Former Gujarat minister to be sent to jail
April 9th, 2009 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, April 9 (IANS) Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani was ordered jailed by a court after her remand period with the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) in a case of 2002 ... Read more...
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Kodnani, Patel sent to four-day police remand
March 28th, 2009 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 28 (IANS) Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Jaydeep Patel were Saturday sent to four-day police remand for their alleged involvement in a massacre during ... Read more...
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Gujarat NCP demands seven Lok Sabha seats from Congress
March 5th, 2009 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 5 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) wants to field candidates from seven significant Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat even as negotiations are on with the Congress, which wants to ... Read more...
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Rights panel denied post-Godhra carnage probe report
March 2nd, 2009 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday denied a copy of the special enquiry report on the post-Godhra carnage to the National Human Right Commission (NHRC), on whose plea the ... Read more...
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‘No chance’, Rahul Gandhi brushes away PM possibility query
February 23rd, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi brushed off suggestions of his becoming prime minister after the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls with a "no chance", and said he couldn't hypothesize ... Read more...
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Gujarat HC judge declines to hear plea against bail for Godhra accused
February 19th, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Feb 19 (ANI): Gujarat High Court judge A. S. Dave on Thursday declined to hear the petition of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that challenged the anticipatory bail granted to ... Read more...
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Gujarat celebrates R-Day with official function in Godhra
January 26th, 2009 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Godhra (Gujarat), Jan 26 (IANS) The Gujarat government continued its policy of taking official celebrations of the national days to towns other than the capital as Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma and Chief ... Read more...
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Modi to celebrate R-Day in Godhra
January 25th, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Halol (Gujarat), Jan 25 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has chosen Godhra town in Panchmahal as the venue of official celebrations of Republic Day Monday, and the district has received a ... Read more...
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Riot probe team records Gujarat minister’s statement
December 28th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Dec 28 (IANS) After ignoring summons for two days, Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani Sunday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Supreme Court to probe major cases of ... Read more...
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Nanavati report politically motivated: Left parties
September 25th, 2008 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Communist Party of India (CPI) Thursday described the tabling of the first part of the Nanavati Commission report in the ... Read more...
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Nanavati report most exhaustive and scientific, says BJP
September 25th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Terming it as "most extensive, exhaustive and scientific", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday welcomed the Justice (retd) Nanavati Commission's report, which found that the train burning ... Read more...
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Nanavati Commission submits first part of report to Modi
September 18th, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Sep 18 (ANI): A two-member commission headed by Justice G T Nanavati today submitted the first part of its report on the 2002 Sabarmati train carnage at Godhra and subsequent ... Read more...
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Fire in closed Jharkhand mine poses threat to 400 families
September 9th, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 9 (IANS) A fire raging in a closed mine of the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand is threatening to damage the homes of the nearly ... Read more...
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The Gujarat story: Six years of mourning, but not a tear
August 24th, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 24 (IANS) The sufferings haven't ceased for many in his city - with the July serial bombings, the increasing rift in Gujarati society and riot victims still awaiting justice. But ... Read more...
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Nandita Das’ directorial debut to be premiered at Toronto fest
August 13th, 2008 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Nandita Das' directorial debut "Firaaq", based on the 2002 Godhra incident in Gujarat, will be screened at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), starting Sep 4. ... Read more...
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Nandita Das completes ‘Firaaq’, to relese in October
July 10th, 2008 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Nandita Das, known for her powerful performances in "Fire" and "Bawandar", has completed her first directorial venture "Firaaq". She described her directing experience as "the most overwhelming and ... Read more...
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Don’t make Karnataka another Gujarat, Congress tells BJP
May 29th, 2008 - 6:49 pm ICT by admin
Bangalore, May 29 (IANS) The Congress said Thursday it would offer "constructive support" to the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka and would do nothing to destabilise it, but warned ... Read more...
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Gujarat riots witnesses summoned to Gandhinagar
May 3rd, 2008 - 12:46 am ICT by admin
Palanpur (Gujarat), May 2(IANS) Witnesses in the 2005 Gujarat communal riots were Friday summoned to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by the Supreme Court to inquire into the violence, ... Read more...
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Special team visits Godhra, inspects burnt coach
April 25th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, April 25 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by the Supreme Court to inquire into cases of the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, Friday visited Godhra town - where 59 ... Read more...
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Modi in soup over new Godhra panel judge
April 9th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, April 9 (IANS) Justice Akshay H. Mehta, appointed Tuesday to a commission probing the Gujarat communal violence of 2002, has been accused of earlier granting bail to a prime accused under ... Read more...
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Asma Jahangir meets Bal Thackeray
March 11th, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, Mar 11 (ANI): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairperson Asma Jahangir today said that Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Thackeray had declared that he did not provoke anyone, but only ... Read more...
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Government ready for CBI probe in 2002 Gujarat violence
February 18th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The central government has told the Supreme Court that it was willing to have crucial cases of communal carnage in Gujarat in 2002 probed by the Central ... Read more...
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HuJI militant arrested in West Bengal
December 29th, 2007 - 2:07 pm ICT by admin
Kolkata, Dec 29 (ANI): A Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HuJI) militant was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal police from Baranagar area of North 24 Parganas district on Saturday.
The ... Read more...
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Modi’s ‘Vibrant Gujarat’ nowhere to be seen in Godhra
December 15th, 2007 - 9:33 pm ICT by admin
By Ami Sharma
Godhra, Dec 15 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's aggressive 'Vibrant Gujarat' campaign rings hollow in Godhra, which is reminiscent of the 2002 tragic train burning incident that led to ... Read more...
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