Afzal's family was informed about hanging: home secretary
By IANSNew Delhi: Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's family had been informed ahead of his hanging in Delhi's Tihar jail Saturday morning, Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters.Jammu and Kashmir...
View ArticleKashmir government knew about hanging: Omar
By IANS,Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said he was told about Afzal Guru's imminent hanging the previous evening and told "to take steps to control the situation" in...
View ArticleDelhi on alert after Afzal execution
By IANS,New Delhi: A security alert has been sounded in the Indian capital following the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, Delhi Police said Saturday."An alert has been issued in Delhi...
View ArticleAfzal hanging 'worrying trend', says rights body
By IANS,New Delhi: Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging "shows a very worrying trend by the Indian government", Human Rights Watch said Saturday."The hanging of Afzal Guru, following closely...
View ArticleFamily learnt about execution later: Afzal cousin
By IANS,Jammu: Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's family said they were not told in advance about his hanging Saturday morning and want his body.Yaseen Guru, a cousin of Afzal Guru, told IANS on...
View ArticleDon't think UPA can ever decide on my case: Afzal to IANS
By IANS,New Delhi: Stressing that he wanted a quick end to his ordeal, parliament attack convict Afzal Guru had in 2008 doubted if the UPA government could ever reach a decision on his case. In what...
View ArticleCPI-M welcomes Afzal hanging
By IANS,New Delhi: The "law of the land has been finally completed" with the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said Saturday.Yechury spoke to the media after...
View Article'Vishwaroopam' mints Rs.5.81 crore on first day in TN
By IANS,Chennai: Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan's "Vishwaroopam" raked in some Rs.5.81 crore on the day it released in Tamil Nadu."Since it opened in theatres Thursday, the (collection is) expected to...
View ArticleAfzal Guru: Ends of justice and of politics
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS, The government took a longer time to hang Afzal Guru than it did in Ajmal Kasab's case but, ultimately, the ends of justice have been met in both instances.So, have been the...
View Article40 injured in Kashmir violence after Afzal Guru hanging
By IANS,Srinagar: At least 40 people were injured in the day-long clashes between security forces and violent protestors Saturday, even as authorities clamped curfew on the entire valley in the wake of...
View ArticleVictims families welcome Afzal Guru hanging
By IANS,New Delhi: New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Families of those killed in the 2001 terror attack on Parliament House here Saturday hailed the hanging of Afzal Guru but asked why he was not executed...
View ArticleParliament attack plotter Afzal Guru executed
By IANS,New Delhi/Srinagar: Twelve years after a terror attack on its parliament brought it to the brink of war with Pakistan, India Saturday executed Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru in a meticulously...
View ArticleAllow family to perform last rites: Afzal's wife
By IANS,New Delhi: The family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged in Tihar Jail Saturday, sought permission from the authorities to perform his last rites in accordance with religious traditions.Guru's body...
View ArticleTwo hangings in three months worries activists
By IANS,New Delhi: The Nov 21 hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and that of Afzal Guru less than three months later came under flak Saturday from rights activists."I am one of those who are...
View ArticleAfzal Guru hanged
By IANS,New Delhi: Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged in the national capital's Tihar Jail at 8 a.m. Saturday, less than a week after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy plea,...
View ArticleTihar witnessed hanging after 24 years
By IANS,New Delhi: The Tihar Jail, the largest prison of India, witnessed a hanging Saturday after 24 years, when the 2001 parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was executed early morning, an official...
View ArticleAfzal was hanged for eight minutes
By IANS,New Delhi: Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 a.m. Saturday in front of eight people in the Tihar Jail in a procedure that took eight minutes, prison sources said...
View Article‘Afzal’s execution guided by political exigencies’
By TCN NewsHyderabad: A group of citizens have expressed shocked at the “secretive manner of the execution of Afzal Guru.” They were also dismayed to know that his family members were not informed...
View Article‘Afzal Guru a victim of Indian agencies’
By TCN NewsHyderabad: “The attitude of Government of India towards Afzal Guru reflects how the state behaves with Kashmiri people. Afzal Guru became the target of Indian state because he was a Muslim...
View ArticleIndia rejects Pakistan claims on Kashmir
By IANS,New Delhi: India has rejected claims made by Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar about Jammu and Kashmir at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Cairo.The external...
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