Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today wrote another letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, protesting 20 per cent hike in rail freight rates.
Six persons accused in a 2002 riot case where a youth and his mother were allegedly burnt to death in Gomtipur area in Ahmedabad, were acquitted by a trial court for lack of evidence.
A foetus was allegedly pulled out of a Muslim woman's womb and dangled on a sword 10 years ago in Naroda Patiya. The unborn child was a girl. Mahesh Langa reports. Deadliest case of 2002
United in grief, hundreds of survivors of one of the country's worst communal riots in Gujarat gathered today to mark the 10th anniversary of the Godhra train attack that sparked the carnage amid fresh pleas for justice for the riot victims.
Among those who exposed the complicity of the Narendra Modi government in the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, was retired IPS RB Sreekumar, who was then additional DGP (state intelligence).
Turn the clock back they can’t, but if these survivors of the Gujarat communal riots of 2002 could help it they would give those clock hands an extra push and leave their grief even further behind. Mahesh Langa reports.
The Supreme Court-constituted special investigation team (SIT) reinvestigating eight most gruesome massacre cases of 2002 Gujarat riots, their trigger, the Godhra train carnage, and the role of chief minister Narendra Modi, has been surrounded by controversy since formation. Mahesh Langa reports.
Gujarat high court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the constitution of Justice MB Shah Commission.
“The main motive was to take revenge on the Muslim community,” noted special fast-track court judge SC Srivastav while convicting 31 persons in the Sardarpura massacre, in which 33 Muslims were killed on March 1, 2002. “This motive is proved from evidence,” the judge further said.
The court of Metropolitan Magistrate MS Bhatt in Ahmedabad today will decide if the SIT's final report on the probe into allegations of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's involvement in 2002 riots should be made public.
The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued contempt notice to the Narendra Modi-led BJP government for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt in the post-Godhra riots.
West Yorkshire-based Imran Dawood, 18, who was on his maiden visit to India along with his three uncles, had toured Rajasthan and Agra and was returning to their native place in Sabarkantha district, north Gujarat, on February 28, 2002.
A local court will today hear the closure report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed SIT, which has reportedly given a clean chit to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi among others for their role in 2002 post-Godhra riots.
BJP feels SIT report will silence critics, clear Gujarat CM’s road to Delhi; others say it will be difficult to change perceptions, locally Modi will be a hero, communal image will stay outside.
HT reports.