Parliament Attack Convict

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticised National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah's comment on the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, and asked whether the separatist leader should have been garlanded publicly.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's recent statement that the execution of Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack, did not serve any purpose has drawn a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The man who stabbed and killed two people in the London Bridge terrorist attack on Friday has been identified as a convicted terrorist who was jailed seven years ago over a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp on land owned by his family in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

A London jury on Wednesday convicted a man of attempted murder after he tried to mow down cyclists and police with his car outside the British parliament last year in an attack that prosecutors said had a terrorist motive.

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's son, who passed his Class 12 examination with distinction, today, said that he wants a passport as he is keen to go abroad for studies. Afzal Guru was hung in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack, when his son, Galib Guru was only two years old.

A court in Delhi today criticised the Delhi police for filing a chargesheet against former Jawarharlal Nehru University students' union leader Kanhaiya Kumar without getting approval from the Delhi government.

Former JNU students union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar has moved the Delhi High Court against the fine imposed on him by a high-level panel of the university in connection with a 2016 incident of alleged anti-India slogans being raised at an event relating to Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging.

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's son Galib Guru has passed the higher secondary school examination with a distinction. Afzal Guru was executed in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack. His son secured 88 per cent in the examination, the results for which were announced today.

The government yesterday assured parliament that it will make every effort to ensure the release of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian who was given the death sentence by a Pakistani military court that convicted him of spying and fomenting unrest in the province of Balochistan. Pakistan's announcement that Mr Jadhav, 46, will be executed has aggravated...

The man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman in Wednesday's deadly assault outside Britain's parliament has been identified by police as 52-year-old former convict Khalid Masood.

British police named the man who killed three people near parliament before being shot dead as Khalid Masood, saying he had a string of criminal convictions but none for terrorism-related offences.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju today said he was not aware of rape threats to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur when he tweeted a comment criticising her post. Mr Rijiju also said he believed that the 20-year-old is being used as a pawn by "leftists who support Afzal Guru (the parliament attack convict hanged in 2013)".

For an event organised in February against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, an appellate authority of Jawaharlal Nehru University has found 21 students guilty of indiscipline.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is believed to be seeking legal opinion over punishment to a few students in connection with an event against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

Former senior police officer Kiran Bedi has termed as "crime" the February 9 event held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University against the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and claimed the issue was blown out of proportion because it was "politicized".

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticised National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah's comment on the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, and asked whether the separatist leader should have been garlanded publicly.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's recent statement that the execution of Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack, did not serve any purpose has drawn a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The man who stabbed and killed two people in the London Bridge terrorist attack on Friday has been identified as a convicted terrorist who was jailed seven years ago over a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp on land owned by his family in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

A London jury on Wednesday convicted a man of attempted murder after he tried to mow down cyclists and police with his car outside the British parliament last year in an attack that prosecutors said had a terrorist motive.

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's son, who passed his Class 12 examination with distinction, today, said that he wants a passport as he is keen to go abroad for studies. Afzal Guru was hung in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack, when his son, Galib Guru was only two years old.

A court in Delhi today criticised the Delhi police for filing a chargesheet against former Jawarharlal Nehru University students' union leader Kanhaiya Kumar without getting approval from the Delhi government.

Former JNU students union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar has moved the Delhi High Court against the fine imposed on him by a high-level panel of the university in connection with a 2016 incident of alleged anti-India slogans being raised at an event relating to Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging.

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's son Galib Guru has passed the higher secondary school examination with a distinction. Afzal Guru was executed in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack. His son secured 88 per cent in the examination, the results for which were announced today.

The government yesterday assured parliament that it will make every effort to ensure the release of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian who was given the death sentence by a Pakistani military court that convicted him of spying and fomenting unrest in the province of Balochistan. Pakistan's announcement that Mr Jadhav, 46, will be executed has aggravated...

The man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman in Wednesday's deadly assault outside Britain's parliament has been identified by police as 52-year-old former convict Khalid Masood.

British police named the man who killed three people near parliament before being shot dead as Khalid Masood, saying he had a string of criminal convictions but none for terrorism-related offences.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju today said he was not aware of rape threats to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur when he tweeted a comment criticising her post. Mr Rijiju also said he believed that the 20-year-old is being used as a pawn by "leftists who support Afzal Guru (the parliament attack convict hanged in 2013)".

For an event organised in February against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, an appellate authority of Jawaharlal Nehru University has found 21 students guilty of indiscipline.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is believed to be seeking legal opinion over punishment to a few students in connection with an event against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

Former senior police officer Kiran Bedi has termed as "crime" the February 9 event held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University against the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and claimed the issue was blown out of proportion because it was "politicized".