New Delhi: Law Minister Kapil Sibal today said government would abide by Supreme Court’s decision commuting death penalty of convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, but took a jibe at BJP for not uttering a word on the issue while it had bayed for Afzal Guru’s blood. “They (BJP) were baying for the blood of […]

New Delhi : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday moved a resolution ‘totally rejecting’ Pakistan National Assembly’s resolution on 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged last month. Reading out the resolution, the LS Speaker said, “Kashmir is and will always be a part of India.” The statement was welcomed with thunderous […]

New Delhi: The deadly twin blasts that rocked Hyderabad yesterday was planned and executed to take revenge for the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, sources told on Friday. The plan to launch terror strikes in India was hatched at a meeting of the United Jihad Council in Pakistan that was held days after […]

New Delhi: Government is likely to turn down the request of family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged and buried in Tihar jail, for handing over his body. A senior Home Ministry official said a final decision in this regard will be taken soon and the Jammu and Kashmir government will be informed about it. […]

Srinagar : Days after his execution, Kashmiri separatists have reserved a grave for Afzal Guru at the Mazar-e-Shahuda (martyrs graveyard) at Eidgah in downturn Srinagar. The Parliament attack mastermind was bestowed the title of Shaheed-e-Watan (martyr of the nation) and a grave, with an epitaph, was set aside for him right next to a similar […]

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir remains tense and under curfew three days after Afzal Guru was hanged and buried in Delhi’s Tihar Jail on Saturday. Additional security forces, including CRPF units and the police, have been called in to help maintain law and order in the state. At least 36 people, including 23 policemen, were […]

Mangalore : The VHP and Bhajrangdal in Mangalore celebrated the execution of Afzal Guru, a terrorist  convicted in the 2001 attack on Parliament. The members burst crackers and celebrated the victory near the party office at PVS circle. Sweets were also distributed to public gathered around.Traffic in the area was disrupted for some time owing […]

New Delhi : Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged on Saturday morning inside Tihar Jail, days after President Pranab Mukherjee refused his mercy petition, officials said. “Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 a.m.,” Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters. “We received the president’s rejection of his mercy plea on […]

New Delhi: A day after he beat PA Sangma in the race to Raisina Hill, Pranab Mukherjee, who is all set to take oath as the India’s 13th President on July 25, said on Monday that he will be everybody’s President. Mukherjee said that he feels satisfied and happy for having secured the support of […]

New Delhi: Even as several MPs gathered at the Parliament to pay tributes to martyrs on the 10th anniversary of the December 13 terror attack, the families of the martyrs are boycotting Parliament to protest the delay in hanging convict Afzal Guru. Angry over the delayed execution of Afzal Guru, convict in the Parliament attack, […]