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Pune police arrest absconding 2002 Godhra train case life convict

Salim Jarda, one of the 31 individuals given life sentences in the Godhra train tragedy case, was taken into custody by the Pune rural police on January 22, police said.
Published on Feb 03, 2025 10:08 am IST

Vikrant Massey's The Sabarmati Report declared tax-free in Madhya Pradesh

Vikrant Massey played the role of a journalist in The Sabarmati Report.
Updated on Nov 19, 2024 02:53 pm IST

The Sabarmati Report review: Vikrant shines in Godhra retelling from media's POV

The Sabarmati Report review: Vikrant Massey and Ridhi Dogra star in this film on the Godhra train burning case
Updated on Nov 15, 2024 03:35 pm IST

Godhra NEET UG cheating case: 30 parents who skipped notice to get fresh summons

A protest outside the ministry of education over alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG exam in New Delhi (HT Photo/Representative Image)
Published on Jun 21, 2024 10:23 pm IST

Teacher, 2 others booked over ‘ 10 lakh per paper’ NEET-UG exam racket

The NEET (UG) is an all India entrance test for students to want to pursue medical courses. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
Published on May 10, 2024 02:53 pm IST

Karnataka BJP intensify protest Congress leaders’ statements on Ayodhya

Congress leader B K Hariprasad had on Wednesday suggested that a Godhra-like situation could occur in Karnataka, urging the state government to be on high alert. (HT Archives)
Updated on Jan 05, 2024 09:00 am IST

Kidnapped 24-year-old woman from Pune rescued in Gujarat

A 24-year-old woman, working at a private company, was abducted from Pune’s Yerawada and later rescued from Godhra in Gujarat state, said police. (AFP (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
Updated on Nov 18, 2023 08:36 am IST

On Uddhav's 'Godhra 2 alert', minister says, 'Don't know what Balasaheb….'

Don't know what his father Balasaheb Thackeray would have thought, Union minister Anurag Thakur said.
Updated on Sept 11, 2023 04:29 pm IST

‘Mere suspicion without any evidence’: Court in Gujarat riots case order

Additional sessions judge L.G. Chudasma of the Halol court observed that the prosecution case is based on “mere suspicion without any evidence on record.” (Representative Photo)
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 05:16 am IST

HC reserves order on Anil Jaisinghani’s plea against “illegal arrest”

Mumbai, India - March 20, 2023: Anil Jaisinghani, bookie from Ulhasnagar, arrested by the Mumbai crime branch from Gujarat’s Godhra. He was named as a co-accused in the case related to the alleged blackmailing of Amruta Fadnavis, wife of deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, at CP Office, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 12:38 am IST

SC closes all Gujarat riots proceedings, pleas against UP over Babri demolition

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Updated on Aug 31, 2022 02:14 pm IST

IAS officer in ‘disbelief’ over release of Bilkis case convicts: ‘As a woman…’

A man offers sweets to people convicted for rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case of the 2002 post-Godhra riots, after they came out of the Godhra sub-jail.
Published on Aug 19, 2022 12:16 pm IST

2002 Godhra train fire accused gets life term

Bhatuk was part of the group of the accused who had hatched the entire conspiracy, incited the mob and even arranged petrol to torch the train compartment
Updated on Jul 04, 2022 04:01 pm IST

AIMIM prevents BJP from returning to power in Gujarat’s 2002 epicentre Godhra

Asaduddin Owaisi's party put up an impressive show in Gujarat civic polls.
Published on Mar 18, 2021 07:50 am IST

6 post-Godhra riot convicts reach Indore for social service

Flower petals scattered by the relatives of Godhra riots victims pictured at the doorsteps of a train carriage, that was set on fire in 2002, during the commemoration of the 12th anniversary of Godhra riots at Godhra.
Published on Feb 10, 2020 10:33 pm IST

The US Left and Indian democracy | Analysis

The abrogation of Article 370 is criticised but little concern is shown for iniquities that sheltered under the benign term, for example, the ethnic cleansing of Pandits, discrimination against Dalits, corruption, and the blight of dynastism
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 06:29 am IST

Karnataka minister reminds of ‘Godhra-like’ situation amid CAA protests

Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah too referred to the video while attacking the ruling BJP in Karnataka and accusing it of inciting violence for political gains. (Photo @CTRavi_BJP)
Updated on Dec 21, 2019 07:06 am IST

`Ekta Chappal Shop’ brings together two faces of 2002 Gujarat riots

Ashok Parmar’s pictures, brandishing a rod, came to symbolise the rage and defiance of the mobs which went on a rampage after the Godhra train burning incident.
Updated on Sept 07, 2019 07:08 pm IST

What if someone links Modi with Godhra, asks Amarinder Singh

Bathinda,India-May08,2019:Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh during campaign in Zira district Firozepur.Photo by Sanjeev Kumar/Hindustan Times.
Updated on May 11, 2019 11:12 am IST

‘Shocking’: Amarinder Singh on Sam Pitroda’s 1984 riots remark

Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh on Friday expressed shock and disagreement over Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s remarks on 1984 anti-Sikh riots.Photo by Sanjeev Kumar/Hindustan Times.
Published on May 10, 2019 08:29 pm IST

Three fake campaigns of ‘compulsive contrarians’ busted in a single day: Jaitley

Finance minister Arun Jaitley during a press conference in New Delhi.
Updated on Mar 21, 2019 09:46 pm IST

Special court in Gujarat sentences accused in Godhra train carnage case to life imprisonment

A special court on Wednesday sentenced Yakub Gani Pataliya, an accused in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case — to life imprisonment .
Published on Mar 21, 2019 12:07 am IST

No bogie set afire to recreate 2002 train burning for documentary: Railways

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.
Updated on Mar 04, 2019 06:05 pm IST

Review: Under Something of a Cloud and Where Some Things Are Remembered by Dom Moraes

Dom Moraes and Sarayu Srivatsa.
Updated on Mar 01, 2019 05:54 pm IST

Gujarat announces 5 lakh each for families of 2002 Godhra train carnage

59 passengers — mostly
Published on Feb 14, 2019 11:41 pm IST

SC to hear after 4 weeks Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to PM Modi in Gujarat riots

The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hear after four weeks a plea by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit by the SIT to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Godhra riots.
Updated on Oct 06, 2021 04:20 am IST

Truck hits Trivandrum Rajdhani, two coaches derail, one dead

A truck driver died after he rammed a manned level crossing between Godhra and Ratlam and hit Trivandrum Rajdhani train on Thursday.
Updated on Oct 18, 2018 09:41 am IST

Gujarat court sends two men to life in prison for Godhra train killings

The Sabarmati Express train burns after being set on fire by a mob in Godhra on February 27, 2002.
Updated on Aug 27, 2018 04:46 pm IST

Madhya Pradesh govt seeks ‘correction’ of NCERT chapter on BJP, Godhra riots, PM Modi

The NCERT chapter in Class 12 political science book mentions that violence after the Godhra train burning incident left 1,100 people dead, and then PM AB Vajpayee had asked Gujarat’s Narendra Modi government to follow “Raj Dharma”.
Published on Jul 05, 2018 07:39 am IST