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'Shubh Yatra' Prime Minister David Cameron meets Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar Editors, gives constructive responses to suggestions made

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After European Union ended over a decade-long boycott of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, lawmakers from the region have invited him to attend the European Parliament in Brussels in November, according to a post on Modi’s blog. “The lawmakers invited Modi to attend the European Parliament in Brussels in November this year. The Parliament will be attended by representatives of over 27 nations. Continued on page 26

Three months after 26/11 attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab's execution, Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged in a top-secret operation on Saturday morning inside Delhi’s Tihar jail. Afzal Guru, who was convicted of plotting the 2001 terror attack on the Indian Parliament, was hanged at 8 am inside Delhi's Tihar Jail and was buried inside the prison complex soon after his execution. Guru spent over 10 years on death row in the Tihar prison and was hanged in an operation shrouded in secrecy. Guru was informed about his

hanging after a death warrant was issued by a Delhi court. There were eight people, including a doctor, a magistrate and some jail officials, present when he was hanged and buried quietly soon after the hanging. After he was woken up at 5 am, he offered prayers

before calmly approaching the noose, officials said. A Muslim cleric was also present during his hanging. The mercy plea of 43year-old convict, who was sentenced to death in 2002 by a special court and later upheld by the Supreme Court in 2005, was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee a few days back, Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said. On December 13, 2001, five heavily-armed gunmen stormed the Parliament complex and opened indiscriminate fire, killing nine persons. Political parties said justice has been done with Continued on page 26

Rupanjana Dutta, Associate Editor, Asian Voice, CB Patel, Publisher/Editor, Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar interviewing PM David Cameron at 10 Downing Street

Rupanjana Dutta David Cameron will be visiting India with his trade mission, within a week's time, in an attempt to strengthen the IndoBritish trade and investment ties and address claims that visa restrictions are discouraging Indian students to come to Britain to study. This is Mr Cameron's second visit within 30 months of his last trip, and taken most of the British & Indians by awe. Perhaps because this is the first time in recent history, a British PM has ignored the usual protocol, and is going back to India, before the Indian Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) has made a return visit to Britain, since Cameron's first official tour. Continued on page 2

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