Gujarat Riots

Bring original records of decision blocking 2023 BBC documentary on Gujarat riots: Supreme Court to Centre

'This matter requires consideration. It cannot be disposed of in 10 minutes,' the bench said, asking the Centre to comply with its February 2023 direction for producing the original records of the decision.

21 October 2024, 14:35 IST

Bring original records of decision blocking 2023 BBC documentary on Gujarat riots: Supreme Court to Centre

21 October 2024, 14:35 IST

TMC MP slams Modi govt over deletion of chapters on Muslim rulers, Gujarat riots reference in textbooks

The MP from Jaynagar said government policies have not only failed to uplift the educational standards of the nation but have also systematically eroded the foundational principles that ensure equal opportunity and holistic growth of our students.

01 August 2024, 13:23 IST

TMC MP slams Modi govt over deletion of chapters on Muslim rulers, Gujarat riots reference in textbooks

01 August 2024, 13:23 IST

No need to teach about riots: NCERT chief after Babri demolition tweaks in books

The revised Class 12 political science textbook, does not mention the Babri masjid, but refers to it as a 'three-domed structure'. It has pruned the Ayodhya section from four to two pages and deleted details from the earlier version.

16 June 2024, 10:43 IST

No need to teach about riots & demolition in schools, no attempts to saffronise textbooks: NCERT chief

No need to teach about riots: NCERT chief after Babri demolition tweaks in books

16 June 2024, 10:43 IST

Bilkis Bano case: No SC relief, kin of one convict says he will surrender on Sunday

The convicts – Bakabhai Vohania, Bipin Chandra Joshi, Kesarbhai Vohania, Govind Nai, Jaswant Nai, Mitesh Bhatt, Pradeep Mordhiya, Radheshyam Shah, Rajubhai Soni, Ramesh Chandana and Shailesh Bhatt – had been in jail for 14 years before their release in August 2022.

20 January 2024, 15:46 IST

Bilkis Bano case: No SC relief, kin of one convict says he will surrender on Sunday

20 January 2024, 15:46 IST

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court to hear tomorrow convicts' pleas on extending time to surrender

The two weeks time granted by the top court earlier to 11 convicts to surrender is going to expire on January 21.

18 January 2024, 05:38 IST

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court to hear tomorrow convicts' pleas on extending time to surrender

18 January 2024, 05:38 IST

The convicts should be hanged or kept in jail for life: Bilkis Bano case eyewitness

The eyewitness was seven when a mob attacked his cousin Bilkis Bano and other members of the minority community in Limkheda taluka of Gujarat’s Dahod district and killed 14 of them during riots that erupted in 2002 after the Godhra train burning incident.

12 January 2024, 04:11 IST

The convicts should be hanged or kept in jail for life: Bilkis Bano case eyewitness

12 January 2024, 04:11 IST

Gujarat HC junks plea of ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt challenging conviction in custodial death case

The controversial ex-IPS officer Bhatt, who was sacked on various grounds, is known for testifying against the then-CM Narendra Modi for the 2002 riots and had claimed that he was part of the meeting on February 27, 2002 when Modi had allegedly said to 'let Hindus vent their anger' after the Godhra train burning case.

09 January 2024, 12:37 IST

Gujarat HC junks plea of ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt challenging conviction in custodial death case

09 January 2024, 12:37 IST

Bilkis Bano case: Jamiat hails SC's quashing of remission granted to 11 convicts

The Supreme Court also slammed the Gujarat government of being 'complicit' with an accused and abusing its discretion.

08 January 2024, 17:09 IST

Bilkis Bano case: Jamiat hails SC's quashing of remission granted to 11 convicts

08 January 2024, 17:09 IST

SC verdict on Bilkis Bano case: What the apex court said

The bench also pointed out one cannot lose sight of the fact that the said convicts were all in prison for a little over 14 years (with liberal paroles and furloughs granted to them from time to time).

08 January 2024, 12:19 IST

SC verdict on Bilkis Bano case: What the apex court said

08 January 2024, 12:19 IST

Bilkis Bano case: Witness welcomes SC verdict, relatives burst firecrackers in Gujarat town

Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was raped while fleeing the horror of the communal riots that broke out after the Godhra train burning incident in February 2002. Her three-year-old daughter was among the seven family members killed.

08 January 2024, 09:34 IST

Bilkis Bano case: Witness welcomes SC verdict, relatives burst firecrackers in Gujarat town

08 January 2024, 09:34 IST