Guj riots: Court order on SIT report on Feb 15

Guj riots: Court order on SIT report on Feb 15 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

SIT report on riots in court; Modi optimistic

SIT report on riots in court; Modi optimistic 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
2002 riots: Teesta says she received death threats

2002 riots: Teesta says she received death threats

Social activist Teesta Setalvad claimed on Monday that she was receiving death threats ever since the SIT report on the 2002 riots was submitted to the Gujarat court. ...
12:43 PM, Feb 13, 2012

Timeline: Zakia Jafri's plea against Modi

Timeline: Zakia Jafri's plea against Modi 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

2002 riots: Court hearing crucial for Modi

2002 riots: Court hearing crucial for Modi 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

Gujarat court to hear SIT report on 2002 riots

Gujarat court to hear SIT report on 2002 riots 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

Gujarat riots: Court to hear SIT report on Monday

Gujarat riots: Court to hear SIT report on Monday 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

Modi holds his last 'Sadbhavna fast' today

Modi holds his last 'Sadbhavna fast' today Ambaji: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is observing his final 'Sadbhavna Mission' fast at Ambaji in north Gujarat on Sunday. Modi, who has so far held 32 fasts under Sadbhavna Mission, has chosen the temple town of Ambaji to end the series of his day-long fasts. This fast is taking place just a day before a trial court takes up the SIT report which reportedly found no evidence to prosecute...
03:46 PM, Feb 12, 2012

Modi to hold his last Sadbhavna fast today

Modi to hold his last Sadbhavna fast today Ahmedabad: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will observe his final 'Sadbhavna Mission' fast at Ambaji in north Gujarat on Sunday. Modi, who has so far held 32 fasts under Sadbhavna Mission, has chosen the temple town of Ambaji to end the series of his day-long fasts. Modi's Sadbhavna Mission, which started from September 17 with a three-day fast in Ahmedabad after the Supreme Court declined to pass any order on...
08:37 PM, Feb 11, 2012

Cong rule has been anti-farmer, anti-poor: Modi

Cong rule has been anti-farmer, anti-poor: Modi Ahmedabad: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Friday criticised the Congress saying its almost 50 years of rule from Parliament to panchayats, has been "anti-farmer and anti-poor". "The Congress single-handedly ruled the country for almost last 50 years from Parliament to panchayat. But instead of solving the real problems of the people, they only took a stop-gap approach of governance. Their approach so far was anti-poor, anti-farmer," Modi said after...
01:03 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Have Modi's critics convicted him before the court ruling?

Have Modi's critics convicted him before the court ruling?

Sources say the SIT report has found no evidence to prosecute Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gulberg Society riots case. ...
11:36 PM, Feb 09, 2012

Editor's take: critics harsh on Narendra Modi?

Editor's take: critics harsh on Narendra Modi? 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
Karnataka sleaze row: Is the BJP in trouble?

Karnataka sleaze row: Is the BJP in trouble?

The BJP has been facing serious problems in Karnataka and Gujarat. Experts discuss whether the party is in trouble. ...
09:04 PM, Feb 09, 2012

SIT report on Gulbarg case: Reprieve for Modi?

SIT report on Gulbarg case: Reprieve for Modi? 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

Modi has the potential to be PM: Gadkari

Modi has the potential to be PM: Gadkari New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is one of the party's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Gadkari said, "Modi has got the potential for becoming the Prime Minister." Gadkari's statement came a few hours after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on Gulbarg Society massacre during the 2002...
05:05 PM, Feb 09, 2012