Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday said he was yet to take a decision on the mercy petition of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru after it was sent by the President. ...
02:18 AM, Jan 11, 2013
As many as 24 mercy petition cases have been disposed of since 2009 while 13 are still pending with the government, Parliament was told on Tuesday. ...
08:42 AM, Dec 19, 2012
On the 11th anniversary of the Parliament attack, opposition asked the government when Afzal Guru would be hanged. ...
11:03 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma on Thursday yet again embarrassed his party with his remark that Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru should be spared the death penalty and sentenced to life imprisonment instead. While the Congress played it safe on the remark and refused to comment, Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh slammed Beni saying that he was an expert in giving irresponsible statements. ...
02:13 PM, Dec 13, 2012
On the eleventh anniversary of Parliament attack, BJP on Thursday said the government should announce the date for hanging convict Afzal Guru on the day itself to pay "real tribute" to the martyrs of the strike. "Real tribute would be only if the Home Minister assures the House today that we have paid tributes to the martyrs but their families and country will get relief only when he (Guru) would...
12:46 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Thursday marks the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Parliament that left 9 people dead and 18 injured. But there was ruckus in Parliament after BJP's demand for an adjournment of Lok Sabha to discuss the delay in hanging of convict Afzal Guru, which was rejected by the Speaker. ...
12:29 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Thursday marks the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Parliament that left 9 people dead and 18 injured. But there was ruckus in Parliament after BJP's demand for an adjournment of Lok Sabha to discuss the delay in hanging of convict Afzal Guru, which was rejected by the Speaker. ...
11:58 AM, Dec 13, 2012
Parliamentarians led by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday paid homage to martyrs on the 11th anniversary of the attack on Parliament. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, BJP leader LK Advani, Leaders of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley respectively and other members attended a solemn ceremony held in the premises of...
11:10 AM, Dec 13, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party has given a notice for the suspension of Question Hour in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The party wants to discuss the delay in hanging the Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru. ...
10:44 AM, Dec 13, 2012
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said he will have a look at the mercy petition of Afzal Guru only after the Winter Session of Parliament. ...
03:19 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Bhopal: Hailing execution of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday demanded that Afzal Guru, who is on death row in the 2001 Parliament attack case, should also be hanged. Chouhan termed the hanging of Kasab as a "justified step" saying the 26/11 attack was an attack on country, in which scores of people and a number of security personnel lost their precious lives....
12:59 AM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: With focus back on Afzal Guru following hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, the Delhi government on Wednesday said it stands by its recommendation for rejection of the mercy petition filed by the Parliament attack convict on death row. "We stand by our recommendation that his mercy petition should be rejected," Delhi Chief Secretary PK Tripathi said when asked about Afzal's case. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, however, declined...
12:19 AM, Nov 22, 2012
India, Pakistan spar over 26/11 after Ajmal Kasab's execution, burial. Pressure builds on government to take decision on Afzal Guru's execution. ...
11:56 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: Execution of Mumbai terror attacks accused Ajmal Kasab has brought the spotlight now on the hanging of Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru. Sources said that a decision will be taken on him soon. The government's hope of being perceived as decisive post the execution of the 26/11 convict may not last long. Afzal Guru is on death row after being convicted of carrying out attack on Parliament in...
09:20 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has returned seven mercy petitions, including that of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, for consideration of the Union Home Ministry. Official sources said it was a normal procedure for the President to refer all pending mercy petitions for consideration to a new Home Minister after he takes charge. Since Shinde took charge as a Home Minister on August 1, the seven mercy petitions, including...
03:58 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: The hanging of 26/11 convict Ajmal Amir Kasab has led to a round of political slugfest between the Congress-led Central government and the BJP. While the Congress as well the BJP have expressed satisfaction over Kasab's hanging, the latter has also questioned on the government's stand of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said that the whole country wanted Kasab's execution. "But why not Afzal...
01:57 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: After the execution of Ajmal Kasab, government sources on Wednesday said that the government could now expedite the decision on Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru. On Guru's mercy plea, sources said that President Pranab Mukherjee has sent 12 files to the Union Home Ministry for recommendation in this regard. Afzal Guru was convicted of conspiracy in the December 2001 attack on Parliament and was sentenced to...
01:27 PM, Nov 21, 2012
New Delhi: A New Delhi court is expected to pass an order on framing of charges against Wasim Akram Malik for his alleged role in the Delhi High Court blast case of 2011. Nearly 15 people were killed in the blast that took place on September 7. The terror attack at the Delhi High Court was plotted with an aim to get the death sentence of Parliament attack case convict...
10:22 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: After the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of 26/11 convict Ajmal Kasab, the big question remains whether his execution will be delayed just like that of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Afzal Guru's death sentence was upheld by the apex court for carrying out the Parliament attack in 2001, but he continues to live as his mercy plea lies pending with the President. Guru applied for mercy...
08:19 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde refuses to react to the delay caused in the mercy plea of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru but says the same won't be witnessed in the case of Ajmal Kasab if he pleads mercy too. ...
04:44 PM, Aug 29, 2012
