In a setback to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a group of 25 American lawmakers have urged the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to continue denying visa to the BJP leader, stating that his government has not adequately pursued justice of the 2002 riot victims. ...
08:29 AM, Dec 04, 2012
The Congress on Friday fielded suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife Shweta from the Maninagar constituency, from where the Gujarat CM too has filed his nomination papers. ...
05:24 PM, Nov 30, 2012
'Patriots and Partisans' may not be enjoyed by all , given its serious content but it is definitely a great read. ...
01:02 PM, Nov 28, 2012
In a setback to the activists seeking investigation against Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case, a Gujarat court on Tuesday rejected Zakia Jafri's protest petition against the SIT closure report giving clean chit to the Gujarat Chief Minister due to lapse of time. ...
05:23 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Eminent historian Ramachandra Guha speaks about his new book 'Patriots and Partisans', which was launched on Tuesday. ...
11:01 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Bangladesh has beefed up security around the visiting West Indies cricket team and sought to allay players' fears after riots outside their hotel. ...
07:49 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Colombo: None of the seven Indian prisoners in Sri Lanka's main Welikada jail was affected by the riot that left 27 inmates dead and nearly 50 people, including security personnel, injured, officials said on Saturday. Sarath Dissanayake, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman, said he was informed by the Ministry of Prison Reforms that prisoners of foreign nationalities had not been affected. A total of 27 inmates were killed and nearly...
04:13 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Ahmedabad: Suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt who says that he has been targeted by Chief Minister Narendra Modi has alleged that evidence related to the 2002 Gujarat riots has been selectively destroyed and hence an inquiry should be ordered into the same. "These are state control room records, state intelligence bureau control room records which reflect as to how the situation developed, what information came in, what instructions were...
08:02 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Ahmedabad: Raising doubts over the Gujarat government's claims that some 2002 post-Godhra riots-related intelligence documents were destroyed 'in routine course', suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Friday sought a "high-level investigation" into the matter. Bhatt filed an application before the Justice GT Nanavati Commission describing the chronology of events starting with his deposition in June 2011 before the panel, when a state government counsel first claimed that the documents were...
12:14 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch on Friday filed a 3500-page chargesheet in the August 11 Azad Maidan riots case. Fifty seven accused have been charged with damage to public property and molestation. Two people had died and at least 52 were injured, including over 40 policemen, when the rally organised to protest the alleged atrocities on Muslims in Assam and Myanmar suddenly turned violent. Police investigation found that the riot...
09:57 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Jamnagar: In a major setback to suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, a local court on Thursday filed charges against him and six policemen who are accused in the 1990 Khambalia custodial death case. The Gujarat High Court had on October 23 rejected the petitions of the accused policemen challenging the Jamnagar sessions court's earlier order of dismissing their discharge applications in the case. The High Court had also directed the...
06:53 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: Britain is considering opening a full-fledged consulate in Gujarat. British High Commissioner James Bevan spoke exclusively to CNN-IBN on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and how Maya Kodnani had a role in ending Britain's political boycott of the chief minister. "Since 2002 one of the things that has happened is that a judicial process has gone forward and that has resulted in the prosecution and conviction of people...
10:25 AM, Nov 08, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has admitted before Justice GT Nanavati Commission that some documents related to 2002 post-Godhra riots were destroyed by it 'in routine course'. This was disclosed on Friday in an order passed by the Commission on an application filed by suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who had sought inspection of certain sensitive documents pertaining to the riots. In its order today, the Commission referred to the letter...
08:54 PM, Nov 02, 2012
November 1 is the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that left over 3,000 dead. ...
10:31 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Ahmedabad: For many Indians, Narendra Modi is the man of the moment, a possible prime minister. Others see the chief minister of Gujarat as a Hindu zealot who did not stop the massacre of Muslims in religious riots a decade ago. As the 62-year-old moved from village to village on the campaign trail this month, he was greeted by ecstatic crowds, surging forward to catch a glimpse or to touch...
09:56 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: In a high-profile crossover ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, former state Congress spokeswoman Asifa Khan today joined BJP. Khan, who hails from Bharuch district where Muslim population is high, said the community has to move on by "burying the 2002 communal riots". "I am as pained as any victim of 2002 riots but the community has to move on. Riot victims are getting justice from the judiciary," she...
10:10 PM, Oct 20, 2012
London: A leading British daily on Tuesday suggested that Britain and other countries, who have decided to engage with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, should "make it clear that rehabilitation is not licence for the type of supremacist inspired nationalism that fuelled the 2002 massacres". In a strongly-worded editorial, The Financial Times said "The timing (of Britain's decision to engage with Modi) is, however, highly questionable. It comes as Gujarat...
05:18 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the Narendra Modi government to provide documents related to the police control room during the 2002 riots to suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. Bhatt had approached the High Court seeking permission to get the documented records pertaining to the Gujarat riots. The HC directed the state government to provide the documents to Bhatt by October 19. Earlier, the Nanavati Commission had...
03:09 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Catch today's top stories with CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:58 PM, Oct 11, 2012
The British government has decided to turn around on its policy of the past decade and has reached out to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. ...
09:25 PM, Oct 11, 2012
