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Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice to Gujarat govt on release of convicts
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Gujarat government, seeking its response to a plea challenging the state’s decision of granting remission to 11 convicts who gang-raped Bilkis Bano…
- India
Give justice to Bilkis Bano, says Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday demanded justice for Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Bano and said the government has made its stand clear with its silence on the release…
- India
Bigger platform of secular forces needed to counter challenges posed by BJP: Yechury
Agartala: CPI(M) general secretary Sitram Yechury on Wednesday stressed the need for forming a bigger platform of secular forces to counter the challenges posed by the saffron camp. Attempts are being made…
- India
Rahul to launch Congress campaign for Gujarat polls on Sep 5
Ahmedabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will launch his party’s campaign for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections during his visit to the BJP-ruled state on September 5, it was announced on Wednesday. Making…
- India
Sisodia may be arrested in 2-3 days, says Kejriwal
Bhavnagar: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe over the national capital’s excise policy for 2021-22, may be arrested in two to three days, CM…
- India
Felicitating convicts in Bilkis Bano case was in `absolute bad taste’: judge who presided over trial
Mumbai: Granting remission of sentence is within the government’s powers but the `felicitation’ of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case by some people was distasteful, the judge who convicted them 14…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: Fadnavis calls felicitation of convicts ‘wrong’
Mumbai: The convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case of Gujarat were released following a Supreme Court order, but it was wrong if a person accused of a crime is “felicitated” and…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to examine plea against remission of convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea challenging the remission granted to the 11 who were convicted for the rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano…
- Bollywood
Veteran Bollywood ‘masala films’ producer A. G. Nadiadwala passes away
Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood producer of ‘multi-starrer masala films’ Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala passed away here following a prolonged illness, his son Mushtaque Nadiadwala said on Monday. He was 92 and breathed his last…
- India
Gujarat BJP MLA threatens police, video goes viral
Valsad: A video clip of BJP’s sitting MLA in Valsad showing his heated argument with police and threatening them during the Ganesh Utsav procession has gone viral. In the video clip, BJP…
- India
Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia to visit Gujarat today
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will embark on a two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat from today. Kejriwal will be accompanied by Delhi Deputy…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Revoke release of Bilkis Bano’s rapists, demand activists
Hyderabad: “With the release of Bilkis Bano’s rapists on Independence Day, it is clear that the Hindu fanatics have the backing of the current government,” said activist Khalida Parveen on Saturday during…
- India
Major reshuffle in Gujarat cabinet before polls
Gandhinagar: With a few months left for the Assembly elections in Gujarat, the state government made a major rejig in the cabinet on Saturday night. The Revenue Department has been taken away…
- India
Bilkis case: 3 MLAs request President to revoke decision to release convicts
Ahmedabad: Three Gujarat Congress MLAs have written to President Droupadi Murmu seeking her direction to the state government to withdraw its “shameful decision” to release the 11 convicts serving a life sentence…
- India
Gujarat: Inspired by crime web series, minor buys weapon; lands in juvenile home
Surat: A 14-year-old boy landed in a juvenile home after the police caught him with a country-made revolver in this Gujarat city, sources said on Saturday. Pratham (name changed), a resident of Pandesara…