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1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged till death at Nagpur Central Jail at around 7:00 am on Thursday morning. The Supreme Court early on Thursday morning rejected a last-ditch attempt by Yakub Memon to stall his execution by 14 days. Yakub Memon Collector of Nagpur Sachin Kurne, ADG Prison Meeram Borwankar, Judicial Magistrate Girish Joshi, Chief Medical Officer Tiwari, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital Dean Sawadiya, Jailer Yogesh Desai were present at Yakub Memon's hanging. Policemen deployed at Nagpur Central Jail, the site of Yakub Memon's execution The execution was carried by the same hangman who had hung Ajmal Qasab. Yakub Memon woke up at 5:00 am, bathed and was dressed in new clothes. He offered a 15-minute prayer following which he was given an explanation regarding his crime. Earlier last night, Memon's last wish in which he requested to make a phone call to his daughter Jubeida was fulfilled. He was hanged at th

Sabhajit Singh, who worked as a security guard in Worli and was the first person to spot a weapons-laden white Maruti Omni which led the police to the Memons, says he is still waiting for the Rs 3,000 prize money that was promised to him At the ripe old age of 77, Sabhajit Singh, who gave the police the most vital clue about the involvement of Memons into the 1993 bomb blasts, is still waiting for the reward of Rs 3,000 that was declared by the state government soon after the case was cracked. “It is not about the money. Getting a reward from the government is a matter of pride. Also read: Yakub Memon hanged to death at Nagpur Central Jail It’s been 22 years since the blasts now and there is no point discussing the reward at this point,” said Singh. Speaking exclusively to mid-day, Singh, who worked as a security guard in Worli and was the first person to spot a weapons-laden white Maruti Omni which led the police to the Memons, recounted the day of the blasts and the personal orde

Barbados:  In what will come as a relief to bowlers, ICC has decided to get rid of catchers in the first ten overs, removed the batting Powerplay and also allowed five fielders outside the 30-yard circle in the last ten overs of an innings in one-dayers.   The ICC also said that all "no balls" and not just over stepping by the bowlers will result in a free hit in both ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals. The rule changes will come into  effect for series starting on or after July 5.   The ICC board during its Annual Conference here adopted these recommendations which were made by the ICC's cricket committee headed by the former India captain Anil Kumble in Mumbai this May.   "We have thoroughly reviewed the ODI format after a very successful ICC Cricket World Cup. There was no need to make any radical changes to what has proved to be a vibrant and popular format but we wanted to take this opportunity to make the format simpler and easier to follow for the pub

If you have ever driven behind a semi-trailer truck on a single-lane highway or road, you can understand that how it difficult it gets to overtake it. The truck may be driving relatively slowly, but overtaking it becomes a task - one due to its humongous size, and second because you cannot see what is happening in front of the truck or if there is any vehicle coming from the opposite direction. And this is where, Samsung gets in not only to make driving easier for people on single-lane highways, but also to help avoid accidents that happen because of overtaking. The South Korean giant has introduced a see-through 'Safety Truck' that consists of a wireless camera attached to the front of the truck, which is connected to a video wall made out of four exterior monitors located on the back of the truck. The monitors give drivers behind the truck a view of what is going on ahead, even in the dark of night. This allows drivers to have a better view when deciding whether it is s

Ravinder Kaushik was a former RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) agent, who after his training in India lived most of his life (26 years) in Pakistan and became a Major in Pakistan army. Born and brought up in Sriganganagar, a border town in Rajasthan, Kaushik grew up to be a charismatic college student, with above-average intelligence and looks. He was theatrically inclined, and staged mono-acting skits in college. It was probably his mono-act in college in which he played an Indian army officer who refused to divulge information to China that caught the attention of intelligence officers. He was contacted and offered a job for being an undercover agent of India in Pakistan. He was recruited by RAW and was given extensive training in Delhi for two years. At the age of 23, Soon after completing his Bachelors in Commerce, Kaushik left for Delhi, entering a world of intrigue and danger. He moved from there to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, ending up in Pakistan, writing letters home every once in

यूं तो भारत-पाक सीमा से आमतौर पर तनावपूर्ण खबरें ही आती हैं लेकिन शनिवार को यहां कुछ अलग नजारा देखने को मिला. सेना के अधिकारियों ने गलती से भारत में प्रवेश कर गए पाकिस्तान अधिकृत कश्मीर के एक नागरिक को उसके घर मिठाईयों के साथ रवाना किया. दरअसल इस व्यक्ति ने दो दिन पहले गलती से नियंत्रण रेखा पार कर ली थी. उधमपुर स्थित रक्षा प्रवक्ता कर्नल एसडी गोस्वामी ने बताया, 'उच्च मानक, चरित्र, परंपरा बनाए रखते हुए, भारतीय सेना ने पीओके के अमरा सावन के निवासी एक व्यक्ति को वापस भेजा जो 10 जून देर रात भारतीय सीमा में गलती से घुस आया था. उन्होंने कहा कि उरी क्षेत्र स्थित इकाई ने इस व्यक्ति को पाकिस्तान सेना को नये कपड़ों और उसके परिवार के लिए मिठाई के साथ सौंपा. काशिफ बेग नाम का यह शख्स अंजाने में भारतीय सीमा में प्रवेश कर गया था. प्रवक्ता ने कहा कि जवानों ने उसे पकड़कर पाकिस्तानी पक्ष को हॉट लाइन पर संदेश दिया. 

Canadian Danielle Petersen, 22, center right, and left, Eleanor Hawkins, 24, left, of Britain are escorted by police as they leave court in Kota Kinabalu, in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island, Malaysia. (AP Photo) KUALA LUMPUR: Four westerners who posed naked on Malaysia's highest peak were sentenced on Friday to three days in jail and fined for obscene behavior in a public place, news reports said.  The four were among 10 foreigners who stripped naked and took photos on Mount Kinabalu on May 30. A local official has said their behavior was disrespectful to the mountain, which is believed to be sacred, and caused an earthquake last Friday that killed 18 climbers.  Dutch citizen Dylan Snel, British student Eleanor Hawkins and Canadian siblings Lindsey Petersen and Danielle Peterson pleaded guilty in a court in Sabah state on Borneo island to a charge of public indecency, The Star newspaper said on its website.  It said the women were topless while the two men were totally nu

The southern African country started using foreign currencies like the US dollar and South African rand in 2009 after the Zimbabwean dollar was ruined by hyper-inflation HARARE: Zimbabweans will start exchanging 'quadrillions' of local dollars for a few US dollars next week, as President Robert Mugabe's government discards its virtually worthless national currency, the central bank said on Thursday.  The southern African country started using foreign currencies like the US dollar and South African rand in 2009 after the Zimbabwean dollar was ruined by hyper-inflation, which hit 500 billion percent in 2008. At the height of Zimbabwe's economic crisis in 2008, Zimbabweans had to carry plastic bags bulging with bank notes to buy basic goods like bread and milk. Prices were rising at least twice a day.  From Monday, customers who held Zimbabwean dollar accounts before March 2009 can approach their banks to convert their Zimbabwean dollar balance into dollars, Reserve B

New Delhi:  When it came to which video formats the world would adopt, the porn industry showed the way. Now PornHub, a pornographic video sharing website, is seeking to take human sexual activity to space and also make a film out of it. To make their dream of 'Sexploration' possible PornHub is seeking to raise $3.4 million to make a porn film in space through crowdfunding. The campaign iscurrently running on Indiegogo and has managed to raise $4,301 from 194 people at the time of posting. The the first sex tape in space will feature porn actors Eva Lovia and Johnny Sins. "Pornhub is teaming up with top ranking adult studio Digital Playground in joining the ranks of Armstrong and Gagarin by pioneering a one of a kind mission to defy gravity, make history, and push the boundaries of intergalactic 'Sexploration' by filming the first ever sextape in space," says the campaign description on Indiegogo. "In doing so, we will not only be changing the face