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Srinagar, Feb 10: An angry Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today slammed the execution of Afzal Guru and said this would reinforce a sense of alienation and injustice among generations of youth in the Valley. Omar also said it was a "tragedy" that Guru was not allowed to meet his family before he was hanged and not allowed a "final farewell". The 43-year-old Parliament attack

Kolkata, Feb 10: After venting our her anger on her security personnel at a recent book fair, Mamata Banerjee lost her cool yet again. Now, at 'Maati Utsav' (fair )in the city, Banerjee blew a gasket at the photo journalists while they were continously clicking her pictures at the event, according to the reports. Mamata publically blasted one of her security personnel three days back and told him

Wasn’t it? Yesterday I mean. Spring announced itself in Delhi. The sun was out, and the Law took its Course. Just before breakfast, Afzal Guru, prime accused in the 2001 Parliament Attack was secretly hanged, and his body was interred in Tihar Jail. Was he buried next to Maqbool Butt? (The other Kashmiri who was hanged in Tihar in 1984. Kashmiris will mark that anniversary tomorrow.) Afzal’s wife

Srinagar, Feb 10: Curfew continued in Kashmir for the second day on Sunday following the hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru in Delhi’s Tihar jail. The restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley were tightened this morning as there were many violations of the curfew on Saturday, official sources said. At least 36 people, including 23 policemen, were injured in

Srinagar, Feb 9: Jammu and Kashmir was tense but calm Saturday as the news of Afzal Guru's hanging in Delhi's Tihar Jail spread. Authorities clamped a curfew in all major cities and towns of the Kashmir Valley as police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in full battle gear fanned out to pre-empt protests. Local cable operators have been told to suspend their operations

New Delhi, Feb 9: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi may have never apologized before a domestic audience for his controversial role during the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, but he did refer to the communal flare up as unfortunate events during a lunch with western countries’ envoys to India in early January, when the European Union quietly ended its 11-year-long boycott of the Bharatiya

Srinagar, Feb 9: Terming the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru today as disappointing, opposition PDP President Mehbooba Mufti demanded handing over his body to the family for last rites. "While the hanging should not have been carried out, the return of Afzal's body was the least the government could do to show its concern for humanitarian values," the PDP president said in a

Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 7: After the Union Home Ministry issued an advisory, the Maharashtra Police have finally registered an FIR against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia (in pic) on Thursday for allegedly delivering a hate speech in a rally in Bhokara town, Nanded district on January 22. “The home ministry’s advise is clear. Once they have confirmed forensic evidence, appropriate

Lukcnow, Feb 7: In the first expansion of his ministry after coming to power, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday inducted 12 new ministers, including Vinod Kumar Singh who was dropped after he allegedly manhandled the chief medical officer in Gonda. Among those who were sworn-in were SP spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury, considered close to SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Vinod

Lucknow, Feb 7: With its eye firmly fixed on the next Lok Sabha elections, BJP is all set to ride the `Ram Rath' once again in the hope of returning to power. BJP national president Rajnath Singh, who took a holy dip at the `Sangam' waters in the ongoing Mahakumbh on Wednesday, gave enough indication that the saffron party could rake up the Ram temple issue expecting to reap rich electoral