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
Union Minister and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah said that he was pained by the fact that 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's family wasn't given a chance to meet him for one last time before he was hanged on Saturday morning in Delhi's Tihar Jail. However, Farooq said that there was no question of leaving the UPA government over this issue. ...
04:28 PM, Feb 11, 2013
The chief postmaster of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday said that the speed post, containing the letter from Tihar jail on Afzal Guru's execution meant for his family, had been received on Saturday afternoon but was not delivered because of curfew. ...
03:32 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Kashmiri-origin students on Monday held a silent march at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus to protest against the country's criminal justice system following the hanging of Afzal Guru in the Parliament attack case. ...
03:04 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Pakistan on February 11 reacted cautiously to the execution of Afzal Guru, hanged for his role in the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, saying it did not want to "go into details" of his trial. ...
02:40 PM, Feb 11, 2013
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02:17 PM, Feb 11, 2013
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday trained its guns on the UPA and demanded what action would it take against ally National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah for his remarks in a TV interview against Afzal Guru's hanging. The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister had said that the UPA now faced the grave challenge of proving to the world if this was not a selective execution and demanded to...
01:25 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's family on Monday received the speed post from Tihar jail informing them about his hanging. The letter reached Afzal Guru's family at 11 am on Monday. ...
01:20 PM, Feb 11, 2013
A man injured allegedly during security forces action against persons staging protest against hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru died on Monday. Ubaid Mushtaq, who was injured allegedly in firing by security forces at Watergam village in Baramulla district, succumbed to injuries at 3:00 am, Medical Superintendent of SKIMS Hospital Aijaz Mustafa said. ...
10:53 AM, Feb 11, 2013
The indefinite curfew continued in Kashmir for the third day on Monday. The curfew was put in place following fears of unrest after the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on Saturday. Extra forces have been deployed in the Valley on the 29th death anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Maqbool Bhatt. ...
10:21 AM, Feb 11, 2013
The Congress leader reacted to Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah's statements saying that informing Afzal Guru's family by Speed Post was part of the protocol. ...
08:44 AM, Feb 11, 2013
I looked at the envelope carefully. It's a habit I formed after a parcel bomb attack a couple of years ago. The packet that time ...
11:31 PM, Feb 10, 2013
