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'She's still fighting for justice': Owaisi gets emotional over Bilkis case
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
"We are humans after and are prone to get emotional. While I was talking about Bilkis Bano, throughts of my own sister and daughter crossed to my mind. She was pregnant when she was raped and her mother and daughter were also killed. However, even after 20 years, she is still fighting for ju
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BJP taught lessons to rioters in 2002, established peace in Gujarat: Amit
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to the Union Home Minister, earlier incidents of riots and violence were common in Gujarat as the Congress party encouraged it.
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Bilkis Bano case: Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao asks PM Modi to interfer
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 17 (ANI): Telangana IT and Industries Minister, K T Rama Rao on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his intervention to repeal the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case related to Bilkis Bano gang-rape a
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Teesta Setalvad's former aide says Ahmed Patel assured her funds from Cong
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI) A day after Gujarat SIT probing charges of fabrication of evidence linked to the 2002 riots stated that the accused were part of a larger conspiracy to destabilise the then state government and Teesta Setalvad had "received Rs 5 lakh at the first instance"
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Amit Shah slams Opposition for negative politics, targeting Modi in 2002 G
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 3 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday moved the political resolution on behalf of the BJP during the party's national executive meeting and slammed Opposition parties for targeting the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 rio
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Teesta Setalvad produced in Ahmedabad court, calls her arrest 'abuse of po
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 26 (ANI): Teesta Setalvad, who was produced before the court on Sunday in connection with a case against her NGO which gave baseless information about the 2002 Gujarat riots to the police, alleged that her arrest was illegal and she was driven from Mumbai to
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Amit Shah lashes out at Teesta Setalvad after SC dismisses plea challengin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Teesta Setalvad-run NGO gave baseless information about the Gujarat riots, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal against the exoneration of then state Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a 2002 riots case.
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Shah hails SC verdict in Gujarat riots case, says those who leveled "polit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah hailed the Supreme Court verdict on the 2002 Gujarat riots and said that those who levelled "politically motivated" allegations against the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi should apologise for it.
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Like Lord Shiva drank poison, Modi endured pain of false allegations over
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the Supreme Court verdict dismissing the plea challenging the clean chit given by SIT to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and several others in 2002 riots that took place in the state. He said that the truth h
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2002 Gujarat riots: Disgruntled officers who made false revelations must b
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday remarked that disgruntled officials of the Gujarat government who made sensational revelations in relation to the 2002 riots only "to keep the pot boiling" must be put in the dock and proceeded with in accordance with the law.
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Nanavati Commission gives clean chit to PM Modi in 2002 Gujarat riots
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The final report of Nanavati-Mehta Commission, which was tabled in the Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday, gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots.
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Congress distances itself from Pitroda's 1984 comment
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Congress on Friday issued a statement distancing itself from comments on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots made by its Indian Overseas Congress Chief Sam Pitroda asserting that justice must be given to victims of both 1984 and 2002 riots. The party also cautioned i
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