Gujarat
- 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…
- Telangana
Bilkis Bano case: IAS officer Smita Sabharwal calls for justice
Hyderabad: IAS officer and Telangana chief minister’s secretary Smita Sabharwal on Thursday said that India cannot call itself a free nation after snuffing out Bilkis Bano’s right to breathe free. Sabharwal’s reaction…
- India
Got to know of their release through media: Bilkis Bano’s husband
Ahmedabad: A day after 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for Bilkis Bano’s gang rape and murder of seven of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots walked out of jail, her…
- India
Minority votes a major attraction for secular’ parties in Gujarat elections
Ahmedabad: There is a scramble for minority votes in poll-bound Gujarat as the Muslim population of the state has more options for secular parties to vote for in the high-stakes 2022 Assembly…
- India
Guj: Rs 500 bribe found in answer sheet of class 12 student, debarred for a year
Ahmedabad: A Class 12 student has been debarred from appearing for the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) examinations for a year after he apparently tried to bribe the examiner…
- India
24 Pakistani Hindus get Indian citizenship
Rajkot: Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi on Friday handed over citizenship certificates to 24 Pakistani Hindus who were living in India on a long-term visas in Rajkot and had…