Ahmedabad: The special court here is likely to pronounce the quantum of punishment for the 31 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case on Friday. As many as 59 people were killed in the incident and it sparked off large-scale communal violence in Gujarat. Judge PR Patel, who conducted the trial inside the Sabarmati Central Jail premises, would pronounce the quantum of punishment after hearing the 31 accused who...
10:07 PM, Feb 24, 2011
Godhra: After nine years, 63 persons freed from all the charges in the Godhra train burning case can now walk free. All of them were brought to Godhra where they were welcomed by either relatives at around midnight on Tuesday. "I was in hell for nine years. Now, I am in paradise. I can't say anything more," said Mohammad Isaak Mamdu. But the question still haunts them - why were...
07:41 AM, Feb 23, 2011
Former Supreme Court judge UC Banerjee speaks about the conspiracy theory behind Godhra. ...
12:04 AM, Feb 23, 2011
BJP says it's stand that it was a pre-planned conspiracy has been vindicated. ...
11:23 PM, Feb 22, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks 'Has justice really been done in Godhra?' ...
11:17 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Victims say nine years is too long for justice and they are not satisfied with the verdict. ...
09:20 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Godhra: Nine years after coach number six of the Sabarmati Express went up in flames killing 59 people. Sixty three people have been acquitted including Maulana Umarjee. He is accused of being the mastermind behind the train burning. In Godhra, his son Saeed said the courts have finally delivered justice to his father. Saeed Umarji said, "The police created the evidence and they never wanted the real story to come...
08:47 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Ahmedabad: Nine years after the Sabarmati Express burned on the railways tracks of Godhra, it was finally time for the verdict on what happened on the February 27, 2002. Who was responsible for the death of 59 kar sewaks and an incident that led to the enormous riots in Gujarat. The special court in it's judgment upheld the State police's basic claim that there was a pre-planned conspiracy to set...
08:47 PM, Feb 22, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday welcomed the Gujarat special court verdict convicting 31 accused in the 2002 Godhra train burning case and said it had "exposed the nefarious designs" of the UPA government which "tried to cover up" the entire episode. "Certainly, there has been a degree of assurance that law and justice has prevailed. There were elements who were trying to belittle it. There have been politicians who...
02:25 PM, Feb 22, 2011
CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief says it remains to be seen what compensation will be given to the Godhra case acquitted. ...
12:48 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Ahmedabad: The timeline of events related to the 2002 Godhra train carnage case in Gujarat: Feb 27, 2002: 59 people killed as mob attacks S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express - en route from Ayodhya to Ahmedabad -- near Godhra railway station in Gujarat. May 22, 2002: First chargesheet filed by investigation agency, no mention of offences under the provisions of Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). Dec 19, 2002: Second...
12:44 PM, Feb 22, 2011
The Special Public Prosecutor said there is no question of satisfaction as one cannot debate the court's verdict. ...
12:30 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Godhra: A Sessions Court at the Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad on Tuesday delivered the crucial judgement in the Godhra train fire of 2002, convicting 31 people and acquitting 63 others. The verdict was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge PR Patel, who convicted 31 people of criminal conspiracy in the train burning case. The court agreed that the conspiracy to set the coach on fire was hatched at Aman Guest...
11:44 AM, Feb 22, 2011
Godhra: Both the families of those killed in the Sabarmati Express fire, and those in jail for last nine years, on suspicions of setting the train on fire eagerly await the verdict. It's nine years since Sharifa Dhantiya waiting for her husband Abdul Rehman to return from jail - since the Sabarmati Express was burnt on the railway tracks of Godhra in 2002. Abdul helped douse the fire in the...
07:41 AM, Feb 22, 2011
Godhra: A special court will deliver the crucial judgement in the Godhra train fire of 2002, on Tuesday. The big questions that will be answered include whether the coach was set on fire in cold blood, or whether it was an accident. The truth about what happened on February 27, 2002, on the railway tracks of Godhra, has often been clouded by what followed in Gujarat. To unravel the facts...
07:18 AM, Feb 22, 2011
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad police on Saturday restricted the media from telecasting and printing the 2002 riots-related footages and photographs on February 22, the day when the court will pronounce its verdict in the Godhra train carnage that triggered large-scale communal violence nine years ago. "The notification restricts electronic media from broadcasting 2002 riot-related file footages and also restricts print media from publishing any riot-related photographs on February 22 and 23,"...
08:56 PM, Feb 19, 2011
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has issued a notice to the state DIG Rahul Sharma, asking him to explain how and why he prepared a CD of phone records during the post-Godhra riots and why did he hand these over to probe agencies without the government's permission. Nine years after the riots Sharma, an IPS officer, is being accused of leaking telephone call details of police officers, politicians, bureaucrats and Sangh...
10:49 AM, Feb 07, 2011
New Delhi: The trajectory of Narendra Modi's political career could well depend on this report - the Raghvan Committee findings on post Godhra riots in Gujarat does not give a clean chit to Narendra Modi but also doesn't directly indict him citing lack of evidence. Mukul Sinha, advocate of riot victims said, "There is enough evidence on the basis of which the Supreme Court can order that FIR be lodged...
09:26 PM, Feb 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants the leak of Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the 2002 post Godhra riots to be investigated. Hinting at a conspiracy behind the leak of the SIT report BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad demanded an inquiry. "Supreme Court ordered that the report be submitted in a sealed cover. SIT report was revealed to the media but the one on black money was...
02:25 PM, Feb 04, 2011
New Delhi: The past has come back to haunt Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Tehelka-CNN-IBN have now accessed the Supreme Court appointed SIT report looking specifically at Modi's alleged role during the 2002 post godhra riots. The report, already filed in the apex court, throws up several embarrasing questions for Modi, but doesn't ask for prosecuting him further due to lack of evidence. The 600-page report that looked into allegations...
08:10 AM, Feb 04, 2011
