Fresh setback for Modi, probe ordered into more fake shootouts (Lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) In yet another setback to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court Wednesday directed a panel headed by former apex court judge M.B. ... Read more...
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CPI-M asks Modi to step down
November 22nd, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday asked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to resign over the killings of Ishrat Jahan and three others ... Read more...
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Timeline: Ishrat Jahan shootout
November 21st, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Ishrat Jahan, a Mumbai-based college girl, was killed in a police shootout along with three men in Ahmedabad in 2004 by police who alleged they ... 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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New chief for Ishrat Jahan probe team
July 15th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 15 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday appointed a new head for its special investigation team (SIT) probing the Ishrat Jahan suspected staged shoot-out case.A bench of ... Read more...
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Gujarat top cops served notice in RDX landing case
June 11th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 10 (IANS) The Gujarat government Friday issued a show-cause notice to IPS officers Satish Verma, Atul Karwal and H.P. Singh and Deputy Superintendent of Police Sukhdevsinh Jhala ... Read more...
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Court appoints new head of Ishrat Jahan case probe team
May 13th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 12 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday appointed Maharashtra Police officer Satyapal Singh as chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by it to probe the Ishrat ... Read more...
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Gujarat cop seeks court protection against government action
May 12th, 2011 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 11 (IANS) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Satish Verma, investigating a high-profile fake gunbattle case, Wednesday sought protection from the Gujarat High Court against any action likely to ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: SIT-summoned police officers fail to appear
April 29th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 29 (IANS) Two police officers who were summoned by the Gujarat High Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to appear before it for questioning in the Ishrat Jahan staged shootout ... Read more...
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High court reserves order in 2003 staged shootout case
April 25th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 25 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Gujarat High Court Monday once again reserved its order in the 2003 killing of Sadiq Jamal Mehtar in an alleged ... 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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CBI probe demanded in another Gujarat shootout case
April 1st, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 1 (IANS) After the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Ishrat Jahan staged shoot-out cases, the Gujarat Police Friday found itself in hot water in the Sadiq Jamal case as ... Read more...
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Protect witnesses in Ishrat Jahan case, says court (Lead)
January 28th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday said that the Ishrat Jahan staged shootout case was of national importance and directed that police witnesses should be placed where they would ... 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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Ishrat Jahan case: Differences crop up in SIT
January 13th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday said it would have to work out a model for the special investigation team (SIT) probing the Ishrat Jahan killing to see ... Read more...
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Team probing Ishrat Jahan killing seeks legal help
December 30th, 2010 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Dec 30 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2004 Ishrat Jahan staged shootout case has filed a petition before the Gujarat High Court seeking appointment of a lawyer ... 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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Ishrat Jahan case: apex court upholds special probe team
November 12th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday dismissed an appeal by the Gujarat government challenging the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the killings of Ishrat ... Read more...
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Gujarat High Court gets free hand in Ishrat Jahan case (Lead)
September 6th, 2010 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said the Gujarat High Court is free to appoint any agency to investigate the 2004 Ishrat Jahan shootout killing in Ahmedabad.
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Court free to probe Ishrat Jahan case, rules apex court
September 6th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said that the Gujarat High Court is free to appoint any agency to investigate Ishrat Jahan shootout case.
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Apex court stays transfer of Ishrat Jahan probe to SIT (Second Lead)
August 27th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday stayed the Gujarat High Court order for transferring the probe into the Ishrat Jahan staged shootout case to the apex court-appointed Special ... Read more...
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Apex court stays Ishrat killing case transfer to SIT (Lead)
August 27th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court has stayed the transfer of investigations into the Ishrat Jahan staged-shootout case from the state police to the apex court-appointed special investigation team (SIT). ... Read more...
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Apex court asks Gujarat to shift Ishrat Jahan case to SIT
August 27th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday stayed the Gujarat High Court order directing the state government to transfer investigations into the Ishrat Jahan staged-shootout case from the state ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan case: Revision petition filed
August 20th, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Gopinath Pillai, the father of Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh who was killed in an alleged staged shootout, has filed a petition in the Gujarat High Court ... Read more...
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BJP to government: Confirm whether Ishrat was LeT operative
July 6th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked the government to confirm whether slain Mumbai student Ishrat Jahan was an operative of the Lashkar-e-Taiba as reportedly revealed ... 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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Centre to file affidavit negating Gujarat Govt. claims over Ishrat case
September 29th, 2009 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Sep 29 (ANI): The blame game between the Centre and the Gujarat Government over the fake encounter of a 19-year-old Gujarat college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others shows no ... Read more...
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Centre against any encounter
September 24th, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Frankfurt (Germany), Sep.24 (ANI): Defending the Intelligence Bureau on the inputs that it had provided to the Gujarat Government over the encounter case that led to the death of Ishrat Jahan ... Read more...
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Anti-Modi government altering Ishrat affidavit: BJP
September 23rd, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday alleged the union home ministry was intending to revise its affidavit before the Gujarat High Court that says college student ... 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 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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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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Gujarat to challenge Ishrat’s death probe report
September 8th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Sep 8 (IANS) The Gujarat government Tuesday said it would challenge the report of a metropolitan magistrate that the 2004 gunbattle that killed Mumbai collegian Ishrat Jahan and three of ... Read more...
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Ishrat’s family demands stringent punishment for guilty Gujarat police
September 8th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Sep.8 (ANI): A day after the Ahmedabad Metropolitan court ruled that Ishrat Jahan was killed in a fake encounter, the family has demanded stringent punishment for the culprit cops.On ... Read more...
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