
New Delhi: A trial court on Friday gave life imprisonment to nine people and acquitted 32 others in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra Ode killings. Three persons, including two women, were killed at the Malav Bhagol locality in Ode village a decade ago. This was the third case of the 2002 riots at Ode village that was being probed by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team. As many as...

12:14 PM, May 04, 2012

Washington: A Congressional resolution urging Gujarat government to restore religious freedom in the state has been introduced in the US House of Representatives on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of communal riots. The non-binding resolution (H Res 569) "recognising the 10th anniversary of the tragic communal violence in Gujarat" was introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Keith Ellison, early this week. Unlike most of such resolutions, it...

07:56 AM, Mar 03, 2012

New Delhi: A magisterial court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver its verdict on Zakia Jafri's plea that she be given a copy of the complete report prepared by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the Gulbarg massacre case, 2002, during which her husband, Ehsan Jafri, was murdered. Zakia has also questioned if the report can be read out in court or not. The SIT has allegedly found no prosecutable...

07:06 AM, Mar 03, 2012

Ahmedabad: Zakia Jafri, the widow of slain Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri, and Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace filed an application in the Metropolitan Court in Ahmedabad on Thursday stating that they have an apprehension that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has not filed the complete report in the Gulbarg Society massacre case as directed by the Supreme Court. The petitions have been filed by Setalvad and lawyer Mukul...

11:30 AM, Feb 09, 2012

Ahmedabad: Zakia Jafri, the widow of slain Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri, and Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace filed an application in the Metropolitan Court in Ahmedabad on Thursday stating that they have an apprehension that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has not filed the complete report in the Gulbarg Society massacre case as directed by the Supreme Court. The petitions have been filed by Setalvad and lawyer Mukul...

11:30 AM, Feb 09, 2012

New Delhi: After reports suggesting that the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has not found enough evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Ehsan Jafri killing case, the former Congress MP's wife Zakia Jafri has expressed her disappointment. Zakia said that she is really disappointed with the report and will not sit back with the report. Zakia added that she will consult the lawyers and then will...

10:20 AM, Feb 09, 2012

Ahmedabad: 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. The final report was submitted in a...

06:35 AM, Feb 09, 2012

Ahmedabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ehsan Jafri killing in Gujarat has filed a report on the case. Crime branch sources claimed that the committee appointed by the Supreme Court hasn't found enough evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but the SIT officials haven't offered any confirmation on this. Sources in SIT refused to divulge the contents of the report. The SIT has filed its report in...

11:01 PM, Feb 08, 2012

Ahmedabad: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Saturday submitted a few documents to RK Raghavan, the chief of Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, along with a letter claiming that they proved police inaction in the first 48 hours of violence. "Please find... copies of some relevant documents which should convince you that for some inexplicable reason, Ahmedabad City Police was exceptionally lax in making preventive arrests...

06:45 PM, Jan 28, 2012

Congress on Monday once again targeted Amitabh Bachchan for becoming the brand ambassador of Gujarat. ...

06:11 PM, Mar 29, 2010

The witness has given a detailed account of what happened that day. ...

01:53 AM, Nov 06, 2009