post godhra riots

Sanjay Raut, a prominent figure in Shiv Sena (UBT), provocatively claims in his latest book that former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation in 2025 was driven by coercive tactics from the Enforcement Directorate over his bold political maneuvers against the Modi government.

A fast-track court is likely to pronounce the verdict for hundred-andtwenty persons on Friday in the case involving the murder of two Muslims in Umta village in north Gujarat during the post-Godhra riots.

The victim-witnesses of Ode town have welcomed the verdict by the special court convicting 23 persons for the post-Godhra riots case of Pirawali Bhagol.

The Nanavati Commission probing the post-Godhra riot cases on Monday told the Gujarat High Court that it has completed analysis of evidences and statements and is likely to finish its report in 3-4 months time.

The curse of the Best Bakery seems to have withered away a decade after 14 Muslims were burnt alive here by a mob in the post-Godhra riots.

Gujarat high court on Tuesday confirmed conviction of nine persons in two different post-Godhra riots cases that had taken place in a Panchmahal village.

A sessions court in Halol in Panchmahal district acquitted 27 persons in connection with 2002 post-Godhra riots cases. Twelve of the 39 accused had died during the trial of the case. The court acquitted the accused for want of evidence.

Twenty-two undertrials accused of killing 17 people from the minority community in Delol village of Panchmahal district in 2002 were acquitted due to lack of evidence by the additional sessions court in Halol Tuesday. Eight of the 22 accused had died during the course of the 18-year trial.

It may be overenthusiasm or sheer coincidence, but the Centre pointing out the reservation of public prosecutors over the manner in which the trial is being conducted in post-Godhra riot cases made the Supreme Court a little suspicious about its role.

The letter dated June 1, 2002, reveals Vajpayee's concern at the time for the fragile communal situation in the state and reflects his doubts if the interests of the riot-hit were being properly looked after.

BJP's recruiting Congress leaders and organizing a two-day state executive meeting in Vadodara after a gap of 13 years point to party's determination to bolster itself in central Gujarat.

Noted danseuse and social activist Mallika Sarabhai alleged on Sunday that chief minister Narendra Modi used public funds to "bribe her lawyers" in an attempt to derail proceedings of the PIL filed in the Supreme Court by her on the post-Godhra riots case.

The Gujarat high court on Wednesday refused to direct the state government to provide jobs on compassionate grounds to kin of post-Godhra riot victims in state services or PSUs after the state government expressed its inability to do so.

A special court hearing the post-Godhra riot case has allowed an application seeking examination of three witnesses including top officials of the British High Commission.

The court has accepted the prosecution's contention that the Ode massacre was conspired, this being the first post-Godhra riots case wherein SIT's claims of conspiracy are upheld.

A special SIT court on Monday sentenced 21 people to life imprisonment for attempt to murder and arson in the 2002 post-Godhra riot of Dipda Darwaza in which 11 Muslims were killed in Visnagar town of north Gujarat. All the victims belonged to the same family.

Now that the chargesheet has finally been delivered to Rahul Sharma, DIG, arms unit, Rajkot, the focus will shift to the evidence that can help nail the mobsters in three of the worst massacres in Ahmedabad in early 2002.

After the pro-active monitoring of Gujarat riot case trials and setting up the special investigation team to plug loopholes in probes, the Supreme Court appeared to be standing at a crossroads with a strong doubt - Did it deviate from the procedure laid down in the law?

The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on a petition alleging inaction on the part of Gujarat CM at the time of the Gulbarga carnage during 2002 riots.

Muslims from two villages in Gujarat's Panchmahal district have fled their homes fearing a backlash after a married man eloped with a tribal girl.