The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay execution of Yakub Memon today drew sharp reactions from legal experts with some questioning the procedure adopted in the issuance of death warrant, while others, including victims of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, hailing the verdict. Minutes after the pronouncement of the verdict, senior advocate Indira Jaising expressed displeasure, saying […]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh tonight called on President Pranab Mukherjee and is believed to have conveyed government’s view that the mercy petition of Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon be rejected. Singh’s meeting came after government at the top level considered the mercy petition referred to it by the President who acts on the aid […]
Today starcast of Bollywood movie Drishyam lead by Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Shriya Saran visited Ahmedabad. The starcast interacted with media. While talking to media, Tabu said that she has come for the first time in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat. I like it. Doing role of IG was a pleasing experience. I cannot think of doing […]
Suspense mounted today over the fate of death row convict Yakub Memon with the Supreme Court setting up a three-judge bench to decide his fate hours after a two-judge bench was split on his plea seeking stay of his execution scheduled on July 30. In the wake of disagreement between Justices A R Dave and […]
The powerful and the commoners, jostled to offer their last respects to late A P J Abdul Kalam today as President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders cutting across political divide led the nation in paying homage to a leader who rose from humble origins to occupy the top office. Long queues of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to receive APJ Abdul Kalam’s body in New Delhi today. PM Modi and others pays his last respects to Dr Abdul Kalam. Seven-day state mourning will be observed for former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Time for public to pay respects to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at his residence in Delhi […]
In Ahmedabad city Heavy rain lashes in New Ranip, Chandkheda, Sabarmati, Maninagar, Bhairavnath and Khokhara. Scenes of water logging in low lying areas and trees uprooting were seen. Traffic jams were happening the parts of city.
Market again took a beating today, with the benchmark BSE Sensex crashing over 551 points to 27,561.38, its weakest closing in over five weeks, on concerns that stricter norms for participatory notes may hit foreign investments and a major slump in Chinese stocks. The NSE Nifty also dipped below the 8,400-level. Market slumped amid fears […]
In a major terror attack, three fidayeen, believed to have come from Pakistan, today attacked passengers in a moving bus and stormed a police station, killing seven persons, including an SP, while all the terrorists were gunned down after a day-long operation. In the pre-dawn attack, the terrorists, suspected to be members of either Pakistan-based […]
Today evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Dr APJ Abdul on his passing away, a proud of nation, very intellectual human being and a very noble man. PM Modi tweeted: Kalam India mourns the loss of a great scientist, a wonderful President & above all an inspiring individual. RIP Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. […]
