Reports of sporadic protests have come in from Sopore and Baramulla of Kashmir Valley against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. ...
11:38 AM, Feb 09, 2013
BJP leader Najma Heptullah has welcomed Afzal Guru's execution. ...
11:27 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 am on Saturday inside Tihar jail. ...
11:16 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir government was kept in the loop about the Centre's decision to hang Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and all steps to maintain law and order in the state have been taken, said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. ...
11:16 AM, Feb 09, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected the mercy petition of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on February 3, leading to his hanging on Saturday, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said. "The President rejected Afzal Guru's mercy petition on February 3 and after that, I signed it on February 4," he told reporters. Shinde added that the final decision to hang Afzal Guru was taken on February 8. ...
10:46 AM, Feb 09, 2013
BJP on Saturday welcomed the execution of Parliament attack convict Mohammed Afzal Guru, saying it was a "much awaited and much wanted decision". "This action is delayed. But undoubtedly it is a welcome action... it was a much awaited decision, much wanted decision so that the world could see that India is committed against terror, the fight against terror," BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters. ...
10:41 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Security has been tightened and curfew imposed in several areas of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag following the hanging of Parliament attacker Afzal Guru in Delhi's Tihar Jail on Saturday morning. Cable TV services have also been shut down in the Kashmir Valley. ...
10:39 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged this morning, walked to the gallows in a peaceful and composed frame of mind. "He was very peaceful and calm during the final moments. He looked very composed," a top Tihar Jail official told PTI. ...
10:31 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. "Better late than never," Modi posted on Twitter after the Centre announced that Guru was hanged at Tihar Jail in Delhi on Saturday morning. ...
10:27 AM, Feb 09, 2013
The family of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has been informed about his hanging by the Tihar authorities through Speed Post and the J&K government was taken into confidence before his execution, the Centre said on Saturday. ...
10:26 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 am inside Tihar jail on Saturday. ...
09:50 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Union Home Secretary RK Singh said that Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 am on Saturday inside Delhi's Tihar Jail. Singh said that the decision on his last rites would be taken as per the jail manual. ...
09:30 AM, Feb 09, 2013
BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that although the decision had been delayed by as much as 11 years, it was "undoubtedly a welcome action". ...
09:21 AM, Feb 09, 2013
The hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has been pending since August 2005, when the Supreme Court rejected his plea challenging the death sentence that was awarded to him by a Delhi court in 2002. Since then, the government has been under pressure from the Opposition and activists to hang Afzal Guru. ...
09:12 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged on Saturday at 8 am inside Tihar jail, Home Secretary RK Singh said. ...
09:08 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has been hanged. The Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist was hanged at 8 am on Saturday, Home Secretary RK Singh said. A recommendation to hang him had been sent to the President on January 21. The President gave it his assent on February 3. ...
08:58 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has been hanged. The Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist was hanged at 8 am on Saturday, Home Secretary RK Singh said. A recommendation to hang him had been sent to the President on January 21. The President gave it his assent on February 3. Announcing the details, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the final decision to hang Afzal Guru was taken on February 8 and he...
08:32 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has been hanged. The Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist was hanged at 6.25 am on Saturday. A recommendation to hang him had been sent to the President on January 23. The President gave it his assent on January 26. ...
08:19 AM, Feb 09, 2013
The government is expected to make a major announcement on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru soon, sources said on Saturday. According to sources, the terrorist may have been hanged or due to be hanged soon. ...
07:40 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said he was in "favour of early hanging of Afzal Guru", sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in the Parliament attack case. "I have always believed that there should be a time limit for the disposal of mercy petitions pending before the President," Singh told PTI. ...
01:44 PM, Jan 27, 2013
