Page 4 - Gujarat Riots

Gujarat police arrests ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 2002 riots case

A Special Investigation Team of the Gujarat Police has arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt through transfer warrant in connection with the 2002 communal riots

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Disturbing portents: Congress' tepid response to fate of Zakia and Teesta

A powerful factor in the party's retreat from the minorities is its increasing reliance on micro-management of elections, a style driven by the BJP's successes

Accused in 2002 Gujarat's Godhra train burning case gets life imprisonment

A court here has sentenced to life imprisonment an accused in the case of Godhra train carnage in 2002 in which 59 'karsevaks' were killed, which had triggered worst riots in the history of Gujarat

SIT formed to probe conspiracy allegations against Teesta, two others

After a criminal complaint was filed with the crime branch on Saturday evening, former DGP Sreekumar and activist Teesta have been arrested

Will CM be never held accountable in case of pre-meditated riots: Congress

The Congress Saturday asked if a chief minister or a state government will ever be held accountable even if the state is thrown into a circle of pre-meditated violence and riots, a day after the Supreme Court upheld an SIT clean chit to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case. The party said the Supreme Court verdicts should not be politicised but asked if it is only the collector or police officers who are responsible for any riot in their jurisdictions and not their political masters. "Will Chief Minister, Cabinet & State Govt be never held accountable, even if the State is thrown into a circle of pre-meditated violence and riots?" asked Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala. His remarks through a series of tweets came a day after the Supreme Court Friday upheld the Special Investigation Team's clean chit to Modi and 63 others in the 2002 communal riots in the state. "Is responsibility only of the Collector and deputy commissioner of Police and not of ...

Victory of truth: UP CM hails SC clean chit to Modi in Gujarat riots case

SC had on Friday upheld a SIT clean chit to then Gujarat CM Modi and 63 others in the 2002 riots in the state and dismissed a plea by slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri's wife Zakia Jafri.

Those who levelled allegations should apologise: Shah on Gujarat riots case

Home Minister Amit Shah hailed the SC verdict on the 2002 Gujarat riots and said that those who levelled "politically motivated" allegations against the then Gujarat CM Modi should apologise for it

Like Shiva drank poison, Modi faced false allegations over 2002 riots: Shah

Amit Shah lauded the Supreme Court verdict dismissing the plea challenging the clean chit given by SIT to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and several others in 2002 riots that took place

Amit Shah takes jibe at Cong, says Modi appeared before SIT without dharna

Taking a jibe at the Congress party for 'satyagraha' in Rahul Gandhi's questioning by ED, Amit Shah says that Modi appeared before SIT in connection with Gujarat riots case without any dharna or drama

Prasad slams Cong, Left parties after SC decision on Gujarat riots

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed the Congress and Left parties after the Supreme Court upheld the clean chit given by the court-appointed SIT to the then chief minister Narendra Modi and others

Gujarat riots: SC dismisses Zakia Jafri's plea against clean chit to Modi

The Supreme Court dismissed a plea of Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging SIT clean chit to 64 people, including then Chief Minister Modi, in the 2002 Gujarat riots case

2002 Gujarat riots: SC says no material to show violence pre-planned

The bench held that the material collected during the investigation does not give rise to strong or grave suspicion regarding hatching of larger criminal conspiracy at the highest level.

Disgruntled Gujarat officers must be in dock: SC on 2002 riots revelations

The bench upheld the SIT's clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and 63 others in the 2002 riots in the state and dismissed a plea by slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri's wife Zakia

2002 Gujarat riots: SC to pronounce its verdict on Zakia Jafri's plea today

The Supreme Court on Friday will pronounce its verdict on a plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given by the SIT to PM Modi

NCERT drops content on Gujarat riots, Cold War from Class 12 textbook

The NCERT team has also dropped pages on the history of the Naxalite movement and "Controversies during Emergency" as part of a rationalisation exercise

2002 riots: Didn't try to implicate ex-chief minister, Zakia Jafri tells SC

Zakia Jafri, who has alleged larger conspiracy in the 2002 Gujarat riots, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that she had not tried to implicate the then state chief minister at any stage

'Collaboration strong term for constituted SIT': SC on Zakia Jafri's charge

Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed at Gulberg society in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002 during the violence, has challenged the SIT's clean chit to 64 people

Gujarat riots: SC says it would like to peruse SIT's closure report

A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar commenced the hearing on the plea of Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri, challenging the SIT's clean chit

SC adjourns Zakia Jafri's plea against SIT clean chit to Modi by two weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by two weeks the hearing on a plea of Zakia Jafri, challenging the SIT clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots