Former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit hailed a special court's order acquitting them in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Thakur said the acquittal was a win for "bhagwa" (saffron) and that God will punish those who tried to insult it. Purohit said he was implicated and will continue to serve the nation.
The seven first class compartments, which were ripped apart in the serial blasts of July 11 are awaiting a facelift at Mahalaxmi car shed in Central Mumbai, according to Western Railway sources.
Central Bureau of Investigation's petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the acquittals and seeking enhancement of punishment of some convicts in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts was on Thursday strongly objected on the grounds of delay by the agency in contesting the Terrorist and Disruptive Acts (Prevention) court's decision.
New Zealand cricket chief Martin Snedden said there should be no knee-jerk reaction.
'People ask me about my biggest action sequence; this is it, because it involved two giants of Indian cinema.'
The convicted man is called Mohammed Mushtaq Musa Tarani.
Sanjay Dutt is among the 123 accused in the case.
The police swung into action and carried out searches at several key public places and installations across the city.
Sardar Shahwali Khan and Altaf Ali Sayed were found guilty of aiding and abetting the blasts.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said a Quick Response Team would be formed to tackle subversive activities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Three were picked up from Mumbai a suburb on Saturday night and were being interrogated, police sources said on Sunday.
With these two convictions, the number of those found guilty in the case has risen to 81.
Ehsan Mohammad Tufel Qureshi was found guilty of complicity.
A youth was on Sunday arrested at Bhabuaara village in Bihar's Madhubani district in connection with the July 11 Mumbai serial blasts.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Abdul Ghani Isma Turk in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
Local people prevented the police from reaching the site immediately after the blast and it could have been done to shield the accused, said Thakur's lawyer, advocate JP Mishra.
Investigators continue to remain tight-lipped about which terror outfit was responsible for the serial blasts that claimed 18 lives in Mumbai on Wednesday night. But sources claim that vital clues about the involvement of a sleeper cell of the Indian Mujahideen have emerged in the course of the probe."We need to take into consideration all aspects about this case and the clues are leading to the role played by the IM and some members of the SIMI.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the death sentence of Mohammed Shoeb Kasam Ghansar, a death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case.
Somnath Thapa, who was to be sentenced on Tuesday by the court, failed to appear stating that he was suffering from viral fever while he is already a cancer patient.
Amanjot Kaur, who was sidelined by a back stress fracture requiring surgery and a ligament tear in her hand after last year's WPL, claimed three wickets for 22 runs before blasting a 27-ball 34 to help MI chase down RCB's 167 with one ball to spare in the WPL match in Bengaluru on Friday.
Memon, 53, was found guilty of conspiracy in 2007 for the serial blasts that killed over 250 people.
Investigators claim that the all possible angles are being looked into. Toral Varia takes a look at the task cut out for them.
Relatives and victims felt that justice had been delayed.
Two decades after serial blasts rocked Mumbai killing 257 people and injuring over 700, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of one and conviction of several others including Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt. Following is the chronology of events in the case.
Twelve years after Sahid Khalil Ansari was arrested on charges of triggering a blast at Jumma Masjid in Mumbai, the Bombay high court has granted him bail on ground that the co-accused was enlarged and his appeal against conviction may take some time to come up for final hearing.
On July 27, POTA Judge M R Puranik had convicted Ashrat Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida Sayed (43).
Mumbai Police on Saturday received a message threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official said.
The prosecution has proved the entire chain that connected the accused with each other for achieving the goal of executing the bomb blast and perform terrorist acts, the written statement, filed by the intervenor for the victims, said.
After going through Yusuf's medical report placed before it by the Central Bureau of Investigation, a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan directed that he be released on bail till July 14. Appearing for Yusuf, senior advocate Harish Salve contended that the medical report confirmed that his client was suffering from schizophrenia and needed a supportive environment, which could not be provided in jail.
Police busted LeT modules in various cities over the past few months.
Three persons, including a woman, were on Thursday sentenced to death by a special court for their involvement in the 2003 blasts at the iconic Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai, which claimed 54 lives and injured 244 others.
Pakistan and its spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence had played a vital role in imparting training to convicts to handle weapons and explosives, which materialised in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, the Supreme Court held.
There are still a couple of more applications, moved by different groups of the convicts, seeking retrial and quashing of TADA charges.
Special TADA judge Pramod Kode has given no hint as to how he would go about pronouncing sentences of 100 convicts.
'I wanted a player of his calibre to take on one of the strongest sides in the country.' 'However, he stuck to his guns, and we had an argument.'
Nepalese police have arrested two Pakistanis and are investigating whether the duo has any link with the Mumbai train blasts which claimed over 200 lives.
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