Zero Hour | Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru were hanged in top secret, with the latter's family not even being informed about the capital punishment. Why are these sentences being carried out in silence? Can death penalty really help in deterring crime? Tamil Desiy...
David Coleman Headley, who provided the 26/11 terrorists vital information like locations and photos of targets to attack in Mumbai, has been sentence for 35 years by a Chicago court. Headley is a Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist, born to a US mother and Pakistani fa...
He was the National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza, and who lost his job because he had accepted that lone surviving 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani. But this former NSA repeats the frequent Pakistani statement that the mastermind o...
India sends a formal notice to the US for David Coleman Headley's extradition. Headley is a convicted prisoner in the US and has been accused of doing the recce in Mumbai for the 26/11 terrorists. The extradition is also not very easy as he has entered a plea ...
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar breaks her silence on the execution of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab. In its first official acknowledgement, Pakistan has acknowledged that it received prior information about the execution of the Mumbai attack gu...
Comparing the hanging of 26/11 Mumbai attacks convict Ajmal Kasab with that of Bhagat Singh's execution, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev says that the government has made Kasab a hero. He accuses the government for burying Kasab in India saying he was buried in India li...
Ajmal Kasab is the first foreign national to be hanged in India after independence, just five days before the anniversary of the 26/11 attacks. This is the story of the last 48 hours of his life.
After the hanging of the lone surviving 26/11 Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, the police is ready to tighten the noose around his handler Abu Jundal. Abu Jundal is an Indian national from Beed in Maharashtra, and was deported recently from Saudi Arabia. Junda...
The US has put a bounty of Rs 50 core on his head. He is listed second on the list of top ten terrorists in the world. Haiz Saeed, the chief of Laskar-e-Taiba, is moving freely in Pakistan, and now there are efforts are being taken to bring him into the mainst...
Centre Stage | 24 hours after Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was executed, Indian bravehearts have come out claiming that the government is apathetic to their miseries. Some of them have lost limbs and some of them are even paralyzed. They say that the govern...
Sarabjit Singh's lawyer, Awais Khan, says that his case and Ajmal Kasab's case are two different issues. While Sarabjit's is a case of mistaken identity, Kasab was a proven terrorist. Kasab's hanging will not affect Sarabjit's release, he says.
Operation X - the name given by the Maharastra government for the operation to carry out the hanging of the lone surviving 26/11 Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab. Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail was where Kasab was lodged, under the security of the ITBP commandos, ev...
Following the execution of 26/11 Mumbai terror convict Ajmal Kasab, Pakistan's Taliban movement vows to avenge his death and threatens to attack India. The movement also threatens to attack Pakistan for its failure to address the issue of the release of Kasab.
Achil Vandhavai | Ajmal Kasab might have been hanged and the media might have named it a 'closure'. But, how much of a closure really is this hanging? Does it provide the families of the survivors some relief? Or should India pursue the case with even more int...
Following the 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's execution, the Pakistan government has assured increased security for the Indian High Commission officers. The diplomats will have increased security for the next few days.
Newshour | Ajmal Kasab's execution has stunned Pakistan. A red-faced Pakistan, that continues to be in the denial mode, has even slammed its media for reaching out to Ajmal Kasab's family. Can India soft pedal diplomacy with Pakistan anymore, given their freez...
Newshour | Four long years after the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, the lone terrorist caught, Ajmal Kasab, is hanged. But has this action come a bit too late? Was the entire investigation into the 26/11 attacks a slow process? Should he not have been treated as a pr...
Newshour | The lone Pakistani terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Kasab, has been hanged. But Kasab was not the only terrorist awaiting death sentence. Has the government leapfrogged the list for Kasab? If Kasab can be hanged for the 26/11...
In India, the victims of the 26/11 attacks feel satisfied that Ajmal Kasab has been handed. One was a passenger boarding a train to Gujarat at the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai. Another victim was a hotel management student at a Mumbai's hotel. In Paki...
News Night | Four long years after the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, the lone Pakistani terrorist caught, Ajmal Kasab is finally hanged. Even though there is a sense of justice done to the victims of 26/11 attacks, there are a few questions that Kasab's execution ra...
The lone Pakistani terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Kasab, has finally been hanged. The operation, billed as 'Operation X' was kept under wraps. Headlines Today brings to you the inside story of 'Operation X' and Ajmal Kasab's last days...
Centre Stage | Four long years after the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, Ajmal Kasab is finally executed. But the entire operation, billed as 'Operation X' was kept under the wraps. Family members of the victims of the 26/11 attacks say that they would have had a sens...
Ajmal Kasab was hanged today. Now, it is the turn of Afzal Guru. It has been six years since the Supreme Court dismissed petitions filed against convicting and hanging Afzal Guru, but the matter of his hanging is still caught in a political muddle. Joining the...
Newshour | Four long years after the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, Ajmal Kasab is finally hanged. His mercy petition was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee and his transfer from Mumbai to Pune's Yerwada prison was done in top secret. On November 21, the terroris...
Newshour | External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid talks about this extremely secretive operation X that carried out Ajmal Kasab's execution. However, many experts say that hanging of Kasab is only procedural. Unless the handlers of the 26/11 attacks are bro...
It was an operation that was executed with a secrecy that has earned the police and the State Government machinery much praise. Even the news of him being transferred to Pune never leaked. The guards who were guarding Ajmal Kasab's cell at Mumbai's Arthur Road...
Founder president of World Tamil Confederation and ex-Congressman Pazha Nedumaran slams the highly secretive execution of Ajmal Kasab. He says that India has set a wrong precedent when the world is trying to abolish death sentence.
26/11 perpetrator Ajmal Kasab has finally been hanged. The reactions to his execution are however varied. Some of them opine that he should have been hanged four years ago and that justice was served very late. Some others believe that this is not the end and ...
Ajmal Kasab, the perpetrator of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, which claimed more than 176 lives, was finally hanged in Pune's Yerwada prison. However, while many believe this might bring some sort of a closure to the families who lost their dear ones in the att...
Ajmal Kasab, the perpetrator of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, which claimed more than 176 lives, was finally hanged in Pune's Yerwada prison. However, while many believe this might bring some sort of a closure to the families who lost their dear ones in the att...
Kasab execution | Pakistan has always maintained that Ajmal Kasab was only a mercenary and not the perpetrator of the 26/11 attacks. The country's trial on 26/11 will not speed up with Kasab's execution because Pakistan still continues to be in denial. Back in...
Amrita Raichand, a survivor of the 26/11 attacks says that while the scars of the terror attack will not go away completely, the execution of Ajmal Kasab brings some solace and closure to the families who have lost their dear ones. The terror attack carried ou...
Maharashtra's anti-terrorism squad (ATS) chief, Rakesh Maria, addresses the media after the 26/11 perpetrator Ajmal Kasab was hanged. He gave details about Kasab's trial and also pointed out that it was the first case in which foreign nationals testified in an...
26/11 perpetrator Ajmal Kasab has finally been hanged. The reactions to his execution are however varied. Some of them opine that he should have been hanged four years ago and that justice was served very late. Some others believe that this is not the end and ...
The lone Pakistani terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Kasab, was hanged to death at Pune's Yewada Jail on Wednesday morning. The execution happened at 7.30 am after the Mumbai government was notified of President Pranab Mukherjee rejectin...
Ajmal Kasab deserved the punishment and his execution brings an end to a sad chapter, says Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Other survivors of the 26/11 terror attack also react to the news of Kasab's execution.
Vishnu Zende, an announcer at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, was one of the several Samaritans who saved many lives at the railway station on 26/11. Recalling the horrific incident, he said that Ajmal Kasab's hanging was a welcome move.
Ajmal Kasab's lawyer Abbas Kazmi says that Kasab's trial was one of the fastest in the Indian legal history. Kazmi says that he never had an opportunity to interact with the hanged terrorist as all his meetings with him were constantly monitored. He reveals th...
Major General (Retd) GD Bakshi opines that even though Ajmal Kasab has been hanged the country has left Pakistan off the hook very easily. He says that the Pakistani official machinery ISI was deeply complicit and that they were very much involved in the carry...
The entire operation of 26/11 perpetrator Ajmal Kasab's hanging was conducted under the clock of secrecy. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, in an exclusive interview to Headlines Today, reveals the inside story of how the entire operation took place. He says ...
Hanging is handed out as a punishment in the rarest of the rare case, a guideline set by the Supreme Court. So how is it conducted? What is the procedure on the day hanging is carried out? Why are hangings held usually in the morning? A lawyer Rishi Malhotra e...
Pakistan continues to be evasive on the hanged terrorist Ajmal Kasab. Although it had acknowledged communique from India, it refused to accept his body. This despite of Kasab's damning confession that he was recruited by the Lashkar-e-Toiba in Pakistan.
The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Manish Tiwari, reacts to the execution of the 26/11 perpetrator Ajmal Kasab. The operation was top secret and the execution took place at 7.30 AM in the morning. Tiwari says that the the execution sends a...
Finance Minister P Chidambaram says that Ajmal Kasab deserved this extreme punishment. He says that while there is nothing that can be done to bring back the lives of over 176 people killed in the 26/11 attacks, the execution surely brings an end to a sad chap...
Former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan G Parathasarathy reacts to Ajmal Kasab's execution and says that the government executed his hanging with great skill. He opines that Kasab should not have been buried in Pune's Yerwada jail as it has historical si...
Execution of lone surviving terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Kasab, has given the victims of 26/11 tragedy a reason to cheer. Family members of the victims have expressed happiness and thanked the government for speeding up the trail.
While Ajmal Kasab's hanging might have brought some joy to the survivors of the gruesome 26/11 attacks, this is not in any way a closure, says retired Maj Gen GD Bakshi. Several experts believe that only when all the handlers in the 26/11 case are brought to b...
Hailing Ajmal Kasab to be a martyr, militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has vowed to avenge his death with further attacks on India. This shocking war cry from LeT comes even as Pakistan is on the denial mode about the whole Kasab issue. Former diplomat Raji...
The lone surviving terrorist from the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai has been put to death. Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was one of ten gunmen who sieged India's financial capital and opened fire on civilians, including women and children, killing over 166 peopl...
After rejecting the mercy petition of Ajmal Kasab, President Pranab Mukherkjee has asked the opinion of the Union Home Ministry on 12 others mercy petitions pending with his office. The list includes Afzal Guru, convicted of an attack on the Indian parliament,...
Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged today morning. The President has also asked the Home Ministry about its views on the mercy petition of Afzal Guru, who was convicted of an attack on Parliament. This story also gives information about the last moments of Kasab's han...
Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, has been executed. Reacting to this news, Unnikrishnan, father of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who died fighting terrorists, says that this execution does not mean closure of the...
People across the nation welcomed the execution of lone Pakistani terrorist caught in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Kasab. Following the news of the execution, celebrations erupted across the nation. Family members of the victims of the Mumbai terror a...
Welcoming the execution of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut says that this is the biggest tribute that the government has paid to late Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray. Further on he says that Thackeray's soul will be ...
Welcoming the execution of lone surviving 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwari says that the law has finally taken its own course. Further on he says, the larger message this execution conveys is t...
Times Now viewers talk about Ajmal Kasab's execution. While many express happiness over the terrorist's hanging, several others are upset because of the delayed judgment. Will Kasab's hanging really push Pakistan for a faster probe into 26/11?
The lone Pakistani terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Kasab, has been hanged. But Kasab is merely a pawn in a well-orchestrated attack, carefully planned by militants in Pakistan with ample aid of ISI top officials. Will Pakistan, that ha...
Slain NSG commander Sandeep Unnikrishnan's father K Unnikrishnan reacts to Ajmal Kasab's execution and says that all perpetrators should be brought to book by Pakistan. Unnikrishnan says that Kasab was probably only a foot soldier and that religious fanaticism...
On being asked why Ajmal Kasab's execution was done with much secrecy, Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs, says however heinous the crime, such an extreme punishment must be done in a sober way. Khurshid says that there is no need for publicising a ...
Young Devika was one of those present at Mumbai's Chatrapati Shivaji terminus on the night of 26 November, 2008, when Ajmal Kasab and another terrorist opened indiscriminate fire. Devika was injured on the firing. She has endured a lot over the years. She also...
Late Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's father K Unnikrishnan applauds the way in which Ajmal Kasab was hanged. He says that even before people could start debating on Kasab's mercy petition being rejected by the President, the terrorist was hanged. Pranab is also a...
'Since the time I have got to know myself, I have seen the patriotism in him, and he belonged more to the county that to us,' says Divya. Divya Salaskar, the daughter of Mumbai police officer and famous encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, speaks out her views...
Four years have passed since the 26/11 attacks, but the thought of it still gives everyone a chill. Even though it has been a very delayed judgment, the lone surviving terrorist Ajmal Kasab was hanged in Pune's Yerwada prison. The reactions to his execution ha...
While welcoming Ajmal Kasab's hanging, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi also attacks the government for not doing anything about Afzal Guru. 'What about Afzal Guru, who attacked Parliament, our temple of democracy', he tweeted.
External Affairs minister said that Kasab was hanged in accordance with Indian laws. Khurshid said that the rules were transparent in Kasab's execution, and he was given all the legal options available under Indian law. There was no malicious intent, the commo...
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's father K Unnikrishnan reacts to the news of Ajmal Kasab's execution. Major Sandeep was one among the NSG commandos who were part of the team that launched an operation at Mumbai's Taj Hotel to free it of the terrorists holed up ins...
It is a good thing that Ajmal Kasab was hanged without any fanfare or undue attention leading to his hanging, says K Unnikrishnan. Unnikrishnan is the father of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the NSG commando who was killed while battling 26/11 terrorists inside ...
Ajmal Amir Kasab has been hanged today and within three hours he was buried according to religious rites inside Pune's Yerwada Central Jail. The action comes in the wake of the Pakistan government not accepting the notice sent by the Indian government on move ...
The Indian government has sounded high alert across the country, and specially in all metros and across India's border with Pakistan. This is a precautionary measure as after the hanging today morning of the sole surviving 26/11 Mumbai attack terrorist Ajmal A...
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has confirmed that Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged today morning at 7.30 am at Pune's Yerwada jail. He was the sole surviving terrorist of the ten who were sent from Pakistan to Mumbai's iconic landmarks and ensure mayhem. The Pak...
The entire operation, which was codenamed Operation X, to ensure the process of hanging of Ajmal Amir Kasab was carried out without a hitch once his mercy petition was rejected. A notice was also sent to the address in Pakistan that was given by Kasab. Home Mi...
LeT terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged to death at Pune's Yewada Jail on Wednesday morning. The execution happened at 7.30 am after the Mumbai government was notified of President Pranab Mukherjee rejecting Kasab's mercy plea on November 8. Experts believe ...
Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving 26/11 terrorist, was hanged at Pune's Yerwada jail today morning at 7.30 am. Last month the Home Ministry has rejected his petition. On Monday, the President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected his petition and shifted quietly to...
Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, while announcing that 26/11 prime accused Ajmal Kasab was hanged on Wednesday morning, said that the execution had to be kept secret as it was a matter of national security. He also said that the Pakistan government has not y...
The mercy petition of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the 26/11 terrorist, has been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. The rejection has been confirmed by the President's office, and he has been shifted to Pune's Yerwada central jail, which has facilities for carrying ...
Bal Thackeray and his sharp tongue can be stinging. Thackeray says the IQ of Congress is the same as terrorists and that the party seeks to continually 'help or save' them. Thackeray says the IQ of Congress is same as that of Kasab and hence he has not been ha...
The Ministry of Home Affairs has rejected the mercy plea of Ajmal Kasab and recommended that the plea be turned down by the President. The MHA has categorically said that the mercy plea had been turned down by the Maharashtra government and there is no reason ...
The Home Ministry has rejected Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition. He is the lone surviving terrorist that the police managed to catch after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The Ministry has now sent the petition to the Rashtrapati Bhavan and has recommended that the Presi...
The Home Ministry has rejected Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition. He is the lone surviving terrorist that the police managed to catch after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The Ministry has now sent the petition to the Rashtrapati Bhavan and has recommended that the Presi...
Terror suspect and 26/11 handler Abu Jundal is likely to be produced before the Tees Hazari Court in Delhi, on Thursday. A Nasik court ordered that Jundal, in the custody of the Maharashtra police, should be produced before Tees Hazari Court, in a case of cons...
BJP Spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad casts doubts on whether Ajmal Amir Kasab's death sentence will be prolonged by a few decades. Claiming that the Congress-led UPA government is likely to play vote-bank politics over Kasab, the BJP leader has requested Presid...
Legal experts react to Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition, claiming that the President must expedite the process. Senior advocate Soli Sorabjee says that President Pranab Mukherjee will work only on the advice on the Central government. Legal experts believe that th...
The BJP piles on the pressure on the Centre, asking if Kasab's mercy petition will be expedited. The BJP claims that the mercy petition is yet another proof of the red-tape present in the UPA governance. Claiming this to be yet another time wasting tactic, the...
Pressure is mounting on President Pranab Mukherjee to take a speedy decision on the plea to commute the death sentence of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab. After reactions from the BJP and eminent jurists, the Shiv Sena has now come out with an ultimatum calli...
Mumbai terror convict Ajmal Kasab files his mercy petition in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case. The plea will be sent to the President by the Arthur Road Jail. This is Kasab's final resort, given the fact that the Supreme Court has upheld t...
Just weeks after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence, Mumbai 26/11 terror attack convict, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab moves a mercy petition before President Pranab Mukherjee.He has filed a letter with a senior official at the high-security Arthur Road j...
Mumbai 26/11 terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab files a letter to the senior official at the high-security Arthur Road Jail, requesting the President to pardon his death sentence and commute his punishment.
Just weeks after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence, Mumbai terror attack convict, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab moves a mercy petition before the President Pranab Mukherjee.
As the two-day NAM summit opens at Tehran, all eyes are on the sidelines as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. Terror remains high on the agenda. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold Ajmal Kasab's death sentence h...
Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist who mercilessly gunned down Indian citizens in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, has been living off the taxpayers money for the last four years. The Supreme Court has now decided to uphold the Bombay High Court's decision ...
Ajmal Kasab, has been found guilty by the special court, the High Court and now the Supreme Court. The SC which heard is petition rejected the arguments in his appeal. So is the way clear for the only surviving attacker among the ten sent from Pakistan to be s...
Mumbai terrorist Ajmal Kasab will hang, as decreed by the Supreme Court in its verdict. The apex court chose to uphold the High Court ruling of the gunman's death sentence; quashing Kasab's plea in the process. However, there's a catch to the verdict. The vict...
The Supreme Court has upheld the Bombay High Court's verdict to hang Ajmal Kasab for his heinous role in the Mumbai terror attacks. However, there is still a considerable amount of time that will lapse before the Mumbai gunman is led to the gallows and hung. T...
Chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad, Rakesh Maria, shares his joy over the Supreme Court's verdict on Mumbai gunman Ajmal Kasab. Rakesh was among the people who spearheaded the investigations against the lone surviving terrorist reponsible for the horrifying 26/...
The Supreme Court that heard several arguments in the appeal filed by Ajmal Kasab against the death sentence awarded to him in the Mumbai 26/11 attacks and a sentence upheld by the Bombay High Court, had several things to say when it delivered its verdict. One...
External Affairs Minister reacts to the Supreme Court decision on 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, saying that Pakistan must take cognizance of the verdict. The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror at...
SM Krishna reacts to the Supreme Court decision on 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, saying that Pakistan must take cognizance of the verdict. He also calls for talks with Pakistan on the 'hate' SMS issues. The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea of Mohamm...
Himanshu Roy, Jt CP (Law & Order), Mumbai, speaks at a press conference after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Ajmal Kasab, who has been charged with waging a war against India. Kasab was one of the terrorists who unleashed the 26/11 terror atta...
The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the High Court and previosly the special court that had awarded the death sentence to Ajmal Kasab. Listen to the reactions of father of the 26/11 martyar Maj Sandeep Unnikrishnan, and also the law minister Salman Kh...
Mumbai's joint commissioner Himanshu Roy justifies the Supreme Court decision to reject Mumbai terrorist Ajmal Kasab's plea, upholding in the death sentence awarded to him. The Bombay High Court had previously upheld the trial court's verdict to award death se...