Signalling another Centre-state turf war, the Aam Aadmi Party government has made a pitch for making the Delhi chief minister co-chairman of Delhi Development Authority. At present, the lieutenant governor heads the agency. |
Chhota Shakeel, close aide of India`s most wanted man Dawood Ibrahim, has threatened India of dire consequences for hanging 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Memon. |
Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the only death row convict in India`s deadliest terror attack, the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people, was hanged early Thursday on his birthday after a day of dramatic last-ditch efforts by his legal team to commute or at least delay his sentence. Just two hours before the sentence was carried out India`s Supreme Court had been hearing arguments by his lawyers. |
The nation on Tuesday paid homage to former President APJ Abdul Kalam with leaders cutting across the political spectrum and personalities from different walks of life hailing him as a “true son” and a “real gem”. |