Yakub Memon
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Salman Khan apologises, clarifies after Yakub-Tiger tweets uproar
Bollywood | July 27, 2015 10:15 ISTMumbai: After tweets that triggered a volley of protests, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Sunday evening apologised for saying that the 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon should not hang but his brother Tiger Memon
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BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha defends Salman Khan on Yakub Memon issue
Politics | July 27, 2015 4:54 ISTNew Delhi: On a day when Salman Khan faced a barrage of opposition over his controversial defence of death row convict Yakub Memon, actor-politician and Lok Sabha MP Shatrughan Sinha rooted for him, saying, "supporting
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#SalmanWithTerrorist trends as Salman Khan slammed for defending Yakub Memon
Bollywood | July 26, 2015 23:41 ISTSalman Khan, who boasts of a massive fan following in the country, is today at the receiving end of hatred from the natives. The superstar is being highly criticized, especially on the social networks, for
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Supreme Court to hear Yakub Memon's plea on Monday
India | July 26, 2015 23:03 ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea by Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon, who has sought a stay on his execution set for July 30.Meanwhile, eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani and
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Gross travesty of justice in Yakub Memon's case: Markandey Katju
India | July 26, 2015 21:19 ISTNew Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Justice (Retd.) Markandey Katju today said that there has been “gross travesty of justice” in the case of Yakub Memon, the sole death row convict and a co-conspirator of
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BJP seeks cancellation of Salman Khan's bail over his Yakub tweets
Politics | July 26, 2015 19:34 ISTMumbai: With Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's tweets defending Yakub Memon, the death row convict of 1993 Mumbai blasts case, drawing severe flak from different quarters, BJP here demanded cancellation of the actor's bail in the
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Salman Khan retracts his tweet on Yakub Memon, renders apology
Bollywood | July 26, 2015 18:40 ISTSuperstar Salman Khan, after facing flak for opposing 1993 Mumbai Bomb blast convict Yakub Memon, today evening retracted his tweets and said he apologises for creating misunderstanding over the issue.The actor took it to twitter
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Petition by eminent personalities urges President to pardon Yakub Memon
India | July 26, 2015 21:15 ISTNew Delhi: Leaders of various parties including BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha and its expelled MP Ram Jethmalani, eminent jurists and persons from different walks of life today submitted a fresh petition to President Pranab Mukherjee
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Salman's tweets over Yakub: Protests erupt in Maharashtra
India | July 26, 2015 18:00 ISTMumbai: Protests erupted at few places in Maharashtra over Bollywood actor Salman Khan's tweets defending Yakub Memon, the death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case.Angry workers of the Shiv Sena blackened the
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Political parties criticise Salman Khan's tweets defending Yakub Memon
Politics | July 26, 2015 18:41 ISTMumbai: Salman Khan's tweets defending 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon today sparked a flurry of diverse reactions, with parties like BJP expressing outrage while some others including Left opposed capital punishment. Congress said the
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Communal colour being given to Yakub Memon hanging: BJP
Politics | July 26, 2015 16:25 ISTNew Delhi: The BJP on Sunday said efforts were being made to give a communal colour to the death penalty given to Yakub Memon, convicted in the Mumbai blast case, and asked people not to
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Security beefed up outside Salman Khan's residence after his tweet on Yakub Memon
Bollywood | July 26, 2015 16:22 ISTMumbai: To avoid any untoward incident following Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's tweets defending Yakub Memon, the death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blast case, police here have beefed up security outside the actor's residence
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Govt should show leniency as Yakub had surrendered: wife
India | July 26, 2015 17:01 ISTMumbai: Rahin Memon, the wife of Yakub Memon, the only death-row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, has appealed to the judiciary and the government to commute her husband's capital punishment to life term."I
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Salman's tweets are ridiculous and meaningless: Salim Khan
Bollywood | July 26, 2015 14:52 ISTMumbai: Superstar Salman Khan has stoked a new controversy after a series of tweets opposing the death penalty of 1993 Mumbai Bomb blast convict Yakub Memon and instead sought the execution of his brother Tiger
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Killing Yakub Memon would be killing Humanity : Salman Khan
Bollywood | July 26, 2015 18:21 ISTMumbai: Superstar Salman khan, in a series of explosive tweets today, opposed the death penalty of 1993 Mumbai bomb blast convict Yakub Memon and lashed out at his absconding brother Tiger Memon, a key conspirator
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Top prison officer reviews preparations for Yakub Memon's hanging
India | July 25, 2015 19:50 ISTNagpur: Additional Director General (ADG) of Police (prisons) Meera Borwankar this morning visited the Central Prison here to supervise the ongoing preparations for the scheduled hanging of Yakub Memon, the only death row convict in
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Maharashtra Governor consults top officials on Yakub Memon's plea
India | July 25, 2015 18:03 ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao today held consultations with Home and Law Department officials on the mercy petition submitted by 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.The BJP-led government headed by Devendra Fadnavis had sent
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Yakub Memon praised the secular fabric of India in his 2013 essay
India | July 25, 2015 13:15 ISTNew Delhi: “The need of the hour is to see that each of us 'WE' must think himself/herself to be a member of one family i.e. India. We must learn to tolerate and love each
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Respect judiciary, but stand by comments on Memon hanging: Asaduddin Owaisi
Politics | July 25, 2015 6:12 ISTHyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, whose comments on the imminent hanging of 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon have sparked a huge controversy, on Friday clarified he respected the judiciary
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Nagpur jail gears up for Yakub Memo's execution, govt approves Rs 22 lakh for preparations
India | July 24, 2015 23:53 ISTNagpur: With barely a week left for the scheduled hanging of Yakub Memon, the sole death-row convict of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, preparations are in full swing at the Nagpur Central Prison with authorities
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