Afzal Guru
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Delhi HC dismisses plea to remove graves of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhatt from Tihar Jail premises
India | Sep 24, 2025, 01:35 PM ISTThe plea claimed that existence of these graves inside the jail "violates the express provisions of the Delhi Prisons Rules, 2018", which mandate disposal of bodies of executed prisoners in a manner that prevents glorification, ensures prison discipline, and maintains public order.
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PIL in Delhi High Court seeks removal of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt's graves from Tihar jail
Delhi | Sep 21, 2025, 11:32 PM ISTA PIL in the Delhi High Court seeks the removal or secret relocation of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhatt’'s graves from Tihar Jail, arguing they risk becoming sites of extremist glorification.
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Sopore Election Results 2024: JKNC's Irshad Rasool Kar defeats Congress' Abdul Rashid
Jammu and Kashmir | Oct 08, 2024, 05:36 PM ISTSopore Assembly Election results: JKNC's Irshad Rasool Kar defeated independent candidate Mursaleen Aajir and Congress candidate Abdul Rashid Dar. Sopore went to the Assembly Elections on October 1.
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Afzal Guru’s brother Ajaz Ahmad Guru set to contest J-K assembly elections from Sopore
Jammu and Kashmir | Sep 10, 2024, 05:45 PM ISTJammu and Kashmir Assembly polls: Afzal Guru’s brother Ajaz Ahmad Guru said he will contest the elections for those youths who have been arrested in fabricated cases by police including his son Shoiab who was arrested nine months ago by police in a fabricated case.
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Coffee Par Kurukshetra: Attempt to revive Afzal amid elections?
Kurukshetra | Sep 09, 2024, 07:23 PM ISTWhy did Afzal become an issue in Jammu and Kashmir elections? What is Abdullah's best bet? Why did Omar say that Afzal would never be hanged? Why did Omar sympathize with the mastermind of the Parliament attack?
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Omar Abdullah's bizarre statement on Afzal Guru: 'No purpose served by executing him'
Jammu and Kashmir | Sep 07, 2024, 12:01 AM ISTFormer Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stated that Afzal Guru's hanging "served no purpose" and claimed that the J&K government, if involved, would not have approved the execution.
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Mobile Internet services suspended again in kashmir
India | Feb 13, 2020, 01:03 PM ISTThe 2G mobile Internet services have been suspended in Kashmir again since Wednesday evening. The Internet was suspended last week for a few hours on the death anniversary of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and JKLF leader Maqbool Bhat.
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On Afzal Guru's death anniversary, separatists call for bandh; restrictions imposed in Srinagar
India | Feb 09, 2018, 11:07 AM ISTAfzal was hanged inside the Tihar Jail in Delhi on February 9, 2013, for his role the in 2001 attack.
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J&K: Afzal Guru's son scores 88% in class 12th board exam
India | Jan 11, 2018, 03:36 PM ISTGalib Guru secured 88 per cent in the examination, the results for which were announced today.
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2001 Parliament attack anniversary: PM Modi to pay floral tribute to bravehearts
India | Dec 13, 2017, 07:14 AM ISTOn December 13, 2001 in a horrific incident, five heavily-armed terrorists belonging to terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed stormed the complex in New Delhi and opened fire indiscriminately.
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Gujarat polls: Controversy erupts as posters of Rahul Gandhi with Salman Nizami spring up in Ahmedabad
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 11, 2017, 11:13 AM ISTA poster of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi with Salman Nizami, who BJP claims is a member of the Congress party, emerged on the streets of Ahmedabad on Sunday.
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'Pain deeper than ocean': Kiren Rijiju tweets jawan’s old video slamming Afzal sympathisers
National | Mar 01, 2017, 08:06 PM ISTUnion Minister Kiren Rijiju today tweeted an Army jawan’s video slamming Afzal Guru sympathisers.
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'Revenge for Afzal Guru': Posters recovered from slain Nagrota attackers
India | Dec 01, 2016, 02:36 PM ISTThree terrorists who stormed the army base in Jammu and Kashmir's Nagrota on Tuesday and killed seven defence personnels have carried along posters written in Urdu saying that the attack was to avenge the hanging
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JNU row: Alleged ‘anti-national’ sloganeer Mujeeb Gattoo surfaces on campus, meets Umar Khalid
India | May 28, 2016, 11:50 AM ISTJNU student Mujeeb Gattoo, whose name figured in the report of a high-level committee formed to look into the February 9 incident, was spotted at the university campus yesterday ahead of the Academic Council meeting.
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JNU Afzal Guru event: Four video clips found to be genuine
India | May 17, 2016, 05:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Four video clippings related to the controversial February 9 event at JNU which were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory in Gandhinagar for examination have emerged as “genuine”. However, report is awaited on
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Afzal Guru row: JNU orders release of fellowships, degree
India | Apr 21, 2016, 09:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Following protests by JNU students over denial of fellowships and degree for their alleged involvement in the controversial Afzal Guru event, the varsity administration today issued orders to the concerned departments to release
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JNU row: Kanhaiya and Anirban likely to be rusticated for 2 semesters
India | Apr 11, 2016, 05:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: JNU students Kanhaiya and Anirban who are facing sedition charges in connection with February 9 event are likely to be rusticated from university for 2 semesters, according to sources. In addition to Kanhaiya
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AAP dares Mehbooba Mufti to publically denounce Afzal Guru
National | Mar 26, 2016, 05:55 PM ISTAAP dares Mehbooba Mufti to publically denounce Afzal Guru
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What is wrong in Manusmriti burning? JNU students to varsity
India | Mar 21, 2016, 10:03 PM ISTJNU students who were asked by the university to "explain their position" in connection with the burning of the copies of ancient legal text Manusmriti, have in turn questioned the administration about what is wrong in it.
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Amid controversy, JNU appoints new Registrar
India | Mar 19, 2016, 08:26 PM ISTAmid controversy, JNU appoints new Registrar