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The Union Home ministry has recommended death penalty for accused Afzal Guru in its report submitted to the President, sources said.

Now there are media reports that Ajzal will be shifted from Tihar jail of Delhi to Kashmir. It gives the indication that Smt Sheila Dikshit, Government of Umar Abdullah, Smt Sonia Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh are planning to save Afzal.

Four years after its opinion was sought by the Centre, the file pertaining to the mercy petition of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, who is on the death row, has been sent to the home ministry by the Delhi government.

New Delhi: The Delhi Government’s opinion on the hanging of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru was delayed as then Chief Secretary Ramesh Narayanswamy had recommended against it.

The Delhi Government on Wednesday once again sent the file of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's mercy petition to the Lieutenant Governor after incorporating some "minor clarifications".

Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru should be hanged at the earliest,said Mr.Digvijay Singh, differing from the cautious attitude of the All India Congress Committee on the contentious issue.

In a late evening development, the Delhi Lt Governor's office sent back the Afzal Guru file sent by the Delhi Government, seeking more clarification over the remark of the Delhi Government.

The Delhi government on Tuesday cleared the file on Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's mercy petition.

Mumbai: A senior official on Wednesday said that the petition of mercy by Mohammed Afzal Guru is not yet ready to be considered by President Pratibha Patil. He was sentenced to death for December 2001 Parliament attack.

New Delhi: Government on Friday said the execution of death sentence of Afzal Guru, convicted in the Parliament attack case, was being delayed as "you cannot pick, choose and hang" and there were many mercy petitions pending for long.

Rejecting BJP's charge of delay in hanging Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said a certain procedure has to be followed.

Mumbai: Comprehensive discussion is possible on the option of giving life imprisonment to Afzal, expressed Central Home Minister, Shri. P. Chidambaram.

The Congress-led government has been found double faced on the issue.

New Delhi: "I don't think the UPA government can ever reach a decision. The Congress party has two mouths and is playing a double game," said Afzal

New Delhi:Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said when the government has been pressing for clemency for Sarabjit Singh facing death sentence in Pakistan, how can the demand be made for the hanging of Afzal Guru.

New Delhi: The Home Ministry sat over Afzal Guru's mercy petition and did not send its recommendation to President A P J Abdul Kalam till his last day in office, it has been disclosed now.

While answering question regarding the mercy plea of Mohammed Afzal, Kalam said, 'Regarding Afzal Guru, I have not received any papers from the ministry concerned so far'.

In order to keep the prestige and glory of our Parliament and to save the lives of M.Ps of India, 8 of our security personnel lost their lives in the direct combat with the terrorist.

South Asian human rights activists here are taking the case of Mohammed Afzal to the European parliament just in time for President A P J Kalam's visit to Brussels, in an attempt to put pressure on India not to hang him.

Dr. Manoj Shete, a 'Shiv-chitrakar' and a patriot informed that so far about five lakh letters have been sent to the President Dr. Abdul Kalam in support of death sentence to Mohammad Afzal. (Does the President not care for feelings of five lakhs citizens of this country?- Editor)