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
One person was injured on February 12 as fresh protests broke out in Kashmir against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, officials said. ...
05:38 PM, Feb 12, 2013
After the execution of the 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, political slugfest over convicts on death row has began. After Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's statement on Guru, the Shiromani Akali Dal has said the party will not allow the government to carry out the death sentence of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's killer Balwant Singh Rajoana. ...
03:41 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Home Secrertary RK Singh on Tuesday said that the family of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar Jail in Delhi on February 9, will be allowed to offer prayers at his grave. "No problem if Afzal's family come to Tihar and pray at his grave," he said. ...
02:41 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Domestic politics has broken out over Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik's visit to Islamabad where he shared 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 protest parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging. ...
01:46 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Following the hanging of Afzal Guru, Congress MP and grandson of Beant Singh, Ravneet Singh Bittu, has demanded the execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana - the convict on death row for assassinating the former Punjab chief minister. He also demanded the hanging of Delhi blast convict Devinder Pal Bhullar. ...
12:09 PM, Feb 12, 2013
There were no newspapers, internet or cable television in the Kashmir Valley as curfew continued uninterrupted for the fourth day on February 12 to prevent violence in the wake of Afzal Guru being executed in New Delhi's Tihar Jail. As tension continued in the Valley, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he would help arrange a visit for Afzal Guru's family to offer prayers at his grave in the jail premises....
11:30 AM, 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 have been no newspapers in the Valley for the last three days following the Afzal Guru execution. An unofficial media gag order prohibited the publication of newspapers in the valley. The biggest news in a decade have been restricted from being reported, and the curbs are likely to continue till Friday. ...
06:39 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Government will consider any request by the family of Afzal Guru to visit his grave inside the Tihar jail here where he was buried after his hanging on Saturday, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Monday. "If they want to go (to the grave), it can be considered," Shinde said. ...
04:42 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday said that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was "not challenging" the decision to hang Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and felt that it was "not fair" if the last wish of the convict was not granted. ...
02:58 AM, Feb 12, 2013
The BJP on Monday slammed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, accusing him of "provoking" sentiments in the valley. ...
02:20 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Afzal Guru wrote his last letter to his wife a few hours before his execution code named Operation Three Star, Tihar Jail officials said on Monday. ...
12:28 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
Hours before he was to be executed, Afzal Guru penned his last letter to his wife, Tihar Jail officials said on Monday. The letter, written in Urdu, was posted on Saturday but is yet to reach his wife in Kashmir. Speaking to IANS, officials at Tihar jail said that Afzal Guru, convicted for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack, was told on February 8 evening that he would be...
07:15 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Terming as "unfortunate" the detention of journalist Iftekhar Gilani by Delhi Police, Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on Monday said if there is evidence against him, it should be brought on record or else action should be taken against responsible police officials. ...
06:24 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
