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"Tragedy of unimaginable magnitude": PM Modi on Godhra train burning
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"On February 27, 2002, we were seated in the Assembly for the budget session. That same day, it had been just three days since I'd become a state representative when suddenly, the horrific Godhra incident occurred. It was a tragedy of unimaginable magnitude. People were burned alive. Of c
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Zakia Jafri, widow of Congress MP killed in 2002 Gujarat riots, dies in Ah
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Zakia Jafri, widow of Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots, passed away in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
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Siddaramaiah should oppose BBC documentary: CM Bommai
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that whatever might be the difference of opinion internally, but they must unite when it comes to the honour of the nation.
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Jitendra Singh attacks Kharge, says if Congress had respect for judiciary
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Singh told ANI, "Whatever Mallikarjun Kharge is saying is completely different from the reality. If he and his party men had respect for the judiciary, they would not have supported the BBC documentary."
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Bilkis Bano case: Justice Bela Trivedi recuses from hearing PILs against p
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Supreme Court judge Justice Bela M Trivedi on Wednesday recused herself from hearing pleas challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
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BJP's Khuhsbu Sundar backs Bilkis Bano: calls freedom to convicts 'insult
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Seeking support for Bilkis Bano, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Khushbu Sundar on Wednesday said that it is an insult to humankind if those involved in the brutality with her are allowed to roam free.
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SC adjourns for Aug 30 Teesta Setalvad's plea seeking bail
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned for August 30 the petition of Teesta Setalvad seeking interim bail in a case in which she was arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame innocent people in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases.
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Bilkis Bano case: SC notice to Gujarat govt on plea against remission of 1
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Gujarat government on a plea challenging the remission granted by the State to 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
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Bilkis Bano case: Plea in SC against remission of 11 convicts
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a petition challenging the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts who had gangraped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
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Shah hails SC verdict in Gujarat riots case, says those who leveled "polit
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 9 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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MoS Home Rai welcomes SC's clean chit to then Gujarat CM in 2002 Gujarat R
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Union Minister for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss a petition challenging the closure report filed by SIT discarding the allegations of a larger conspiracy by high state functionaries including the then G
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