Kasab Plea

President Pranab Mukherjee rejected two mercy petitions in the last week of May. The dismissal of the appeals comes just weeks before his term ends and takes the total number of mercy petitions rejected by him to 30. The cases involved the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl by three men in Indore in 2012, and a 22-year-old woman in Pune in 200...

Ajmal Kasab, the face of the dastardly 26/11 terror strike on Mumbai who was hanged, had begged for "daya" (mercy) from the President through his four-line clemency plea written in elementary Urdu.

India and Pakistan are locked in a war of words over whether the communication sent to Islamabad informing it of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging had been received and acknowledged. India maintains that it got no acknowledgement of the letter, while Pakistan says it has been sent.

Mohammed Kasab was hanged weeks after his mercy plea was denied. But others involved in some of India's most infamous attacks have languished on death row for years because governments are wary of triggering unrest.

Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai in 2008, was hanged at the Yerwada Jail in Pune at 7.30 am today. His mercy plea had been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee on November 5.

President Pranab Mukherjee should "summarily dismiss" Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab's mercy petition, Shiv Sena said today.

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab. The court rejected a plea by Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, to commute the death sentence handed to him by the Bombay High Court, to life imprisonment.

The Supreme Court has rejected 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's plea asking the court to commute the death sentence handed to him by the Bombay High Court to life imprisonment. The court observed today that it was "left with no option but to uphold the sentence" because the primary offence that Kasab was charged with was waging war against India.

Kasab will get death sentence: The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab. The top court rejected a plea by Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, to commute the death sentence handed to him by the Bombay High Court, to life imprisonment.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's plea against his death sentence today. Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, had pleaded the Supreme Court to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment on February 14.

Supreme Court judges will tomorrow hear excerpts of phone conversations between the men who executed the 26/11 terror attacks and their Pakistani handlers.

The plea of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab challenging his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court today.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to 26/11 accused Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed. Both the accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, were acquitted by a Mumbai court and the Bombay High Court.

Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's petition on Thursday seeking his acquittal in the Mumbai attacks case, saying it was not the proper forum at this stage to take up the matter which is yet to be decided by an anti-terrorism court.

Pakistani authorities have challenged an anti-terrorism court's decision to reject a plea to declare Ajmal Amir Kasab and Fahim Ansari as fugitives in connection with the trial of seven suspects linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

President Pranab Mukherjee rejected two mercy petitions in the last week of May. The dismissal of the appeals comes just weeks before his term ends and takes the total number of mercy petitions rejected by him to 30. The cases involved the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl by three men in Indore in 2012, and a 22-year-old woman in Pune in 200...

Ajmal Kasab, the face of the dastardly 26/11 terror strike on Mumbai who was hanged, had begged for "daya" (mercy) from the President through his four-line clemency plea written in elementary Urdu.

India and Pakistan are locked in a war of words over whether the communication sent to Islamabad informing it of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging had been received and acknowledged. India maintains that it got no acknowledgement of the letter, while Pakistan says it has been sent.

Mohammed Kasab was hanged weeks after his mercy plea was denied. But others involved in some of India's most infamous attacks have languished on death row for years because governments are wary of triggering unrest.

Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai in 2008, was hanged at the Yerwada Jail in Pune at 7.30 am today. His mercy plea had been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee on November 5.

President Pranab Mukherjee should "summarily dismiss" Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab's mercy petition, Shiv Sena said today.

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab. The court rejected a plea by Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, to commute the death sentence handed to him by the Bombay High Court, to life imprisonment.

The Supreme Court has rejected 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab's plea asking the court to commute the death sentence handed to him by the Bombay High Court to life imprisonment. The court observed today that it was "left with no option but to uphold the sentence" because the primary offence that Kasab was charged with was waging war against India.

Kasab will get death sentence: The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab. The top court rejected a plea by Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, to commute the death sentence handed to him by the Bombay High Court, to life imprisonment.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's plea against his death sentence today. Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, had pleaded the Supreme Court to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment on February 14.

Supreme Court judges will tomorrow hear excerpts of phone conversations between the men who executed the 26/11 terror attacks and their Pakistani handlers.

The plea of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab challenging his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court today.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to 26/11 accused Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed. Both the accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, were acquitted by a Mumbai court and the Bombay High Court.

Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's petition on Thursday seeking his acquittal in the Mumbai attacks case, saying it was not the proper forum at this stage to take up the matter which is yet to be decided by an anti-terrorism court.

Pakistani authorities have challenged an anti-terrorism court's decision to reject a plea to declare Ajmal Amir Kasab and Fahim Ansari as fugitives in connection with the trial of seven suspects linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.