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‘Bees saal unhone jung ladi’: Kin, activists remember Zakia Jafri who spearheaded the fight for justice in 2002 Gujarat riots

February 02, 2025 4:45 pm

She was buried in the same graveyard as her husband Ahsan Jafri, the Congress leader and former Parliamentarian who was killed along with 68 others in Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court agrees to hear pleas of convicts seeking extension of time to surrender

January 19, 2024 3:17 am

The Supreme Court had on January 8 asked the 11 Bilkis Bano case convicts to surrender to jail authorities within two weeks.

2002 Gujarat riots: HC disposes of plea challenging Nanavati-Mehta Commission order

November 30, 2023 8:37 am

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind had sought the Commission to strike down the entire deposition of IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt from the records and not to allow anybody to cross-examine him.

Gujarat riots case: Supreme Court extends Teesta Setalvad's interim bail till July 19

July 06, 2023 2:29 am

A special bench of Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and Dipankar Datta, which took up the matter on Wednesday, issued notice to the Gujarat government on her plea. It also directed that the “interim order to continue till further orders”.

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Facing DU heat for BBC documentary, students firm: ‘Won’t say sorry’

April 09, 2023 7:29 am

Five of the students The Indian Express spoke to said they will not apologise, and that they had conveyed their view to the university. The two students who were barred, too, have submitted written responses to the proctor’s office.

Assam House passes resolution against ‘malicious’ BBC documentary on Gujarat riots

March 22, 2023 5:39 am

The resolution was moved by BJP legislator from Jonai, Bhubon Pegu, in the ongoing Budget Session.

Your Daily Wrap: SC refuses permission for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Idgah maidan, Jharkhand MLAs fly to Raipur; and more

August 30, 2022 9:56 pm

From the Supreme Court refusing permission for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Idagh maidan to MLAs of the ruling coalition in Jharkhand shifting to Raipur, here are the top stories of today.

Gujarat riots cases: Supreme Court disposes of all pending pleas seeking intervention, says they have become ‘infructuous’

August 31, 2022 5:48 am

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India U U Lalit noted that the prayer in the main plea was to transfer the investigation to the CBI, which was denied by the high court.

Vibhuti Narain Rai writes: Leaders should also bear responsibility for administrative lapses

July 26, 2022 8:49 am

Vibhuti Narain Rai writes: We must remember what then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was trying to remind the nation of when he mentioned ‘raj dharma’ and, more importantly, to whom. We must remember that the world’s opinion matters in these globalised times

In SIT probing ex-DGP, Teesta, officers who probed 2002 riots, fought land mafia, served in ATS

June 30, 2022 9:08 am

Deepan Bhadran is the head of the a special investigative team that probe charges of criminal conspiracy and forgery against former DGP R B Sreekumar, activist Teesta Setalvad and ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt.