President Yakub Memon

Opposition vice presidential candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi today justified his efforts to save Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon from the gallows, saying capital punishment was medieval and wrong.

Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Monday questioned opposition parties for fielding Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the vice-presidential election, saying the latter had been opposed to the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon.

Union Minister VK Singh today targeted JNU Student's Union president Kanhaiya Kumar for calling Rohith Vemula his inspiration, alleging that the Dalit scholar had organised a meeting in support of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.

Even until the eve of his 53rd birthday, which was also the day he was supposed to die, Yakub Memon was hopeful that his hanging would be stayed by the President of India.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lamented that BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha had "embarrassed" the party by signing a petition to the President against the execution of Yakub Memon and said it was "extremely sad" that the actor-turned-politician had gone against the party line.

The BJP has challenged Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and deputy Rahul Gandhi to officially condemn comments made by their party leader Digvijaya Singh on Twitter today, saying a failure to do so will mean that he has spoken on their behalf.

Hours after Yakub Memon was hanged for his role in the deadly serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told NDTV he has "no qualms" about the execution because "full access to justice has been given to the convict, he was convicted of a heinous crime".

Senior CPIM leader Prakash Karat today said President Pranab Mukherjee should exercise his "discretionary power" to stop the execution of Yakub Memon, convicted for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai which killed 257 people.

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today rejected the mercy petition of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. His last hope of escaping the gallows, a clemency plea, is pending with President Pranab Mukherjee.

Yakub Memon, the only person to be sentenced to death for a series of bombings in Mumbai in 1993, is likely to be hanged early on Thursday morning. President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected his final plea for mercy, say sources.

The families of those who died in the 1993 Mumbai blasts had met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding that Yakub Memon, on death row in the case, must be hanged. The outlook was bleak for Memon after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Memon's mercy plea on Wednesday. Hours later, in a 5 am verdict, the Supreme Court, too, refuse...

Yakub Memon, convicted as "a driving spirit" for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai is expected to hang early tomorrow morning in a Nagpur jail. His last-minute mercy petition was rejected today by President Pranab Mukherjee, sources told NDTV. Memon's lawyers, meanwhile, say they have moved the Supreme Court again tonight.

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has filed a fresh plea for mercy with the President just a day before his hanging.

While BJP's youth wing planned a protest over the tweets, outside Khan's Bandra residence, Mumbai BJP president, Ashish Shelar met Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and asked him to cancel actor's bail.

On 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's petition to stop his hanging on Thursday, the Supreme Court today took no decision but said it would take up the case again tomorrow.

Opposition vice presidential candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi today justified his efforts to save Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon from the gallows, saying capital punishment was medieval and wrong.

Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Monday questioned opposition parties for fielding Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the vice-presidential election, saying the latter had been opposed to the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon.

Union Minister VK Singh today targeted JNU Student's Union president Kanhaiya Kumar for calling Rohith Vemula his inspiration, alleging that the Dalit scholar had organised a meeting in support of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.

Even until the eve of his 53rd birthday, which was also the day he was supposed to die, Yakub Memon was hopeful that his hanging would be stayed by the President of India.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lamented that BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha had "embarrassed" the party by signing a petition to the President against the execution of Yakub Memon and said it was "extremely sad" that the actor-turned-politician had gone against the party line.

The BJP has challenged Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and deputy Rahul Gandhi to officially condemn comments made by their party leader Digvijaya Singh on Twitter today, saying a failure to do so will mean that he has spoken on their behalf.

Hours after Yakub Memon was hanged for his role in the deadly serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told NDTV he has "no qualms" about the execution because "full access to justice has been given to the convict, he was convicted of a heinous crime".

Senior CPIM leader Prakash Karat today said President Pranab Mukherjee should exercise his "discretionary power" to stop the execution of Yakub Memon, convicted for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai which killed 257 people.

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today rejected the mercy petition of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. His last hope of escaping the gallows, a clemency plea, is pending with President Pranab Mukherjee.

Yakub Memon, the only person to be sentenced to death for a series of bombings in Mumbai in 1993, is likely to be hanged early on Thursday morning. President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected his final plea for mercy, say sources.

The families of those who died in the 1993 Mumbai blasts had met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding that Yakub Memon, on death row in the case, must be hanged. The outlook was bleak for Memon after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Memon's mercy plea on Wednesday. Hours later, in a 5 am verdict, the Supreme Court, too, refuse...

Yakub Memon, convicted as "a driving spirit" for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai is expected to hang early tomorrow morning in a Nagpur jail. His last-minute mercy petition was rejected today by President Pranab Mukherjee, sources told NDTV. Memon's lawyers, meanwhile, say they have moved the Supreme Court again tonight.

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has filed a fresh plea for mercy with the President just a day before his hanging.

While BJP's youth wing planned a protest over the tweets, outside Khan's Bandra residence, Mumbai BJP president, Ashish Shelar met Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and asked him to cancel actor's bail.

On 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's petition to stop his hanging on Thursday, the Supreme Court today took no decision but said it would take up the case again tomorrow.