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Convicts in Bilkis Bano case surrender at Godhra sub-jail: Officials
Godhra: All the eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered on late Sunday night at Godhra sub-jail in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district, as per the deadline set up by the Supreme Court,…
- Bangalore
Why is Guv keen on probing Cong MLC’s remark on Godhra: Priyank Kharge
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for RDPR, IT, and BT, Priyank Kharge on Saturday asked why Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot insisted on probing the remarks of Congress MLC B K Hariprasad. Earlier, Hariprasad had…
- Bangalore
We will not let Godhra-like incidents happen: Karnataka Home Min
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara stated on Thursday in Bengaluru that the Congress Government would not let incidents like the Godhra carnage take place in the state. Commenting on the…
- India
‘Who is creating terror?’ Seer on Karnataka MLC Hariprasad’s Godhra remarks
Vijayapura: Pejawar seer Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swamiji, the trustee of Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, on Thursday, January 4, criticized the Congress leaders for making statements like ‘India is being turned into a…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Congress MLC’s ‘Godhra’ remarks stir row, BJP demands arrest
Bengaluru: Senior leader and Congress MLC B.K. Hariprasad has said that Godhra-like development is likely to be repeated in Karnataka and urged the state government to ensure the security of those who…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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,…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
