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TopicGodhra riots

Topic: Godhra riots

‘Before Godhra, Gujarat witnessed over 250 significant riots. None after’—Modi on Lex Fridman podcast

Speaking to the US computer scientist & podcaster, Modi said that despite his political opponents' attempts to blame his govt for the 2002 riots, the courts had found them innocent.

Bilkis Bano rape convicts not missing, in ‘deep introspection’, say families

The celebratory mood in Gujarat's villages over the release of 11 rapists has turned somber with the Supreme Court verdict. For the Muslim families, the fear of reprisal has returned.

‘Rule of law must prevail’ — why SC sent 11 convicts released early in Bilkis Bano case back to jail

Bench led by Justice BV Nagarathna quashes Gujarat govt's decision to allow remission of life imprisonment of convicts, rules state govt lacked jurisdiction to grant premature release.

‘No direct evidence’ against accused — why Gujarat court acquitted 35 in 20-yr-old Godhra riots case

Gujarat sessions court found lapses in police probe & witness statements, said prominent Hindu persons were ‘unnecessarily implicated’ & arrests made due to ‘uproar of pseudo-secular media’.

Witness saw them as ‘saviours’, not rioters’ — why Mumbai court acquitted 2 in 2002 Best Bakery case

The court said the prosecution failed to prove that the two accused were part of the mob that 'attacked and killed' 14 people in Vadodara’s Best Bakery during 2002 Gujarat riots.

Ahmedabad court acquits all accused in 2002 Naroda Gam riots, including BJP’s Maya Kodnani

Eleven Muslims were killed in communal violence in the Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad on 28 February that year, during a bandh called to protest the Godhra train burning a day before.

Godhra a battle of ‘prestige’ for RSS-BJP. Bilkis Bano convicts, 2002, Ram Bhakts are key

Analysis of Godhra's past election data reveals seat has always seen neck-and-neck fierce battles between Congress & BJP & winning margin has never crossed 3000 votes since 2002.

Bilkis Bano case shows India does not value women as equal citizens

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Victimisation, bad mahaul, Hindu-Muslim bond: Bilkis convicts try to push claims of innocence

Most of the 11 convicts released, returned to Gujarat's Singvad, which now wears a nonchalant, but uneasy calm. The village was also home to Bano’s family till 2002. Her uncle still lives there.

‘Our hearts sank’ — Bilkis Bano’s husband talks of safety fears as rape-murder convicts set free

11 convicts sentenced to life for committing gang rape and murder during the 2002 Gujarat riots were released this week after state government approved their remission application.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.