SC stays hanging of Sonu Sardar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of a condemned prisoner who was convicted for killing five members of a family in Chhattisgarh in 2004. A vacation bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen stayed the execution of Sonu Sardar after his counsel argued that similar petitions filed by 1993 Bombay blasts convict Yakub Memon and Red Fort attack convict Mohammed Arif are pending in the apex court and was referred to constitution bench.
Japan Visit postponed, Modi writes to Abe
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe about the postponement of his proposed visit there next month in view of the Budget Session of the Parliament.