Gujarat 2002
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Bilkis Bano case: Entertaining PIL petitioners will open pandora’s box, convicts tell SC
New Delhi: The convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that entertaining PILs…
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Guj court acquits all 26 accused in 2002 gangrape & murders case
Godhra: A court in Gujarat has acquitted all 26 persons accused of gang rape and murder of more than a dozen members of a minority community in separate incidents in Kalol during…
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Godhra train burning case: SC to hear pleas of Gujarat govt, convicts on March 24
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on March 24 the appeal of the Gujarat government and the bail pleas of several accused who are serving life imprisonment…
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They’re Brahmins: BJP MLA on Bilkis remission panel defends convicts
CK Raulji, one of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs from Gujarat who was responsible for the release of men who raped Bilkis Bano sided with the convicts on the grounds that…
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Mumbai: Activist Teesta Setalvad detained by Guj anti-terrorist team
Indian civil rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad who runs the NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace, formed after the 2002 Gujarat riots were detained by the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad, in Mumbai…
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Twenty years on: Revisiting the 2002 Gujarat pogrom
Hyderabad: It has been twenty years since the Gujarat pogrom took place that was sparked by the burning of a train on February 27, 2002. The attempt today, is to revisit the…
