New Delhi: Not everybody gets to walk up the famous steps of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. But the IIM dream just got true for these 50 lucky youths - if only for one day. They spent one full day on the IM-A campus, attending classes and getting a feel of India's top B-school. This as part of IIM-A's 'Joy of Giving Week' celebrations, the collections from which will...
08:50 AM, Oct 10, 2011
Ahmedabad: The hearing on suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt's bail application has been deferred to October 7 (Friday). It means that Bhatt will have to spend two more nights in jail. Talking to CNN-IBN, Bhatt's lawyer I H Saiyad said it might be an attempt to prolong his stay in jail. ...
04:08 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court is set to hear the bail plea of suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt on Wednesday. The Gujarat government on Tuesday had challenged, in the sessions court, a magisterial court's order denying his remand. Bhatt was arrested on September 30 for allegedly forcing a constable to sign a false affidavit in which he claimed that he was at a meeting in which Gujarat Chief Minister Modi...
07:19 AM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: The arrest of suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who implicated Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots has sparked protests across India. In Bangalore, people came out on the streets to express solidarity for Bhatt. In Ahmedabad, anti-Modi slogans were shouted outside Bhatt's residence. Activist Mallika Sarabhai, who also participated in the protests, said, "We are raising our voice against injustice." Meanwhile, the Congress spoke out...
05:16 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Ahmedabad: There are several Indians who are living examples of courage and decency, and who believe in doing constructive work for a better future. A fortnight ago, Mohammed Shakir Ansari, an ordinary autorickshaw driver in Ahmedabad, returned a bag containing diamonds worth Rs 20 lakh that a passenger had left behind in his rickshaw. "I believe the almighty will be happy with us only if we are honest. That is...
09:14 AM, Oct 03, 2011
New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court will hear the bail plea of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Monday. He was arrested on September 30 in Gandhinagar on charges of fabricating evidence and wrongful confinement. The arrest came after one of his juniors, KD Pant, alleged that Bhatt had forced him to file a false affidavit against Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The junior officer also claimed that Bhatt forced him to...
07:55 AM, Oct 03, 2011
People of Ahmedabad have reacted to Narendra Modi's fast by saying that if he wants to improve his image he should first come clean about his previous misdeeds. ...
07:54 AM, Sep 18, 2011
Ahmedabad: On his 62nd birthday on Saturday, Gurjarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi began his 72-hour fast in Ahmedabad. Highlighting growth, development and communal harmony that Gujarat has achieved in his 10-year-long reign, Modi said Gujarat's growth model should be emulated at the national level. Modi started the day by seeking his mother's blessings. As the Gujarat Chief Minister made a pitch for the national stage, top BJP leaders also turned...
08:59 PM, Sep 17, 2011
New Delhi: An e-mail sent from a cyber cafe in Kishtwar town now holds the key to solving the Delhi High Court blast. Sources told CNN-IBN that the two class XI students who sent the e-mail claiming responsibility for the blast are actually a part of a core group of seven persons. Their interrogation also revealed that five others in the age group of 25-35 years were involved in the...
07:08 AM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: In what is being seen as a breather to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any order on his alleged inaction to contain the 2002 Gujarat riots and referred the matter back to the trial court in Ahmedabad for a decision. The Supreme Court also observed that it will no longer monitor the probe now while hearing a petition filed by...
06:34 PM, Sep 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to decide whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's role should be probed in the 2002 Gulbarg Society case. Sixty nine people, including Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were killed by a rioting mob in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002. In February, the SIT team headed by former CBI Chief RK Radhavan submitted a 600 page report in sealed envelope to the Supreme...
11:26 PM, Sep 11, 2011
New Delhi: Two days after terror struck at the heart of Delhi, investigating agencies are still groping in the dark for conclusive leads even as a spate of mails now hamper the probe. Gujarat has been put on a high alert after a third e-mail warned that Ahmedabad will be the next terror target. On Friday evening a fourth e-mail surfaced from a person named Chhotu Minani, claiming to be...
09:43 PM, Sep 09, 2011
After the Delhi High Court blast on Wednesday, victims of the 2009 Ahmedabad blasts are questioning whether the authorities are doing enough to avert these terror strikes. ...
10:02 AM, Sep 08, 2011
Ahmedabad: Four accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case have filed bail applications in a local court, contending that there was no evidence against them. Judge B J Dhandha on Wednesday heard both the accused's lawyers and the government lawyers. The verdict is likely to be pronounced on August 6. Government lawyer opposed the applications, saying that the four were a part of the terror conspiracy which led to...
08:24 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Ahmedabad: RTI activists from across the state of Gujarat gathered in Ahmedabad to share stories of their struggle against the government. Over the past few months several activists have been threatened, beaten and even killed in the state. There has been still no justice for the family of Amit Jethwa who was gunned down over a year ago. The RTI activist was attempting to expose illegal mining around the Gir...
09:04 AM, Jul 25, 2011
Ahmedabad: The recovery of eight crude bombs and a country-made revolver at a time when most cities are on a high alert following the Mumbai bomb blasts, has caused a flutter in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Police has arrested one person and the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) has defused all the bombs. At around 4 am, a woman called up the police control room, stating that her husband wanted to kill...
03:25 PM, Jul 17, 2011
Ahmedabad: The special investigation team constituted by the Gujarat High Court to probe the alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others interrogated two senior police officers for over four hours on Wednesday. SP G L Singhal and DSP Tarun Barot appeared before the SIT, headed by ADGP Satyapal Singh of Maharashtra Police. Singh had recently taken charge as chairman of SIT. Both the officers were interrogated for over...
10:12 PM, Jun 22, 2011
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Friday appointed a Special Judge to conduct the trial of an accused in the 2002 Godhra train burning case who was arrested after the judgement in the matter was pronounced. Judge CR Thakkar will conduct the trial of Ibrahim Chunga, who was arrested on March 2, a day after the Special Court here pronounced the verdict awarding death sentence to 11 accused and life...
09:38 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Ahmedabad: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the post Godhra riots has given a clean chit to former top police official PC Pande in the Gulbarga Society massacre case, where former Congress MP Ehsaan Jaffery was killed. Former DGP of Gujarat PC Pande, who was the Ahmedabad police commissioner when the riots broke out, now holds the key to the reality of post Godhra riots of 2002. He has been...
12:39 PM, May 28, 2011
