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3 Decades Later, 53-Year-Old Man Acquitted In 1993 Mumbai Riots Case
A court has acquitted a 53-year-old man in a 1993 Mumbai riots case, saying that the prosecution failed to prove his participation in violence.
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Fact Check: Newspaper Clippings Claiming Uddhav Thackeray Apologised For 1992 Riots Are Fake
Both versions of the viral clipping are fake; no evidence supports claims that Uddhav Thackeray apologized to Muslim leaders or held such a meeting.
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Court Acquits 28 Shiv Sena Leaders, Workers Over 2005 Riots Case
Nearly 19 years after they were booked for rioting in Mumbai, a special court on Wednesday acquitted 28 workers and leaders of Shiv Sena (then undivided) observing that there are several discrepancies in the prosecution case.
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"Made Emotional": Sharad Pawar On Becoming Maharashtra Chief Minister In 1993
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said he was not ready to come back to Maharashtra as Chief Minister from the Centre during riots that took place in Mumbai post-Babri Masjid demolition, but he was "made emotional" and asked to take the reins o
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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Sentence of 4 for Murdering Muslim Couple
The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence awarded to four persons for murdering a Muslim couple during the 1992 riots in Mumbai, while observing that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
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'State Didn't Prosecute Riot Accused With Same Zeal as Yakub Memon': Justice Srikrishna to NDTV
The state showed "bias" and an absence of "zeal" in persecuting those accused of killing more than 900 people during the Mumbai riots of 1992, says the judge who headed the probe.
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Sharad Pawar's U-turn as he rakes up 2002 riots issue to attack Narendra Modi
Barely three weeks after he appeared to be going soft on Narendra Modi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today attacked the BJP prime ministerial candidate on the 2002 riots issue, saying the entire country has seen the "mass murders" that took place in Gujarat.
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Mumbai riots: Rs 2-crore bill to be slapped on Raza Academy
Organisers of the protest rally at Azad Maidan could face a stiff bill for the riots that broke out three weeks ago. A preliminary report compiled by the Crime Branch estimates that property worth Rs 2.12 crore was damaged in the fracas, and the investigating team will now submit a letter to the collector's office, which will then forward it to the...
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Mumbai riots: Three survivors of shooting on what they saw
Three survivors of police firing on Saturday's riot were not even part of the Raza Academy meeting held in the Azad Maidan grounds. All three victims said they had come to the area for their own work and were caught in the middle.
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Mumbai riots: The cops who fought a merciless mob
Bodies bruised and battered, bones broken, but spirits undaunted. At least 62 police personnel - three of them women - were injured in the violence at Azad Maidan on Saturday. The protests, which were organised by several NGOs to draw attention to the plight of a minority community in Assam and Myanmar, turned ugly within minutes.
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Have you seen the rioters who vandalised the Amar Jawan memorial?
The Mumbai police is now using MiD DAY lensman Atul Kamble's photographs in its massive hunt for protestors who damaged the memorial at Azad Maidan dedicated to sepoys martyred in the 1857 mutiny. The men you see in these photographs struck at the heart of the nation's pride during the riots on Saturday, when they vandalised the iconic Amar Jawan J...
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Tension in Sewree after clash between two groups; 36 arrested
A heated argument over petty issues between two groups led to clashes between them, resulting in a riot like situation in a sensitive Sewree area in central Mumbai following which 36 persons have been arrested for rioting and injuring cops, police said today. According to them, a group of boys had passed some comments on ano...
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2008 riots case: Raj Thackeray to surrender
Thackeray will surrender before a Kalyan court over a riot in which north Indians were assaulted.
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3 Decades Later, 53-Year-Old Man Acquitted In 1993 Mumbai Riots Case
A court has acquitted a 53-year-old man in a 1993 Mumbai riots case, saying that the prosecution failed to prove his participation in violence.
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Fact Check: Newspaper Clippings Claiming Uddhav Thackeray Apologised For 1992 Riots Are Fake
Both versions of the viral clipping are fake; no evidence supports claims that Uddhav Thackeray apologized to Muslim leaders or held such a meeting.
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Court Acquits 28 Shiv Sena Leaders, Workers Over 2005 Riots Case
Nearly 19 years after they were booked for rioting in Mumbai, a special court on Wednesday acquitted 28 workers and leaders of Shiv Sena (then undivided) observing that there are several discrepancies in the prosecution case.
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"Made Emotional": Sharad Pawar On Becoming Maharashtra Chief Minister In 1993
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said he was not ready to come back to Maharashtra as Chief Minister from the Centre during riots that took place in Mumbai post-Babri Masjid demolition, but he was "made emotional" and asked to take the reins o
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Bombay High Court Upholds Life Sentence of 4 for Murdering Muslim Couple
The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence awarded to four persons for murdering a Muslim couple during the 1992 riots in Mumbai, while observing that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
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'State Didn't Prosecute Riot Accused With Same Zeal as Yakub Memon': Justice Srikrishna to NDTV
The state showed "bias" and an absence of "zeal" in persecuting those accused of killing more than 900 people during the Mumbai riots of 1992, says the judge who headed the probe.
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Sharad Pawar's U-turn as he rakes up 2002 riots issue to attack Narendra Modi
Barely three weeks after he appeared to be going soft on Narendra Modi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today attacked the BJP prime ministerial candidate on the 2002 riots issue, saying the entire country has seen the "mass murders" that took place in Gujarat.
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Mumbai riots: Rs 2-crore bill to be slapped on Raza Academy
Organisers of the protest rally at Azad Maidan could face a stiff bill for the riots that broke out three weeks ago. A preliminary report compiled by the Crime Branch estimates that property worth Rs 2.12 crore was damaged in the fracas, and the investigating team will now submit a letter to the collector's office, which will then forward it to the...
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Mumbai riots: Three survivors of shooting on what they saw
Three survivors of police firing on Saturday's riot were not even part of the Raza Academy meeting held in the Azad Maidan grounds. All three victims said they had come to the area for their own work and were caught in the middle.
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Mumbai riots: The cops who fought a merciless mob
Bodies bruised and battered, bones broken, but spirits undaunted. At least 62 police personnel - three of them women - were injured in the violence at Azad Maidan on Saturday. The protests, which were organised by several NGOs to draw attention to the plight of a minority community in Assam and Myanmar, turned ugly within minutes.
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Have you seen the rioters who vandalised the Amar Jawan memorial?
The Mumbai police is now using MiD DAY lensman Atul Kamble's photographs in its massive hunt for protestors who damaged the memorial at Azad Maidan dedicated to sepoys martyred in the 1857 mutiny. The men you see in these photographs struck at the heart of the nation's pride during the riots on Saturday, when they vandalised the iconic Amar Jawan J...
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Tension in Sewree after clash between two groups; 36 arrested
A heated argument over petty issues between two groups led to clashes between them, resulting in a riot like situation in a sensitive Sewree area in central Mumbai following which 36 persons have been arrested for rioting and injuring cops, police said today. According to them, a group of boys had passed some comments on ano...
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2008 riots case: Raj Thackeray to surrender
Thackeray will surrender before a Kalyan court over a riot in which north Indians were assaulted.
