23:57
Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, today agreed on a ceasefire to end a week-long violence in which at least 150 people have been killed. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr announced the ceasefire at a news conference with US Secretary of State...
23:20
Bashar al-Assad is usually among the first to rush out loud rhetoric during an Israeli onslaught on the Hamas-held Gaza Strip. Styling himself as the only genuine Arab defender of the Palestinians ' and deriding his peers as ambivalent if not outright Israeli accomplices ' the Syrian leader has...
22:42
Strongly opposing FDI in multi- brand retail, Madhya Pradesh BJP today said the decision will only help companies like Walmart which were being pushed out of the US market, and render lakhs of Indians jobless. Retail giants like Walmart were being pushed out of the American market but were...
21:18
Trinamool Congress to move no-confidence motion against UPA government in Parliament on Thursday, party sources tell PTI.
20:35
Four army personnel, including an officer, have been indicted in Court of Inquiry ordered into Congo sex scandal, Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh has said.
20:23
Describing the Mumbai terror attack case and its trial as unique, Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Rakesh Maria said the execution of Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab is the best fitting tribute to victims as well as security personnel who laid down their lives fighting terrorists. After...
20:17
India Against Corruption today welcomed the hanging of Ajmal Kasab at Pune's Yerwada Jail. The execution will bring relief to the families of the victims of the 26/11 and hope to the countless who are still awaiting justice, IAC said in a statement. However, it said that the government should not...
19:57
The Prime Minister got to know about Ajmal Kasab's hanging from television, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told NDTV this evening. The entire process leading up to the execution of the only terrorist caught alive after the 26/11 terror strike was kept so secret that neither did most Cabinet...
19:30
Both the central and Maharashtra governments have spent around Rs 29.5 crores on Ajmal Kasab to provide him food, security, medicines and clothes during his confinement in Arthur Road Central prison in Mumbai, official sources said today. Indo-Tibetan...
19:00
The Muslim community in the city today welcomed the execution of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab saying by doing this India had rightly conveyed to the world that it has zero tolerance towards terrorism.
18:57
And at Faridkot village, Pakistani security and intelligence agencies today barred journalists and television cameramen from entering Ajmal Kasab's hometown in Punjab province.The security personnel, who were in plain clothes and pretended to be villagers, stopped reporters from entering Faridkot...
18:48
I have studied up to the 4th standard from the government primary school. After leaving school, I went to Lahore. My brother Afzal stays at Galli No. 54, R.No. 12, Mohalla Tohit Abad, near Yadgar Minar, Lahore. I did labour jobs at different places till 2005. During that period I used to visit my...
18:37
Hours after the hanging of Ajmal Kasab in India, the news was no longer among the main headlines on the Pakistani channels, having been replaced by the events in Gaza and domestic developments. Though state-run Radio Pakistan and private networks like Geo News led their morning bulletins with the...
18:33
In other news: The Delhi High Court says that cricket updates go into public domain after two minutes.In a gist, what this means is this: - Ball by ball updates of Cricket matches are will now be delayed by 2 minutes, except in cases of key events like wickets.- Online updates and Mobile VAS...
18:19
Madhavankutty Pillai on the execution of Kasab: You and I want to live, preferably with happiness and prosperity, but even miserable and penniless we still hang on. The jihadist has the opposite consideration. His objective is to die. He is in a sense already dead. To you and I, capital...
18:08
Chandru tweets: But for Bal Thackeray and Kasab, this wud have top news, unprecedented in India. Delhi HC quashes Army promotions from Maj gen to Lt Gen.
18:05
Taking suo motu cognisance of the Ponty Chadha killing, the Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre asking the parameters for issuing gun licences to private security personnel.
17:54
Amnesty International India's press release on the execution of Kasab...The execution of Ajmal Kasab for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks undoes much of the progress India has made over the death penalty, Amnesty International said. Kasab, a Pakistani national, was hanged this...
17:48
On the ground on the night the Mumbai attacks, by Phil Smith. Smith is General Manager for Reuters News, South Asia and at the time of the 2008 attacks was Reuters Editor, South Asia based in Mumbai and living near Nariman House. Read
17:46
amitdandona tweets: News Channels are quite Upset that #kasab was hanged in secrecy. they didnt get a chance to ask aapko kaisa mehsus ho raha hai
17:40
Ajmal Kasab's identity remained C-7096 throughout his prison term and even when an official dossier was written for his hanging. The movement and activities of Kasab, who was hanged today in a prison in Pune, was always kept very secret and when official documents were moved regarding his hanging...
17:39
The idea was not just to kill those hundreds of people, historian Ramachandra Guha tells Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, the idea was to provoke people against Muslims. It is really shocking that Pakistan is in denial about what happened in Mumbai. Read
17:30
The 2008 Guardian story on Kasab's birthplace in Pakistan. Pakistan has denied this story. Read
17:18
Wednesday appears to be a day of significance in the life of Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged today. It was on a Wednesday that the Pakistani gunman had entered Mumbai along with his nine other Lashker-e-Taiba(LeT) terrorists to carry out the deadly attack. 25-year-old Kasab, the lone...
16:56
The Maharashtra government had decided two months ago to execute Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab today at the Yerwada prison in Pune, Home Minister R R Patil said today. The Supreme Court upheld Kasab's death penalty on August 29 this year. On September 9, the state government began process for...
16:49
RR Patil also clarified that the state government would not be bearing the expenditure incurred by the security cover provided to Kasab by the ITBP personnel. We had earlier also said that the Central government should bear the expense as the attack was not just on Maharashtra but on the entire...
16:45
According to state home minister R R Patil, the hangman who executed Kasab was paid Rs 5,000 for the job. Earlier, the hangman used to get Rs 10. Now it is Rs 5,000. Although we had received several applications from persons expressing their willingness to do the job for free, the government felt...
16:43
A special inspector general of police in Maharashtra and 16 handpicked men oversaw Operation X leading to the death by hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab on Wednesday. The process was quietly initiated shortly after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Kasab's mercy.The chosen...
16:26
Hours after 26/11 attacker Ajmal Kasab was executed, terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba on Wednesday described the Pakistani national as a 'hero'. A senior commander of the LeT reportedly said Kasab was a hero who will inspire more attacks. He was a hero and will inspire other fighters to follow...
16:22
Former NSG Commando P V Maneesh, who had suffered serious head injuries in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attack, said Ajmal Kasab's hanging will increase the morale and courage of soldiers who risk their lives to protect the Nation's interests. Like all Indians, I also feel very happy hearing about his...
16:14
One who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind, RJD President Lalu Prasad said about the hanging of 26/11 Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab today. Law has taken its own course, Lalu said adding, Kasab has been hanged after following due procedure of law of the country. LJP chief Ramvilas...
16:13
Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde says a very small group had been kept in the loop about the date of Kasab's hanging. The matter was never discussed with the Congress Core group and neither did Sonia Gandhi know about it. It was the court that chose the date and the President expedited it, says...
16:06
Ashish Chowdhry tweeets: I will NOT teach my children to rejoice anyone's death; be it Kasab. They will learn to be non-vindictive,non-fanatical and will love all.Bollywood actor Ashish Chowdhury's sister Monica and brother-in-law were among the many hostages killed at the Trident Hotel during...
15:57
A father remembers. A GT Hospital sweeper, whose son was shot dead by Ajmal Kasab on the night of November 26, 2008, never expected the terrorist to be executed. He speaks to Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Daniel Pande on life then and life now. Read
15:47
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah cancelled his press conference today, immediately after he heard that Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab had been hanged this morning. The scheduled 'meet the media' has been cancelled, Anil Anand,secretary general of Press Club of India confirmed...
15:44
Sushil Kumar Shinde adds that the Additional Sessions Court decided on the date of hanging and it was the decision of the MHA to keep the hanging secret. When asked whether Kasab's hanging would mean that the 12 other mercy petitions pending with the President would be expedited, Shinde said,...
15:22
Pepsi pays Rs 396.8 crore to win title rights of IPL. Details awaited.
14:58
The 'top-secret execution' of Ajmal Kasab, convicted for perpetrating the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai four years ago, diminishes us all Indians. Read MK Bhadrakumar's column for rediff.com.
14:45
Afzal Guru, Kasab, Sushilkumar Shinde, President Pranab Mukherjee,GOI, Dengue, Pak,India, Pune and Pakistan. That's what's trending on Twitter today. Point to note is that Afzal Guru has, who was convicted for conspiracy in the December 13, 2001, attack on Parliament and was sentenced to death...
14:31
Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged today, had during the 26/11 trial surprised the Judge, policemen and court officers with his humour and grasping power so much so that he picked up Marathi and even conversed in it with everyone around him. Nahin, Nahin, Taap Nahin (No, No, I don't have...
14:28
Victims react: 13-year-old Devika Rotwan: I am very happy that Kasab has been hanged. But I would have been happier if this would have been done in public. It's good news that a terrorist has been hanged... Wish this should have been done on the anniversary of the attack this year. Devika,...
14:18
Ajmal Kasab was awakened in the wee hours of Wednesday. About half an hour was spent in bath and prayers. He was then given new clothes to wear. Rediff.com's Devidas Deshpande narrates what transpired in the run-up to Operation X -- as terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging was codenamed. Read
14:13
Pakistan's Taliban movement expressed shock today over India's execution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of a militant squad that killed 166 people in a rampage through the financial capital Mumbai in 2008. There is no doubt that it's very shocking news and a big loss that a Muslim has been...
14:09
More than 203 people had signed a petition addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, who rejected the clemency petition filed by Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, asking him to pardon the 25-year-old sentenced to death in the 26/11 terror attacks case.Mumbai-based lawyer Yug Chaudhry...
14:05
Defence lawyers, who appeared for Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab in the sessions and Bombay High Court here, today welcomed his execution and said that by taking his case out of turn, the government has brought some peace to the victims of the 26/11 terror attack. Defence lawyers Amin Solkar,...
14:02
Initial reaction in Pakistan to India's execution of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen whose confessed role in the deadly 2008 attacks in Mumbai had become an awkward embarrassment, was studiously muted. Even the most popular cable television station, Geo News, downplayed the development...
13:55
Omar Abdullah tweets: Hamas are terrorists but Kasab was a gunman. Well done American media you really call it like it is. *sarcasm* Omar Abdullah: Gotta hand it to the Govts at the centre & in Mumbai for the mature way they handled this. Shows we can still keep a secret if we need to.
13:53
Pakistan claims that the note sent by the Indian government informing them that Kasab's execution had been received and acknowledged. The note on Kasab's execution was recd by the Director General South Asia from the Indian Dy High Commissioner yesterday.Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said...
13:45
This is the report published November 21, on India voting against the UN resolution abolishing the death penalty just yesterday. Telling, in retrospect.Is India serious enough to hang 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab? The answer seems to be yes. India on Monday, Nov 19...
13:40
Ajmal Kasab's hanging reminds me of failures, says former Indian Police Service officer Y P Singh.PS officer-turned-activist to Rediff.com's Archana Masih Read
13:36
CNN IBN reports that President Pranab Mukherjee has sent 12 files to Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde for his recommendation. Government sources tell the channel that a decision on Afzal Guru can be expected soon. NDTV reports: The Congress' Digvijaya Singh had tweeted hours after Kasab was...
13:34
Senior Inspector Nagappa R Mahale was in charge of the D B Marg police station -- the first police station to respond -- on November 26, 2008. Little did Mahale realise then that he would be making headlines, reports Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar. Read
13:32
The big news story till yesterday, overshadowed, quite obviously by Ajmal Amir Kasab's hanging. PTI reports that the Trinamool Congress has raised the issue of the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha Speaker's all-party meet; no other party mentioned it. That's what NDA convenor, Sharad Yadav says.
13:12
According to official sources, a senior jail official read out the death warrant to Kasab at his cell and also informed him that his clemency petition had been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. After reading out his death warrant, Kasab, who was part of the 10-member Lashkar group that...
12:40
Ajmal Kasab had been informed about his hanging on November 12. He had said this should be communicated to his mother in Pakistan: Union Home Ministry sources.
12:38
K Unnikrishnan, father of NSG commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed in the Taj Hotel strike, said, The way in which the execution has been done, it is a model way. Before anybody could react to the rejection of the mercy petition (of Kasab), everything is over. That is the thing which I...
12:35
And the report on Reuters: Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, last surviving Mumbai attacker, executed in India.
12:32
This is what the Washington Post says of Kasab's hanging. Read
12:30
For all those feel Kasab should have been kept alive, read this story...Thirsty Kasab had come knocking. Jamnaben Waghela's son gave him water. He drank and shot the son dead. Read more
12:24
Kasab was just one cog in the wheel. He was just a pawn in the game of chess,' Divya Salaskar, senior inspector Vijay Salaskar's daughter told rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore over the phone.Until the masterminds in Pakistan are weeded out the cycle of terror attacks on Indian cities will...
12:13
Ajit Ranade: for @nytimes he is attacker. for BBC he is gunman. what does it take to call Kasab a killer?Salman Alvi: Now that Kasab is hanged, how about prosecuting the culprits behind Samjhota Express massacre. Sanity must prevail. Justice must be served.Anirudh Rao: Should we be...
12:06
The first thing that comes to my mind is what happened is good. We are happy that we have got justice, wife of a railway ticket collector, who was killed in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, said today reacting to Pakistan terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging.Ragini Sharma, whose husband S K Sharma was killed...
12:04
Of the 28 mercy petitions pending with the Central Government, 21 cases are pending with the President's Secretariat while seven are with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Article 72 of the Constitution empowers the President to grant pardon, suspend and remit death sentences and commute...
11:57
Smita Salaskar, wife of slain encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar who fell victim to the bullets of terrorists during the Mumbai carnage, today described the hanging of Ajmal Kasab as a homage to her husband.Though the execution was delayed, Kasab was finally hanged. With this hanging, homage...
11:51
This morning, however, Kasab was nervous, Yerawada jail officials told rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa. Kasab said his prayers and then headed out to the gallows. He told the authorities that he had no last wish and did not wish to contact anyone in his home country. A hood was then placed on...
11:48
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa reports that before he was hanged, Ajmal Kasab was asked if he had any last wish and whether he would like to write his Will. The 26/11 terrorist said 'no' to both. Kasab, who is usually talkative, was believed to be extremely quiet over the past two days after he was...
11:43
Nov 26, 2008: Kasab and 9 terrorists launch commando raid in Mumbai.Nov 27, 2008: At 1.30am, Kasab caught and placed under arrest, admitted to Nair Hospital.Nov 29, 2008: All places under siege secured, 9 terrorists killed.Nov 30, 2008: Kasab confesses before police.Dec 27/28, 2008:...
11:39
Brahma Chellaney: The country that dispatched Kasab on a killing mission turned its back on him even in death, refusing to accept intimation of his execution.Riteish Deshmukh: kasab hanging - congratulations govt of India - for doing it so effectively. For once the govt broke the news n not...
11:38
Public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said by hanging Kasab the country has paid homage to all those policemen and innocent persons who lost their lives. By Kasab's conviction and death penalty, we have proved how the entire conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan. We have set an example that India...
11:31
Salman Khurshid said a courier was also sent to an address given by Kasab during his confessions informing about the execution. On whether India received any request for handing over of Kasab's body either from the Pakistan Government or his family, he said no such request was received. To a...
11:25
The Pakistan government to CNN IBN: It is our understanding that the Indian government has jumped the queue on Kasab.India informed the Pakistan government and Kasab's family about the inevitable event of his execution. We did send a fax message to the Pakistan Foreign Office. There is no other...
11:24
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said action in Pakistan on 26/11 perpetrators was necessary for the extremely unpleasant incident in which there was tremendous amount of tragic loss of life. He said India let the rule of the law follow when it came to Kasab and he was even given the...
11:21
Divya Salaskar, daughter PSI Vijay Salaskar: For four years I used to wonder when Kasab would be hanged. Aditi Shinde: Daughter of PI Shashank Shinde: I am finally at peace. It's a relief that this kind of thing will not go unpunished.
11:18
India had informed in advance Pakistan and the family members of Ajmal Kasab about the decision to hang the 2008 Mumbai attack terrorist but Islamabad refused to acknowledge the letter, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today. The External Affairs Ministry through our mission in Islamabad...
11:15
K Unnikrishnan, the father of slain NSG Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan says Kasab was soft target. The perpetrators of the 26/11 roaming free in Pakistan should be brought to justice. Major Unnikrishnan was killed by the Pakistani terrorists at the Taj Mahal hotel.
11:12
Salman Khurshid speaking to news channels says, We want to look forward. We did the right thing in the right manner. Kasab was hanged with dignity. It is now up to Pakistan to act.
11:09
India today expressed the hope that rule of law will prevail in Pakistan as well in the 26/11 attack trial like it did in the case of Ajmal Kasab here.Frankly speaking, we have allowed rule of law to prevail (in the case of Ajmal Kasab). Similarly we hope rule of law will be followed in...
11:01
The prison authorities at Yerwada jail remained tight-lipped about the details of hanging performed in a well-guarded secret operation amid reports that Kasab did not have any death wish. Kasab was executed after he exhausted all legal remedies available to escape the noose with President Pranab...
10:56
Reactions: Divya Salaskar, the daughter of slain senior police inspector and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar said that her family was not informed about Kasab's hanging a day in advance, as was being flashed by some channels. We came to know about Kasab's hanging on TV this morning. We called...
10:50
Incidentally, the Indian High Commission in Islamabad informed the Pakistan government about Kasab's hanging through a letter, but Pakistan refused to take the letter, which was then faxed.
10:48
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid: We have fulfilled our obligations and ensured the law was followed. We have also sent a fax to the Pakistan High Commission in the matter. We hope Pakistan will now fulfill their obligations.
10:45
Public prosecutor in the 26/11 case, Ujjwal Nikam, said he was very happy that Kasab has finally been hanged. It will send a very strong message to the Pakistani masterminds who perpetrated the terrorist act on Mumbai and killed 166 innocent people, Nikam told rediff.com's Prasanna Zore.When...
10:28
Vicky Nanjappa reports: Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged till death at 7.30 am on Wednesday, has been cremated in Pune's Yerwada Jail.This comes hours after Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde announced that Kasab's body will be laid to rest in India, as Pakistan has refused to claim it.
10:11
Homage has been paid to all those who lost their lives in the 26/11 attack by the hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who appeared for police in the case, today saidIt is victory for the country. By hanging Kasab, we have paid homage to all those...
10:10
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, senior vice president and spokesperson of the BJP, described Ajmal Kasab's hanging as a step in the right direction.Speaking to rediff.com, Naqvi refrained from using superlatives to describe the event. Der aaye, Drust Aaye (better late then never), he said. But many...
09:38
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde says that Kasab's body will be laid to rest in India, as Pakistan has refused to claim it. Due process of law was followed. Pakistan HC refused to acknowledge letter informing family, he said.
09:24
Television channels are reporting citing jail sources that Ajmal Kasab had no will or last wish
09:20
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil says: This was an attack on our country. Many of our citizens were killed, including our brave officers. Nine terrorists were killed but one was caught alive. The special 26/11 court awarded death penalty to Kasab, High Court and Supreme Court upheld it. He...
08:42
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan says that the order to hang Kasab was given on November 8
08:26
26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab was hanged at 7.30 am on Wednesday morning.The hanging came soon after President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected Kasab's mercy plea
03:41
US President Obama heads back to Washington from Cambodia, after meeting leaders from southeast Asia, Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea, to discuss political and economic issues in a region now seen as the fulcrum...
03:40
Three men were sentenced Tuesday to years in prison after admitting to taking part in an unsuccessful plot to bomb a highway bridge in Ohio with what turned out to be a dud device provided by a government informant.The father of one of the defendants, 20-year-old Connor Stevens, complained to the...
03:39
After months of fighting, Syrian opposition forces in Aleppo say that in the past week they've captured several critical areas from government forces that may soon give them the upper hand in northern Syria. The new ground will allow opposition groups to strain or potentially cut...
02:26
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Israel late Tuesday for a tour of Middle East hot spots, bidding to place a U.S. stamp on a cease-fire expected to be reached between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas after more than a week of fighting. The terms of any...
01:41
The UN Security Council is silent on Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. A draft press statement circulated to the 15 members' capitals overnight seems to have failed to win the unanimous approval that would have led to its adoption. The Security Council has no meetings set for today, a...
01:07
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi said Israel's aggression against Gaza will end today and Cairo-mediated truce efforts will produce results within hours.The farce of the Israeli aggression will end today, Tuesday, and the efforts to reach a ceasefire between the Palestinians and Israelis will...
00:30
A Hamas official said on Tuesday Egypt had brokered a Gaza ceasefire deal that would go into effect within hours, but a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said we're not there yet.An agreement for calm has been reached. It will be declared at 9 o'clock (1900 GMT) and go into...
00:23
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations emerged from a key leader summit Tuesday with progress on potential trade alliances and the economy. It still appeared divided, though, on what continues to be a controversial issue: the South China Sea and multiple countries claiming territorial...
00:20
Gazan fire killed an IDF soldier and a civilian on Tuesday, as over 140 rockets rained down on Israel throughout the day.Cpl. Yosef Partuk, 18, of Emanuel was killed Tuesday morning in a mortar attack in the Eshkol Regional Council area, the IDF released for publication Tuesday evening. Partuk...
00:15
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