View: Hanging could have damaging repercussions

'The only logical explanation for the sudden hanging of Afzal Guru,' feels Seema Mustafa, 'is the fact that general elections are around the corner. And the Congress in its usual cynical......

Timing of execution clearly political

Sheela Bhatt explains the government's political logic behind Afzal Guru's execution. What can be called the 'Narendra Modi impact' is visible in the Union government's decision to hang Afzal Guru......

Afzal Guru execution: Security focus must be pan-India

B Raman assesses the likely threats to India from Afzal Guru's execution. The intelligence agencies would have examined in depth the likely security implications of Afzal Guru's execution on......

'Pass resolution to commute Guru's death sentence'

Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has demanded the resignations of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his father, union minister Dr Farooq Abdullah. Mirwaiz Umar......