumbai, killing 257 people and injuring over 700, the lone convict on death row in the case -- Yakub Abdul Razak Memon -- was hanged...
View ArticleJail inmates find it hard to believe that ‘Sir’ is a terrorist
NAGPUR: His spotless white flowing kurta and benign demeanour belies that he was once a terrorist. Yakub Memon is a popular figure in Nagpur Central Jail. His congeniality with fellow inmates and...
View ArticleYakub Memon hanged in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
MUMBAI: A little over 22 years after 12 coordinated blasts rocked Mumbai, killing 257 people and injuring over 700, the lone convict on death row in the case --Yakub Abdul Razak Memon--was hanged after...
View ArticleYakub’s body to be handed over to family at 11am
NAGPUR: Central Jail authorities have said that they would hand over Yakub Memon's body to his family at 11am after the execution and other formalities are completed. The debate over handing over of...
View ArticleDid Yakub Memon get his due?
THE death by hanging of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the lone death-row convict in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, on the morning of July 30, holds a mirror to Indian democracy, political...
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