2008 Serial Blast

Rajasthan Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas Friday alleged that the BJP was responsible for the acquittal of the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts accused.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the Congress government in Rajasthan of following a policy of "appeasement" and taking a soft stand against terrorists, as he blamed the acquittal of the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts accused on this.

The Rajasthan Police will conduct an internal audit and analyse the High Court order that acquitted four people in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts while terming the investigation "shoddy".

The Rajasthan government will appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of the accused in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said.

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot Thursday said the acquittal of the four men who were given capital punishment by a lower court for the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts was a serious issue and the Rajasthan government should appeal against it.

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday acquitted all the accused in the 2008 serial Jaipur blast case which claimed 71 lives and left over 180 injured.

The Gauhati High Court today upheld the life sentence of NDFB chief Ranjan Daimari in connection with serial bomb blasts of October 2008 that killed 88 and injured 540 people in Assam.

Taking a jibe at the Opposition ahead of the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, PM Modi said that to protect their vote bank, political parties did not even dare to welcome the court's decision in 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case.

A day after Twitter removed a caricature tweeted by the Gujarat BJP unit on a court verdict sentencing 38 people to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, the ruling party on Monday claimed the cartoon was based on real photographs.

A special court in Ahmedabad has said that the accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts case used to apply tricks to change their appearance using clothes, glasses, caps and beard to make it difficult for the prosecution witnesses to identify

BJP general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Arun Singh on Sunday targeted the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, saying the 2008 Gujarat bomb blasts were the result of their appeasement politics.

The 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case deserve death sentence as allowing them to remain in society is akin to releasing a "man-eater leopard" in public, the special court said in its order.

The convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case knew how to mislead investigators and it was not easy to gather evidence against them as they are highly skilled and educated, the special court noted

Thirty-eight out of 49 convicts have been sentenced to death by a special court in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. Nearly 80 accused were on trial. The terror attack in 2008 in the city in Gujarat killed 56 people.

A special court here on Wednesday said it will begin hearing arguments on February 11 for deciding on the quantum of sentence for convicts in the case of 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts.

Rajasthan Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas Friday alleged that the BJP was responsible for the acquittal of the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts accused.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the Congress government in Rajasthan of following a policy of "appeasement" and taking a soft stand against terrorists, as he blamed the acquittal of the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts accused on this.

The Rajasthan Police will conduct an internal audit and analyse the High Court order that acquitted four people in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts while terming the investigation "shoddy".

The Rajasthan government will appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of the accused in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said.

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot Thursday said the acquittal of the four men who were given capital punishment by a lower court for the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts was a serious issue and the Rajasthan government should appeal against it.

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday acquitted all the accused in the 2008 serial Jaipur blast case which claimed 71 lives and left over 180 injured.

The Gauhati High Court today upheld the life sentence of NDFB chief Ranjan Daimari in connection with serial bomb blasts of October 2008 that killed 88 and injured 540 people in Assam.

Taking a jibe at the Opposition ahead of the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, PM Modi said that to protect their vote bank, political parties did not even dare to welcome the court's decision in 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case.

A day after Twitter removed a caricature tweeted by the Gujarat BJP unit on a court verdict sentencing 38 people to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, the ruling party on Monday claimed the cartoon was based on real photographs.

A special court in Ahmedabad has said that the accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts case used to apply tricks to change their appearance using clothes, glasses, caps and beard to make it difficult for the prosecution witnesses to identify

BJP general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Arun Singh on Sunday targeted the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, saying the 2008 Gujarat bomb blasts were the result of their appeasement politics.

The 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case deserve death sentence as allowing them to remain in society is akin to releasing a "man-eater leopard" in public, the special court said in its order.

The convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case knew how to mislead investigators and it was not easy to gather evidence against them as they are highly skilled and educated, the special court noted

Thirty-eight out of 49 convicts have been sentenced to death by a special court in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. Nearly 80 accused were on trial. The terror attack in 2008 in the city in Gujarat killed 56 people.

A special court here on Wednesday said it will begin hearing arguments on February 11 for deciding on the quantum of sentence for convicts in the case of 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts.