Gujarat Riots
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Gulberg Society massacre: Tracing the 14-year trial through 11 developments
India | Jun 06, 2016, 02:05 PM ISTAhmedabad: A special SIT court today convicted 24 of the 66 accused in the 2002 Gulberg society massacre case that killed 69 people including former Congress lawmaker Ehsan Jafri. The court has also acquitted 36
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Stop using my image for political gains, says face of Gujarat riots
National | Apr 12, 2016, 11:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Qutubuddin Ansari, whose crying image involuntarily became the face of 2002 Gujarat riots, has asked political parties to stop using his image for political gains. Hoping to capitalise on his posters, Congress in
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Kanhaiya Kumar under fire for remarks on 1984 anti-Sikh riots
India | Mar 29, 2016, 09:48 PM ISTJNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar today came under strong criticism for his remarks that 1984 anti-Sikh riot was a "mob-led massacre" while 2002 Gujarat riots were a "state sponsored violence."
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2002 Gujarat riots and 1984 Sikh riots are different: Kanhaiya Kumar
India | Mar 28, 2016, 11:27 PM ISTJNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar today compared the alleged onslaught on varsities with Gujarat riots alleging both of them were carried out "with support" from state machinery
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Sonia Gandhi had met Zakia Jafri after Gulbarg incident: Tanveer Jafri
National | Jan 04, 2016, 10:01 PM ISTAhmedabad: The son of the late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed in the Gulbarg society violence, has refuted the claim by former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar in his book that Congress President Sonia
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Cong did not let Sonia meet Zakia Jafri after riots: former top-cop
India | Dec 28, 2015, 02:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: A former top cop has claimed that Congress president Sonia Gandhi wanted to meet Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was lynched by a mob in the post-Godhra riots
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Cong asks PM Modi to apologise for 'Dog' analogy of VK Singh
National | Oct 22, 2015, 08:49 PM ISTGhaziabad/New Delh: Union Minister V K Singh today kicked up a huge political row when he tried to shield the government from blame in the Faridabad Dalit burning incident, saying the "government cannot be held
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Gulberg case: Defence sticks to `reaction-to-firing' theory
India | Sep 28, 2015, 11:02 PM ISTAhmedabad: The special judge hearing the case related to the 2002 Gulberg Housing Society riot, in which 69 people including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri were killed here, today said he would start writing the
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2002 riots: Gujarat rubbishes sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's allegations in SC
India | Sep 24, 2015, 12:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Gujarat government today rubbished in the Supreme Court the claim of sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt that he was present at a meeting to discuss law and order situation during the 2002
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A person who faced legal restrains shouldn't talk about jungle raaj: Congress retorts to Shah
National | Sep 14, 2015, 11:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a sharp retort to Amit Shah for his attack on the grand 'secular' alliance in Bihar, Congress today reminded the BJP president of the Gujarat riots cases and said a person who
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Sacked on Basis of 'Sham, Ex-Parte' Inquiry: Sanjiv Bhatt
India | Aug 20, 2015, 02:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Wednesday said that he was removed from service by the Gujarat government after a "sham and ex-parte" probe on completely "fabricated" charges.Reacting to the government decision, the
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2002 Gujarat riots: Gulberg case judge visits crime scene
India | Aug 10, 2015, 08:08 PM ISTAhmedabad: Sessions Judge P B Desai, who is conducting trial in the 2002 Gulberg Society riots case, today visited the society in Meghaninagar area here, where 69 persons of the minority community, including former Congress
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Gujarat riots: HC begins hearing on Zakia Jafri's petition on conspiracy
India | Aug 04, 2015, 10:09 PM ISTAhmedabad: The Gujarat High Court today began the hearing on the petition filed by Zakia Jafri against a lower court's order upholding the clean chit given by Special Investigation Team to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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2002 riots: Gujarat HC to begin final hearing on Zakia Jafri's plea today
India | Jul 27, 2015, 10:03 AM ISTAhmedabad: The Gujarat High Court will start the final hearing on a revision application filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri against a lower court's clean chit to then Chief Minister
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee called Gujarat riots a 'mistake': Ex-RAW Chief Dulat
National | Jul 03, 2015, 09:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had expressed his discontent over the 2002 Gujarat riots and called it "our mistake", according to former RAW Chief A S Dulat.Dulat said this while recalling a
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PMO declines RTI application seeking Modi-Atal letters after 2002 riots
National | Mar 10, 2015, 11:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Office has refused to disclose the correspondence that took place in 2002 between then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the then Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, after the
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Teesta Setalvad demands independent probe under SC supervision
India | Feb 14, 2015, 01:56 PM ISTMumbai: While the Supreme Court has put a stay on the arrest of 2002-Gujarat riots activist Teesta Setalvad till February 19, she, on Saturday, has demanded an independent probe to be conducted by any agency
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Petition filed in US court to designate RSS as terror group
World | Jan 22, 2015, 11:44 AM ISTNew York: A Sikh rights group has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court here to designate RSS as a "foreign terrorist organisation". The federal court in the Southern District of New York issued a
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Autocratic political party of Sri Lanka sees inspiration in Modi and BJP
World | Jan 20, 2015, 04:25 PM ISTAutocrat Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Organization of Sri Lanka – Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) wishes to make a political party on the lines of BJP and RSS. The chief executive of BBS, Dilantha Withanage, exclaims in an
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Three killed, 10 injured in riot in Gujarat's Bharuch district
India | Jan 15, 2015, 03:16 PM ISTAhmedabad: Hansot town in Gujarat's southern Bharuch district was tense after three people died and 10 others were injured in clashes between two communities in a village nearby on Wednesday. Armed personnel of the State Reserve