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Youth outfits DYFI, SFI to screen BBC documentary on PM Modi in Kerala
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Student outfits Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and Student Federation of India (SFI) on Tuesday said that it will screen the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kerala.
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'Let them not preach us on rule of law': BJP slams BBC, Opp bid to 'politi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hitting back at the Opposition leaders, who shared clips of the UK national broadcaster BBC's controversial documentary series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on their social media handles, the BJP on Sunday said it was an attempt to politicise the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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Lord Rami Ranger lodges protest with BBC over documentary series on PM Mod
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
UK's National broadcaster BBC aired a two-part series attacking PM Modi's tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister during the Gujarat riots of 2002. The documentary sparked outrage and was removed from select platforms.
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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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Bilkis Bano approaches Supreme Court challenging release of 11 convicts
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the pew-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
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"Drunk with power" counters Asaduddin Owaisi after Amit Shah in Gujarat sa
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday questioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the latter said that rioters in Gujarat were taught a lesson by the BJP in 2002.
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"You freed Bilkis' rapists..." Asaduddin Owaisi hits out at Amit Shah for
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"the lesson you taught in 2002 was that Bilkis' rapists will be freed by you. The lesson you taught was that you will free the murderers of Bilkis' three-year-old daughter. You also taught us that Ahsan Jafri can be killed," said Asaduddin Owaisi.
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BJP taught lessons to rioters in 2002, established peace in Gujarat: Amit
Updated : 3 years, 4 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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'Gujarat is riot-free because of PM Modi': Anurag Thakur
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
At another public rally in Gujarat's Mandvi Assembly constituency earlier on Friday, Thakur took a swipe at the Congress saying that it ruled the country to 'divide' people.
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Bilkis Bano case: SC lists hearing of pleas against release of 11 convicts
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday listed for hearing on November 29 pleas challenging the decision of the Gujarat government to grant remission to the 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
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2002 Gujarat riots: SIT files charge sheet against Teesta Setalvad, two ot
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 22 (ANI): A special investigation team (SIT) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against activist Teesta Setalvad, retired Director General of Police RB Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt in a case of alleged "fabrication of evidence" in co
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Chidambaram calls Teesta Setalvad 'a courageous fighter for justice'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Saturday hailed the Supreme Court's decision to grant interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases and called her "a courageous fighter for justice."
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