Gujarat riots
- India
SC rejects bail plea of convicted ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of convicted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1990 custodial death case in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.…
- India
23 yrs since Gujarat riots, Congress fails to remember Ehsan Jafri
On February 28, 2002, the second day after riots broke out in Gujarat, alongside hundreds of Muslim men, women and children, then Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was killed, his body slashed into…
- India
Zakia Jafri, 2002 Gujarat riot survivor and wife of MP Ehsan Jafri, passes away
Zakia Jafri, the 2002 Gujarat riot survivor and wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri passed away on Saturday, February 1. “Zakia Appa, a compassionate leader of the human rights community, passed away…
- India
SC surprised after being informed that a Bilkis Bano Case convict is lawyer
New Delhi: “Law is supposed to be a noble profession,” the Supreme Court observed on Thursday, and voiced surprise over how can one of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case…
- India
2002 riots: Gujarat govt opposes bail plea of Teesta Setalvad
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has strongly opposed the bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad in the Gujarat High Court and presented arguments highlighting her potential to tamper with evidence in the case…
- India
2002 Gujarat riots: Timeline of Naroda Gam massacre case
Here is a timeline of the Naroda Gam riot case February 28, 2002: Eleven persons from Muslim community killed in violence in Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad during the bandh call given…
- India
2002 Gujarat riots: Special Court to pronounce verdict today in Naroda Gam case
Ahmedabad: A special court in Ahmedabad will pronounce its verdict today in the Naroda Gam case in which former BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and several other right-wing leaders are among the accused…
- India
Fresh PIL in SC against Centre’s decision to block BBC docu on Gujarat riots
New Delhi: A fresh PIL was filed on Thursday in the Supreme Court challenging the Centre’s decision to block a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. The top court is already…
- India
SC to hear plea against ban on BBC documentary on Gujarat riots on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court would hear a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to ban a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots on Friday. According to the cause list uploaded on…
- India
Students, political parties resist ban on BBC’s Modi documentary
BBC on Wednesday released the second episode of the two-part documentary – ‘India: The Modi Question‘ – which directly blames Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots when he…
- Hyderabad
No permission given to screen BBC documentary on PM: UoH admin
Soon after reports emerged regarding a section of students at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) screening the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi (questioning his role as a perpetrator when he…
- India
JNU admin ‘advises’ students against screening of BBC documentary on Modi
The Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU) administration has ‘advised’ its student union to cancel the screening of the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The documentary, ‘India: the Modi Question’, was…
- India
Gujarat riots 2002: Ex-Union Secy writes to CEC on Amit Shah’s remarks
Former Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministries of Power and Finance, E A S Sarma, has written to the Chief Election Commissioner (ECE) Rajiv Kumar, election commissioners (EC) A…
- India
Guj HC judge recuses himself from hearing regular bail plea of Teesta Setalvad
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court judge Justice Samir Dave on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the regular bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with a case of the alleged fabrication of…
- India
Gujarat polls: Manish Sisodia avoids question over Bilkis Bano case
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia avoided a question on the recent development in the Bilkis Bano case. On being asked why AAP is silent…
