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Godhra train burning case: SC to hear pleas of Gujarat govt, convicts on Monday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday bail pleas of several convicts serving life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. A bench of Chief Justice D…
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Gujarat court acquits 22 accused in post-Godhra riots case in which 17 people were killed
Godhra: A court at Halol town in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district has acquitted 22 people, accused of killing 17 members of a minority community including two children, for want of evidence in a…
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SC grants bail to convict in Godhra train coach burning case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a convict serving life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case, noting that he has been in jail for the…
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SC to hear Bilkis Bano’s plea against rapists’ release on Tuesday
On December 13, the Supreme Court will hear Bilkis Bano’s appeal against the pardon and release of 11 prisoners from the 2002 case involving her gangrape and the death of seven members…
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Godhra train burning case: Gujarat opposes bail pleas of convicts who threw stones at coach
New Delhi: The Gujarat government has opposed in the Supreme Court the bail pleas of some convicts of the 2002 Godhra train burning case, saying they were not mere stone-pelters and their…
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Gujarat: 20 years after train carnage, communal fissures run deep in Godhra
Godhra (Gujarat): A road cleaves through, marking the divide between Muslim dominated areas and Hindu majority localities, a metaphor perhaps for communal fissures that run deep in a town that instantly recalls…
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Cong supported anti-social elements, but BJP established peace in Gujarat post-2002: Amit Shah
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said anti-social elements earlier indulged in violence in Gujarat as the Congress supported them, but after the perpetrators were “taught a lesson” in 2002,…
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Early release of Bilkis case convicts talking point in Gujarat polls but views divided on Cong gain
Ahmedabad: The premature release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case has become part of political and electoral discourse in Gujarat in run-up to the next month’s Assembly polls…
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Gujarat: BJP MLA who called Bilkis Bano’s rapists ‘sanskari’ handed Godhra ticket
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Chandrasinh Raulji, who labelled Bilkis Bano’s rapists as sanskari was on Friday given a ticket to contest assembly elections from Godhra. It is to be noted that…
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Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear pleas against release of 11 convicts on Nov 29
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on November 29 the pleas challenging the remission of sentence and release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape…
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Gujarat: Muslim Man allegedly tortured, killed in police custody, say SDPI and AILC
Hyderabad: A joint delegation of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and All India Left Coordination (AILC) on Wednesday visited the family of Qasam Abdullah Hayat, who was killed in police…
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BJP’s strategic move: Keep AIMIM afloat in Godhra
By Abdul hafiz Lakhani All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) that won seven seats in the Godhra Municipal Council joined forces with independent councillors to snatch power from the BJP in the local body.…
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Godhra train burning case ‘key conspirator’ held in Gujarat
Gandhinagar, Feb 16 : A key conspirator in the infamous 2002 Godhra train burning case — who was on the run for the last 19 years — was arrested from Godhra town,…
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History book claims Godhra ‘conspiracy’ was hatched by Congress
Ahmedabad: According to a reference book on the political history of Gujarat published by University Granth Nirman Board (UGNB), the February 2002 Sabarmati train fire was part of a “conspiracy” hatched by…
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Godhra: 3 thrashed for not chanting ‘JSR’, 4 held
GODHRA, GUJARAT: Police here have arrested four men for allegedly thrashing three Muslim youth for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan. The police have also caught hold of two minors in connection…
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