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Supreme Court Denies Bail To 3 Convicts In Godhra Train Burning Case
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail pleas of three convicts serving life term in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, which plunged Gujarat into one of the worst communal riots, terming it a "very serious incident".
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2002 Gujarat Riots: Naroda Gam Massacre Case Verdict Likely Today
A special court in Ahmedabad is likely to pronounce its judgment on Thursday in the 2002 Naroda Gam communal riot case in which eleven persons belonging to the Muslim community were killed.
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Court Acquits 26 In Gang-Rape, Murder Cases During 2002 Gujarat Riots
A court in Gujarat has acquitted all 26 persons accused of gangrape and murder of more than a dozen members of a minority community in separate incidents in Kalol during 2002 communal riots for want of evidence in the 20-year-old case.
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"Lack Of Evidence": 22 Acquitted In Gujarat Riots Case Over 17 Killings
A court at Halol town in Gujarat's Panchmahal district has acquitted 22 people, accused of killing 17 members of a minority community including two children, for want of evidence in a case stemming from the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots.
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"We Continue To Raise It With India": US Envoy On Communal Rhetoric In Election Campaign
Asked about recent campaign speeches, Elizabeth Jones said, ""We discuss both easy and difficult issues. We have been discussing this for a long time and will continue to do so."
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"Rioters Taught Lesson In 2002...Permanent Peace In Gujarat": Amit Shah
Addressing a rally in Mahudha town of Kheda district in support of BJP candidates ahead of the next month's Assembly elections, Mr Shah alleged, "During the Congress rule in Gujarat (before 1995), communal riots were rampant.
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Gujarat Elections: AAP Wants Naroda Patiya To Move On But Scars Of 2002 Riots Remain
Twenty-one years after the Gujarat riots, the wounds of Naroda Patiya have turned to scar tissue, still visible, often painful and reminder of a communal divide still to be bridged.
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In Gujarat Riots Case, Ex Police Chief RB Sreekumar Granted Interim Bail
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail till November 15 to former state DGP RB Sreekumar, arrested along with activist Teesta Setalvad, for alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 communal riots cases.
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Jailed Ex-Cop Sanjiv Bhatt Taken To Ahmedabad In 2002 Riots Case
A Special Investigation Team of the Gujarat Police has arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt through transfer warrant in a case of conspiring to falsely implicate innocent persons in a case related to the 2002 communal riots, an official said.
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Former Supreme Court Judge Who Probed Godhra, Anti-Sikh Riots Dies At 86
Justices Nanavati and Akshay Mehta had in 2014 submitted their final report on the 2002 riots to the then Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel. Over 1,000 people, mainly from the minority community, were killed in the violence.
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Case Against Nearly 2,000 After 2 Communities Clash In Gujarat: Report
Police have registered an FIR against nearly 2,000 unidentified people on charges of attempt to murder and rioting after members of two communities clashed with each other in Gujarat, leaving six policemen and around a dozen other people injured.
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14 Gujarat Riots Convicts Get Interim Bail, Supreme Court Orders Social Service
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.
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"PM's Gujarat Legacy Black Spot Not Only For Him But Country": Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party chief launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today by calling his "Gujarat legacy a black spot". "PM Modi has been Gujarat chief minister for a longer time than me (in Uttar Pradesh), but his legacy is such that it is a black spot not only on himself, but also on the BJP and a burden on the communal history of t...
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Hope 2002 Gujarat Riots Culprits Are Also Punished, Says Arvind Kejriwal
Welcoming the sentencing of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday hoped that those involved in the 2002 Gujarat communal riots and the 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence are also punished.
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Hope Those Guilty In Gujarat, Muzaffarnagar Riots Get Punished: Kejriwal
Welcoming the sentencing of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-sikh riots, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today hoped other "big leaders" involved would also be punished. He also said he hoped that those who perpetrated communal violence in Gujarat and Muzzafarnagar would also get punished.
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Supreme Court Denies Bail To 3 Convicts In Godhra Train Burning Case
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail pleas of three convicts serving life term in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, which plunged Gujarat into one of the worst communal riots, terming it a "very serious incident".
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2002 Gujarat Riots: Naroda Gam Massacre Case Verdict Likely Today
A special court in Ahmedabad is likely to pronounce its judgment on Thursday in the 2002 Naroda Gam communal riot case in which eleven persons belonging to the Muslim community were killed.
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Court Acquits 26 In Gang-Rape, Murder Cases During 2002 Gujarat Riots
A court in Gujarat has acquitted all 26 persons accused of gangrape and murder of more than a dozen members of a minority community in separate incidents in Kalol during 2002 communal riots for want of evidence in the 20-year-old case.
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"Lack Of Evidence": 22 Acquitted In Gujarat Riots Case Over 17 Killings
A court at Halol town in Gujarat's Panchmahal district has acquitted 22 people, accused of killing 17 members of a minority community including two children, for want of evidence in a case stemming from the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots.
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"We Continue To Raise It With India": US Envoy On Communal Rhetoric In Election Campaign
Asked about recent campaign speeches, Elizabeth Jones said, ""We discuss both easy and difficult issues. We have been discussing this for a long time and will continue to do so."
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"Rioters Taught Lesson In 2002...Permanent Peace In Gujarat": Amit Shah
Addressing a rally in Mahudha town of Kheda district in support of BJP candidates ahead of the next month's Assembly elections, Mr Shah alleged, "During the Congress rule in Gujarat (before 1995), communal riots were rampant.
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Gujarat Elections: AAP Wants Naroda Patiya To Move On But Scars Of 2002 Riots Remain
Twenty-one years after the Gujarat riots, the wounds of Naroda Patiya have turned to scar tissue, still visible, often painful and reminder of a communal divide still to be bridged.
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In Gujarat Riots Case, Ex Police Chief RB Sreekumar Granted Interim Bail
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail till November 15 to former state DGP RB Sreekumar, arrested along with activist Teesta Setalvad, for alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 communal riots cases.
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Jailed Ex-Cop Sanjiv Bhatt Taken To Ahmedabad In 2002 Riots Case
A Special Investigation Team of the Gujarat Police has arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt through transfer warrant in a case of conspiring to falsely implicate innocent persons in a case related to the 2002 communal riots, an official said.
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Former Supreme Court Judge Who Probed Godhra, Anti-Sikh Riots Dies At 86
Justices Nanavati and Akshay Mehta had in 2014 submitted their final report on the 2002 riots to the then Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel. Over 1,000 people, mainly from the minority community, were killed in the violence.
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Case Against Nearly 2,000 After 2 Communities Clash In Gujarat: Report
Police have registered an FIR against nearly 2,000 unidentified people on charges of attempt to murder and rioting after members of two communities clashed with each other in Gujarat, leaving six policemen and around a dozen other people injured.
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14 Gujarat Riots Convicts Get Interim Bail, Supreme Court Orders Social Service
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.
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"PM's Gujarat Legacy Black Spot Not Only For Him But Country": Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party chief launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today by calling his "Gujarat legacy a black spot". "PM Modi has been Gujarat chief minister for a longer time than me (in Uttar Pradesh), but his legacy is such that it is a black spot not only on himself, but also on the BJP and a burden on the communal history of t...
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Hope 2002 Gujarat Riots Culprits Are Also Punished, Says Arvind Kejriwal
Welcoming the sentencing of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday hoped that those involved in the 2002 Gujarat communal riots and the 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence are also punished.
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Hope Those Guilty In Gujarat, Muzaffarnagar Riots Get Punished: Kejriwal
Welcoming the sentencing of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-sikh riots, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today hoped other "big leaders" involved would also be punished. He also said he hoped that those who perpetrated communal violence in Gujarat and Muzzafarnagar would also get punished.
