The Ahmedabad court hearing the 2002 riot cases will decide on the special investigation team's final report on February 15. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 13, 2012
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10:52 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Ahmedabad: An Ahmedabad court will pass its order on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the Gulbarg Society massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots on February 15. The SIT on Monday opposed giving its report on the massacre to Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace and senior lawyer Mukul Sinha, saying that they had "no locus in the case". The SIT opposed not only the duo in the...
03:11 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi remains optimistic as the court of Metropolitan Magistrate MS Bhat in Ahmedabad is set to hear the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) closure report on the Gulbarg massacre during the 2002 riots. The court will also decide if activists Teesta Setalvad and Mukul Sinha can get a copy of the SIT report. The Gujarat Chief Minister tweeted on Monday quoting Swami Vivekananda, "I stand for...
12:47 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court will on Monday hear the closure report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team in the Gulbarg society massacre in the 2002 riots. It will also hear the petitions of social activists Teesta Setalvad and Mukul Sinha seeking copies of the report filed in a sealed envelope last week. It is the D-day for the Gujarat Chief Minister as the trial court is set...
10:59 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: The court hearing of the SIT report on the Gulbarg society case in the 2002 riots will not just have legal, but political implications as well. It will make clear whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi can move out of the state to national politics. Lion of Gujarat, Chote Sardaar, the Chief Minister of Gujarat goes by many names to his friends. For his rivals, he is a...
09:27 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court will on Monday hear the closure report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team in the Gulbarg society massacre in the 2002 riots. It will also hear the petitions of social activists Teesta Setalvad and Mukul Sinha seeking copies of the report filed in a sealed envelope last week. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the SIT has reportedly given a clean chit to Gujarat...
07:32 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Ahmedabad: A local court will on Monday hear the closure report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has reportedly given a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi among others for their role in 2002 post-Godhra riots. The court of Metropolitan Magistrate MS Bhatt will also hear the petitions filed by social activists Teesta Setalvad and Mukul Sinha seeking copies of the report filed in...
08:37 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ehsan Jafri killing in Gujarat on Wednesday filed a report in the case. While the contents of the report remain under wraps, crime branch sources have claimed that the committee appointed by the Supreme Court hasn't found enough evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. However, the SIT officials haven't offered any confirmation on this. Ehsan Jafri's wife Zakia Jafri has...
10:47 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Ahmedabad: A day after stinging comments by the Gujarat High Court on the 2002 riots, there was reprieve for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi almost a decade after the worst communal flare up in the state. The Supreme Court's Special Investigation Team filed its closure report in a sealed envelope before the trial court and sources say that it has not found enough evidence to prosecute the Gujarat Chief Minister....
06:59 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday demanded resignation of Chief Minister Narendra Modi after the Gujarat High Court censured the state government for "inaction and negligence" during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. "After this observation of Gujarat High Court, Modi has lost all moral rights to continue as the Chief Minister. He should step down immediately. "The High Court has very categorically said that the Gujarat government failed and did not...
08:14 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday pulled up Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government, severely criticising it for inaction during the 2002 riots in the state. Directing the state government to provide compensation for the reconstruction of over 500 religious structures destroyed during the riots, the bench of acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice JB Pardiwala also hit out at the state and the police machinery for their failure...
01:31 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat unit of Congress today demanded that the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team prosecute Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots. GPCC President Arjun Modhwadia made the demand in a letter to SIT chief RK Raghavan. SIT is currently preparing the final report on the complaint against Modi and others, to be submitted to a magistrate's court, as ordered by the Supreme...
11:53 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: NGOs in Gujarat have written to the Chief Justice of India, after some media reports said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2002 riot cases plans to file a closure report. The NGOs have asked Chief Justice SH Kapadia to ensure justice for the riot victims. Their letter also asks the Chief Justice of India to inquire why the recommendations of Amicus Curaie Raju Ramchandran are...
08:48 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Ahmedabad: Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil on Wednesday alleged that R K Raghavan, the head of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team, was trying to shield Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots investigation. "The party said that Raghvan, who is being offered all kind of undue facilities by Modi government, was blatantly trying to protect Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other accused," Gohil told reporters after the Congress Legislature...
11:00 PM, Feb 01, 2012
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