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AIMIM prevents BJP from returning to power in Gujarat’s 2002 epicentre Godhra
By Darshan Desai, Ahmedabad
PUBLISHED ON MAR 18, 2021 07:50 AM IST
- The BJP won 18 seats in the 44-member Godhra Municipality, yet it could not return to power since AIMIM decided to a back a group of 17 winning independents.
6 post-Godhra riot convicts reach Indore for social service
Indore | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON FEB 10, 2020 10:33 PM IST
Vijay Patel (51), Suryakant Patel (50), Dharmesh Patel (41), Jayendra Kumar Patel (64), Dilip Patel (65) and Praveen Patel (61) have reached Indore as per the SC order after completing bail formalities.
The US Left and Indian democracy | Analysis
By Rahul Sagar
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2020 06:29 AM IST
Its charge of majoritarianism does not take into account legitimate democratic processes
Karnataka minister reminds of ‘Godhra-like’ situation amid CAA protests
Bengaluru | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON DEC 21, 2019 07:06 AM IST
Ravi, the tourism minister, purportedly made the statement while responding to a question by reporters supposedly on Wednesday regarding Congress MLA U T Khader’s recent statement that Karnataka will “blow up in cinders” if the Citizenship Amendment Act is implemented.
`Ekta Chappal Shop’ brings together two faces of 2002 Gujarat riots
Ahmedabad | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON SEP 07, 2019 07:08 PM IST
The picture of Ansari, showing pain, helplessness and despair of riot victims, became another defining image of the riots, among the most horrific episode of communal violence in India.
What if someone links Modi with Godhra, asks Amarinder Singh
Chandigarh | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON MAY 11, 2019 11:12 AM IST
It was wrong of Modi to connect Rajiv Gandhi with the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, Amarinder Singh told reporters in Chandigarh.
‘Shocking’: Amarinder Singh on Sam Pitroda’s 1984 riots remark
Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 10, 2019 08:29 PM IST
Taking strong exception to the Prime Minister’s attempt to link Rajiv Gandhi with the 1984 riots, the CM drew a comparison with the Godhra massacre, which took place under the latter’s chief ministership in Gujarat.
Three fake campaigns of ‘compulsive contrarians’ busted in a single day: Jaitley
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAR 21, 2019 09:46 PM IST
In a blog titled ‘Three Fake Campaigns Busted in a Single Day’, Union minister Arun Jaitley said that Nirav Modi started cheating the public sector banks in 2011.
Special court in Gujarat sentences accused in Godhra train carnage case to life imprisonment
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAR 21, 2019 12:07 AM IST
With his sentence, a total of 32 accused in the case have been awarded life imprisonment and 11 convicts were given death penalty. Sixty-three accused have been acquitted in the case by the special investigation team (SIT) court while accepting the conspiracy theory behind the train carnage.
No bogie set afire to recreate 2002 train burning for documentary: Railways
Vadodara | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAR 04, 2019 06:05 PM IST
A damaged coach, used for mock drills by the Railways, was provided by the authorities to recreate the burning of S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express, for the documentary.
Review: Under Something of a Cloud and Where Some Things Are Remembered by Dom Moraes
Hindustan Times | By CP Surendran
UPDATED ON MAR 01, 2019 05:54 PM IST
Two collections of Dom Moraes’ writing, Under Something of a Cloud and Where Some Things Are Remembered, explore landscapes and people and reintroduce the reader to his unmistakeable, unflinching, ironic, haunting voice
Gujarat announces Rs 5 lakh each for families of 2002 Godhra train carnage
Ahmedabad | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON FEB 14, 2019 11:41 PM IST
The Gujarat government on Thursday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the 2002 Godhra train carnage. The decision comes more than a year after the Gujarat high court delivered its order in the case, drawing criticism from the Opposition.
SC to hear after 4 weeks Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to PM Modi in Gujarat riots
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JAN 15, 2019 12:37 PM IST
Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots, has challenged the Gujarat High Court’s October 5, 2017, order rejecting her plea against the SIT’s decision.
Truck hits Trivandrum Rajdhani, two coaches derail, one dead
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON OCT 18, 2018 09:41 AM IST
The truck driver died after he rammed into a manned level crossing between Godhra and Ratlam and hit Trivandrum Rajdhani train on Thursday.
Gujarat court sends two men to life in prison for Godhra train killings
Ahmedabad, Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2018 04:46 PM IST
Judge HC Vora convicted Farooq Bhana and Imran after the prosecution proved they were the conspirators in the burning of S6 coach that led to the death of 59 passengers, mostly Hindu devotees returning from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh govt seeks ‘correction’ of NCERT chapter on BJP, Godhra riots, PM Modi
Bhopal | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON JUL 05, 2018 07:39 AM IST
The chapter describes the BJP as a party which promotes the agenda of Hindutva. It also touches on the 2002 Godhra riots, and mentions then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s famous “follow the Raj Dharma” advice to the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government.
Six injured after communal clash breaks out over road dispute in Gujarat’s Godhra
Press Trust of India, Godhra | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUN 09, 2018 03:40 PM IST
The clash followed an argument that broke out over a motorbike parked on the road. Police fired teargas shells to break up the crowd.
Gujarat HC upholds life term for 14 accused, acquits four others in 2002 Ode riots case
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 11, 2018 11:22 PM IST
Twenty-three Muslims were burnt alive in Ode on March 1, 2002, two days after the Sabarmati train carnage at Godhra railway station where 58 kar sevaks or religious volunteers were killed.
2002 Gujarat riots: HC verdict in Ode case likely today
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 11, 2018 11:12 AM IST
The Gujarat high court is likely to give its verdict in the Ode massacre case, in which 23 people were burnt alive in the town in Anand district during the communal riots in the state in 2002.
It was God’s way of testing me, says Maya Kodnani after acquittal in Naroda Patiya case
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | By Swapnil Rawal
UPDATED ON APR 21, 2018 11:12 PM IST
Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, a gynaecologist by profession, was accused and convicted of inciting violence during the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre by a SIT court. However, the Gujarat high court gave her the benefit of doubt and acquitted her on Friday.