Pakistani woman seeks son’s release from Indian jail
June 20th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) A Pakistani woman has appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to help her secure the release of her son ... Read more...
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Pakistani border police charged with rape at check post
June 10th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) Three personnel of Pakistan's Border Military Police force and two civilians have been accused of raping five women after stopping their car at a check post ... Read more...
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Seven years later, SIT says Ishrat killed in staged shootout (Lead)
November 21st, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Over seven years after college girl Ishrat Jahan and her three friends were killed and passed off as militants, court-appointed investigators have concluded that they ... Read more...
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Ishrat murdered by police: SIT
November 21st, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Nov 21 (IANS) In a huge setback to the Gujarat government, court-appointed investigators Monday concluded that college girl Ishrat Jahan and her three friends were murdered by the ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan shootout: ‘Now no one can call me a terrorist’s father’
November 21st, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), Nov 21 (IANS) Gopinathan Pillai, the father of Pranesh Kumar Pillai alias Javed Shaikh who was killed allegedly by police in a staged shootout in Ahmedabad in ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Top Gujarat official apologises to court
May 12th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 11 (IANS) Balwant Singh, additional chief secretary of the Gujarat home department, Wednesday apologised to the high court in an affidavit he submitted on the transfer of ... Read more...
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Supreme Court restrains SIT in Ishrat Jahan case (Lead)
May 3rd, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday restrained the Special Investigation Team (SIT) from continuing its probe into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged staged shooting case.The apex ... Read more...
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SC stays probe in Ishrat Jahan case
May 3rd, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the fake encounter of 19-year-old Gujarat college girl Ishrat Jahan and ... Read more...
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Apex court restrains SIT in Ishrat Jahan case
May 3rd, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday restrained the Special Investigation Team (SIT) from continuing its probe into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan staged shooting case.The apex court ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Probe team files report in court
April 20th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 20 (IANS) A special investigation team (SIT) probing the 2004 Ishrat Jahan alleged staged shootout case submitted a progress report in the Gujarat High Court Wednesday.The report ... Read more...
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Ishrat case: SIT submits status report to Gujarat HC
April 20th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Apr 20 (ANI): The special investigation team (SIT), which is probing the fake encounter of 19-year-old Gujarat college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, submitted its status report in the ... Read more...
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Three policemen named in Ishrat Jahan case transferred
April 19th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 19 (IANS) Three senior Gujarat Police officers, whose names figured in the Ishrat Jahan alleged staged killing case, were transferred Tuesday on the high court's orders to ... Read more...
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Gujarat hampering Ishrat Jahan shootout probe: Court
April 8th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 8 (IANS) The Gujarat government is hampering probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into alleged staged shootout of Ishrat Jahan, the high court said Friday.The division ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Probe team submits report
April 5th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 5 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) has submitted its interim report on investigation into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan shootout, sources said Tuesday.The report, ... Read more...
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Ishrat case: SIT submits progress report to Gujarat HC
April 5th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Apr 5 (ANI): The special investigation team (SIT), which is probing the encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others in 2004, submitted its progress report in the case to the ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Probe team gets access to judicial report
March 10th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 10 (IANS) In the 2004 Ishrat Jahan shootout case, the Gujarat High Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) was Thursday given access to a magisterial report which is ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Illustrative evidence of staged shootout, court told
January 28th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) There was illustrative evidence to "suspect beyond reasonable doubt" that the killing of Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan and three of her companions in 2004 was done ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan encounter was fake, claims senior Gujarat cop
January 28th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Jan 28 (ANI): The Ishrat Jahan encounter case took a dramatic turn on Friday with Ahmedabad Joint Commissioner of Police Satish Verma, who is one of the three policemen in ... Read more...
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Contempt plea against Gujarat disposed in Ishrat Jahan killing
November 22nd, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Nov 22 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Monday disposed a contempt of court petition in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan staged shootout case following the state government's decision to form a ... Read more...
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Gujarat government averts contempt in Ishrat Jehan case (Lead)
November 19th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Nov 19 (IANS) The Gujarat government just about managed to avert contempt of court proceedings in the state high court in the Ishrat Jehan staged shootout case Friday after a ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Supreme Court upholds special probe (Lead)
November 12th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) In a setback to the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court Friday rejected its petition challenging the setting up of a Special Investigating Team (SIT) by the state ... Read more...
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Ishrat case: Supreme Court rejects Gujarat Govt plea challenging SIT probe
November 12th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Gujarat Government plea challenging the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Gujarat High Court to probe ... Read more...
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Delhi Police official to head probe team in Ishrat Jahan case
September 24th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 24 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a senior Delhi Police official, to probe the killing of college student Ishrat Jahan ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Centre gets last chance on SIT
September 17th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 17 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday took the centre to task for its delay in submitting a list of names for constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Court seeks names for probe panel
September 9th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday - while hearing a review petition in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan suspected staged shootout case - asked counsel to suggest names of ... Read more...
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Gujarat High Court transfers Ishrat Jahan case to Supreme Court-appointed SIT
August 12th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Aug.12 (ANI): The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected Ishrat Jahan's mother, Shamima Kausar's, plea to transfer the encounter-related case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Instead, it ordered ... Read more...
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Apex court seeks Gujarat view on Ishrat shootout report
October 6th, 2009 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the Gujarat government's stand on a lawsuit that seeks revival of a judicial report, which concluded that the state police had ... Read more...
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Apex court refuses to revive report on Ishrat Jahan killing
October 6th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to revive an Ahmedabad judicial magistrate's report which had termed the killing of Thane girl Ishrat Jahan by a Gujarat police ... Read more...
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Ishrat’s mother moves apex court against suspension of magistrate’s report
September 17th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The mother of college student Ishrat Jahan, who had been killed by Gujarat police along with three others in Ahmedabad June 2004 for allegedly being a ... Read more...
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Ishrat killing: Chidambaram defends government affidavit (Lead)
September 11th, 2009 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Defending the central government's affidavit on Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three others who were alleged victims of extrajudicial killing, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said such inputs ... Read more...
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Ishrat killing: Chidambaram says affidavit ‘not conclusive proof’
September 11th, 2009 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram has defended the central government's affidavit on the controversial killing of Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three others in an alleged ... Read more...
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Gujarat High Court stays Tamang’s report on Ishrat’s encounter
September 10th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Sep 10 (ANI): The Gujarat High Court on Thursday stayed a report given by the Metropolitan Judicial Magistrate S.P. Tamang, which had described the encounter of alleged terror operative Ishrat ... Read more...
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Ishrat killing: Central government stands by terror link affidavit
September 9th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The home ministry Wednesday said it stood by its affidavit on the controversial killing of Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three others in an alleged fake ... Read more...
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Attiqur Rehman claims Meera aborted his child in India
September 9th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, September 9 (ANI): Lollywood star Meera's alleged husband, Attiqur Rehman, claims that the film actress aborted his child in India, when she went to work in Bollywood.He told a private TV ... Read more...
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Ahmedabad 2004 shootout victims were terrorists: central affidavit
September 8th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday cited a union home ministry affidavit of last month to say that Mumbai collegian Ishrat Jahan and her three friends ... Read more...
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