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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicGujarat riots

Topic: Gujarat riots

Bilkis Bano rapists release isn’t just Hindu-Muslim issue. BJP leaders telling nobody’s safe

We know what will happen next. Even if the courts strike down the release of these rapists and murders, nothing will happen. They have already vanished.

2002 riots rape survivor Bilkis Bano says ‘faith in justice system shaken’ after 11 convicts released by Gujarat court

In a letter issued after the rapists' release, she appealed to Gujarat government to 'undo this harm' and give back her right to 'live without fear and in peace.'

All 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano gang rape case walk out of Godhra jail

In 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai had sentenced the 11 accused to life imprisonment on the charge of gang rape and murder of seven members of Bilkis Bano's family.

Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt arrested, taken to Ahmedabad in Gujarat riots case

Ahmedabad police’s crime branch arrested Bhatt based on a case filed on 24 June after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in 2002 riots case.

‘Which door to knock now for justice?’ Urdu press asks after SC verdict on 2002 SIT

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

‘Modi did vishpaan like Lord Shankar’, Amit Shah on PM’s response to Gujarat riots probe

The Union Home Minister said the Gujarat government had done everything to quell the riots, promptly calling in the Army, which took 'some time to arrive'.

No larger conspiracy in 2002 Gujarat riots, idea is to keep pot boiling, SIT tells SC

Zakia Jafri, wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed during the violence, has challenged SIT's clean chit to 64 people including Narendra Modi, the then Gujarat CM.

Modi’s Covid-19 lockdown speech shows he doesn’t learn from past mistakes, or doesn’t care to

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second speech on coronavirus reveals that he is like Nehru. He can win elections, and nothing else.

Amar Ujala calls CAB big BJP win, Bhaskar says opposition’s argument against it ‘fallacious’

A round-up of the Hindi newspapers opinion pages to reflect the viewpoint on topical issues from the heartland.

What Vajpayee & Manmohan Singh said in the last Independence Day speeches of their terms

Modi's two predecessors stressed on foreign policy, infrastructure and rural welfare.

On Camera

India’s land acquisition disputes have a way out. Both Japan and Gujarat have used it

India’s archaic land laws fuel delays, cost overruns and gridlock in everything from highways to housing. Something has to give.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.