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Topic2002 Gujarat riots

Topic: 2002 Gujarat riots

PM Modi’s Muslim friend questions Lt Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah’s 16-year silence on 2002

Lt Gen. Shah said there was a day’s delay in deploying the army, which caused an extra day’s rioting in Gujarat. Zafar Sareshwala asks why he kept mum so far.

Modi cannot be blamed for failing to revamp India’s manufacturing sector

Vajpayee, in 2001, withdrew his promise to amend the draconian labour laws of the country when he saw that his own party was against it.

My friend Vajpayee: Humane, witty and a recluse

N.M. Ghatate recalls that even when they travelled together, the politician used to remain reclusive, choosing to read books over conversation.

2002 Naroda Gam case: Amit Shah statement defending main accused not believable, says SIT

Last year, the BJP chief said Maya Kodnani was present in Gujarat assembly and Sola Civil Hospital when the riots broke out.

Victim impact statements can achieve what death penalty can’t

India’s criminal justice system needs to look at victim impact statements in the US to help victims achieve closure.

Gujarat High Court acquits ex-minister Maya Kodnani in 2002 riots case

The two-judge bench said Kodnani should be given the benefit of doubt in the case in which 97 were killed due to inconsistency in...

In trying to simplify politics, Modi is destroying language in Gujarat

The variety and diversity of arguments that are needed in a democracy no longer finds space under Narendra Modi's government.

For first time since 2002, riot police deployed in Gujarat elections

Personnel of the Rapid Action Force will be deployed in about six sensitive constituencies that will be voting in the second phase of Gujarat elections.

Amit Shah testifies: As Naroda Gam burned in 2002, Maya Kodnani was in Gujarat assembly

Former minister Kodnani is a key accused in the Naroda Gam case, but 14 witnesses have told a special court that she wasn’t in...

Pot’s blacker than the kettle

That the Congress has no business complaining about Gujarat given its own role in the 1984 riots is a sound argument. But if you witnessed 1984, you wouldn’t accept this as complete truth.

On Camera

Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.