Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged for eight minutes

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 19:54

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 am Saturday in front of eight people in the Tihar Jail in a procedure that took eight minutes, prison sources said Saturday.

Afzal Guru hanged: Scuffle between VHP cadres and Kashmiri youths

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 19:35

A scuffle broke out between VHP cadres and Kashmiri youths here on Saturday over the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

Kin of Parliament attack martyrs ready to take back medals

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 19:16

Nearly seven years after they returned the gallantry medals protesting delay in hanging of Afzal Guru, family members of Parliament attack martyrs said they were now ready to accept the honour.

Scuffle in Delhi over Afzal Guru`s hanging

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 19:02

Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal scuffled with Kashmiri youths at Jantar Mantar over the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru here Saturday.

Afzal Guru’s life should become extinct, ruled SC

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 18:40

Holding Afzal guilty of the conspiracy culminating in the attack on Parliament House, the apex court in its Aug 4, 2005, judgment had said.

Mumbai on alert after Afzal Guru`s hanging

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 17:49

An alert has been sounded and extensive security measures were taken across the metropolis by city police in the wake of hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru in the national capital, police said on Saturday.

Afzal Guru conspired and was in touch with terrorists before attack: SC

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 17:21

Afzal Guru`s close contacts with slain `Fidayeen` terrorists before Parliament attack alongwith circumstantial evidence proved he was party to conspiracy and played active part, Supreme Court said.

Shinde scores with Afzal Guru, Kasab hangings; signals firmness

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 16:58

Sushilkumar Shinde`s nearly six months in office as the Union Home Minister have seen hangings of two major terror convicts - Ajmal Amir Kasab and Afzal Guru.

Honour our rights, allow us to perform last rites: Afzal`s wife

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 16:51

The family of Afzal Guru, who was hanged in Tihar Jail Saturday, sought permission from the authorities to perform his last rites in accordance with religious traditions.

Nitish Kumar welcomes Afzal Guru`s execution

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 16:51

A mastermind of the terror attack on Parliament in 2001, Afzal Guru was hanged today at the high-security Tihar jail in Delhi.

`Afzal Guru executed to appease communal fascist forces`

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 14:52

Terming the hanging of Afzal Guru as "travesty of justice and democracy", the CPI(ML) on Saturday said it was carried out to appease the communal fascist forces.

RSS welcomes execution of Afzal Guru

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 14:46

RSS on Saturday welcomed the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru though it came after some delay and insisted that all Indians should rise above their differences to oppose terrorism unitedly.