Gujarat Riots

"Paatal Lok" Actor Asif Basra Found Dead In Himachal Pradesh Home

India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday November 12, 2020

Actor Asif Basra was found dead in Himachal Pradesh's Mcleodganj, the police have said. A forensic team has arrived to find out the cause of death, the police said, adding they are investigating whether it was death by suicide. Most recently known for his role in the thriller series Paatal Lok, Mr Basra has appeared in a number of Bollywood movies,...

"Modi Didn't Accept Tea In 9-Hour Questioning": 2002 Probe Chief In Book

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 26, 2020

Without parrying a single question out of the 100-odd ones put to him by the 2002 Gujarat riots SIT, Narendra Modi as the then Gujarat chief minister "kept his cool" throughout the marathon 9-hour questioning and did not accept even a cup of tea from investigators, the probe team's chief at that time RK Raghavan has said in a new book.

Row Over Assam Dropping Chapters On Nehru Policies From Class 12 Syllabus

India News | Written By Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited By Aman Dwivedi | Saturday September 26, 2020

The Congress in Assam has lodged strong protests against dropping of chapters on Jawaharlal Nehru's policies, Ayodhya dispute and the Gujarat riots from the Class 12 syllabus of the state board.

"Chilling Reminder" Of 2002 Gujarat Riots: Sitaram Yechury On Delhi Violence

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 26, 2020

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said the violence in Delhi is a "chilling reminder" of the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Gujarat Riots Case: Supreme Court To Hear Zakia Jafri's Plea On April 14

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 4, 2020

Saying that the matter had been adjourned many times and will have to heard someday, the Supreme Court today fixed April 14 for hearing a plea by Zakia Jafri, wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the SIT's clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots.

Gujarat Riots Case: Families Of Victims To Challenge Top Court's Bail Order

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 29, 2020

Family members of victims who were killed in Ode in Gujarat during the 2002 post-Godhra riots are disappointed by the Supreme Court order granting bail to 15 convicts in the case.

14 Gujarat Riots Convicts Get Interim Bail, Supreme Court Orders Social Service

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday January 28, 2020

Fourteen people convicted of burning 23 Muslims alive during the 2002 Gujarat riots were granted interim bail today by the Supreme Court pending a decision on their request to scrap their conviction. The convicts, charged with murder and rioting, were told they could leave jail if they stayed in Madhya Pradesh and did community service.

2002 Riots: Clean Chit To PM Modi, Then Gujarat Chief Minister, From Nanavati Panel

India News | NDTV News Desk | Wednesday December 11, 2019

The Nanavati Commission report on the 2002 Gujarat riots gives a clean chit to the state government then led by Narendra Modi, who has been Prime Minister of India since 2014. Action should be taken against the police who were ineffective in controlling mobs and did not show the "competence necessary" to do so, says the report tabled in the Gujarat...

Give Bilkis Bano Rs 50 Lakh Within 2 Weeks, Top Court Orders Gujarat

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Sharma | Monday September 30, 2019

The Supreme Court on Monday set a two-week deadline for the Gujarat government to give Rs. 50 lakh compensation, a job and accommodation to Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

"You Have Paid Price For My Decision": Ex-Cop Sanjiv Bhatt To Family

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday August 3, 2019

Sanjiv Bhatt, the Gujarat-cadre IPS officer who took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Gujarat riots and in June was sentenced to life in prison in a 30-year-old custodial death case, has written to his wife and children from jail, from "the heart of darkness", to thank them for helping him "become everything that I needed to be for serving ...

Ex-Gujarat Top Cop Sanjiv Bhatt Sentenced To Life In Custodial Death Case

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday June 20, 2019

Sacked Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Gujarat riots, was sentenced to life imprisonment today in a 30-year-old case of custodial death.

Arun Jaitley, PM's "Precious Diamond", Can't Be In Modi 2.0 Government

People | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 29, 2019

Health seems to have paused, if not ended, a four-decade-long political career of Arun Jaitley -- regarded by some as Narendra Modi's original "Chanakya", his chief trouble-shooter since 2002 when the Gujarat riots hung over the then chief minister like a dark cloud.

Bilkis Bano Case, A 2002 Gujarat Riots Tragedy: 10-Point Timeline

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday April 23, 2019

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has directed the Gujarat government to give Rs 50 lakhs, a job, accommodation and compensation to Bilkis Bano who was gang-raped in one of the worst single cases in the 2002 Gujarat riots. During the riots, 14 members of Bilkis' family were killed, including her two-and-half-year old daughter who was snatch...

2002 Riots Victim Bilkis Bano To Get Rs 50 Lakh Compensation: Top Court

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped at the age of 21 during the 2002 riots in Gujarat, will receive a compensation of Rs 50 lakh from the state government, the Supreme Court ordered today. On learning that she has no place to live and been leading a nomadic life since 2002, the court also ordered the state government to provide her with a government jo...

4 Jailed In Gujarat Riots Get Bail; Top Court Says "Conviction Debatable"

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday January 23, 2019

Four convicts in the Naroda Patiya case, which describes one of the worst massacres in the 2002 Gujarat riots, have been granted bail by the Supreme Court, which has doubted their conviction. The convicts, Umeshbhai Bharwad, Rajkumar, Harshad and Prakashbhai Rathod, are serving a 10 year jail term for arson and rioting. They were convicted by the G...