New Delhi: Delhi Police has denied permission to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to hold a 48-hour hunger strike in the capital to press for his demands including handing over the body of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru to his family.
"Yes," said City Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar when asked by reporters whether any decision was taken to deny permission for the protest at Jantar Mantar starting on Friday.
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04:16 PM, May 02, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday raked up the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru in his address to the joint session of the legislature of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). He also threatened that Pakistan will continue to highlight the Kashmir "cause" at international forums. "The hanging of Afzal Guru through the abuse of judicial process has further aggravated and angered the people of Kashmir," he said....
08:52 PM, Apr 17, 2013
A man injured in a stone-pelting incident in Anantnag district of Kashmir succumbed to his injuries taking the death toll to five. The incident has led to massive criticism in Kashmir against those protesting the hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. ...
01:37 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The government is unlikely to hand over slain Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's body to his family in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources in the Home Ministry say they are not considering handing over the body to his family as this may lead to security issues in the valley. ...
02:23 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Sunday said he would move a resolution in the coming session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for handing over of the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru to his family. ...
06:39 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Curfew may have been lifted in Kashmir but the state's tourism industry is still counting its losses, which could be as much as Rs 100 crore a day. ...
04:59 PM, Feb 17, 2013
The wife of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar jail last week, has said she had full right over his body and demanded that the mortal remains be handed over to her for "proper burial" in his home state of Jammu and Kashmir. ...
11:18 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Amid widespread criticism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed his displeasure to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over the delay in informing Afzal Guru's family about his hanging. ...
07:41 PM, Feb 13, 2013
As several media offices resumed functioning on February 13 after a gap of four days, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said there was no ban imposed on publication of newspapers but the dailies had chosen not to print as curfew had made distribution impossible. ...
03:56 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Newspapers hit the stands on February 13 after a gap of four days due to imposition of curfew in the Valley following hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. ...
12:37 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Curfew was lifted from three police station areas in the city while it was relaxed "indefinitely" in five other police station areas even as rest of Kashmir Valley remained under restrictions for the fifth consecutive day on February 13. "Curfew has been lifted from Nigeen, Lal Bazaar and Zakura police station areas in the city," a police spokesman said. ...
12:04 PM, Feb 13, 2013
For the fourth consecutive day, no newspapers in Kashmir are being printed as the media gag is in force in the wake of hanging of Azfal Guru. ...
11:46 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's last letter to his family was delivered at his Sopore residence in North Kashmir, Chief Post Master General, Jammu and Kashmir, John Samuel said on Tuesday night. ...
11:15 PM, Feb 12, 2013
At least five persons were injured as fresh protests broke out in Kashmir on Tuesday against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru even as authorities relaxed curfew for three hours in some parts of the Valley, officials said. According to the officials, of the five injured, three were seriously wounded and had to be hospitalised. ...
08:40 PM, Feb 12, 2013
After four days of curfew in the valley since Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik is now courting a controversy. He shared the stage with the key conspirator of 26/11 attacks and Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Hafiz Saeed, on Sunday in Islamabad at an event organised to mourn Afzal Guru's hanging. ...
11:19 AM, Feb 12, 2013
There is likely to be long term alienation in Kashmir after Afzal Guru's hanging has said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah sounding a not of deep worry anger and anxiety. ...
11:58 PM, Feb 11, 2013
JKLF leader Yasin Malik sharing a dais with LeT Chief and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan on Monday created a flutter in India. ...
10:55 PM, Feb 11, 2013
'Operation Three Star' was the code name of the entire top secret plan in which Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru was hanged in the high-security Tihar Jail on Saturday morning. The operation had started on February 4, a day after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected the mercy petition of the Parliament attack convict paving the way for his execution. ...
09:29 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday reiterated that the sudden hanging of Afzal Guru, who was convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack case, on February 9 was not a political decision, adding that the family was informed through speed post on February 7 itself. ...
04:51 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Tonight at 10:30, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether the hanging of Afzal Guru will affect the Kashmiri psyche. You can send your viewpoint and questions on the issue here or tweet them to us
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02:17 PM, Feb 11, 2013
