Jewellery-maker Shah Jahan Mollah confesses to being terrified during the 2002 Gujarat riots
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah leaves after appearing before a special sessions court in Ahmadabad. Shah was a defence witness for Maya Kodnani, an accused in the...
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BJP national President Amit Shah appears in court as a witness of Maya Kodnani in Naroda Gam case on 2002 Riots in Ahmedabad.
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Bilkis Bano, one of the survivors of the Gujarat riot victims, gestures during a press conference in Ahmadabad.
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Bilkis Bano, one of the survivors of the Gujarat riot victims, gestures during a press conference in New Delhi. Bano was gang-raped and seven of her relatives, including her three-...
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Gujarat riots' victim Bilkis Bano addressing a press conference in New Delhi.
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A relative of a man convicted for the 2002 Gujarat riots cries after the court announced the lengths of the sentences in Ahmadabad.
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A person convicted on charges from the 2002 Gujarat riots, is brought to court for a sentencing hearing in Ahmadabad.
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Men accused of participating on 2002 riot case arrive at Ahmadabad's court, Gujarat.
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A relative of a person convicted in the charges from the 2002 Gujarat riots, cries after the verdict in a court in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
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A woman consoles a relative of a person convicted in the charges from the 2002 Gujarat riots, at a court in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
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A man waves to persons convicted in charges from the 2002 Gujarat riots as they leave the court in a police vehicle following their verdict in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
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Pencil Makes The Point
The launch of Rana Ayyub’s book on the Gujarat riots was a success (see Biblio). It gained extra piquancy with her charge that Tehelka magazine spiked her Gujar...
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A man walks inside his rented home at deserted Gulbarg society in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
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Teesta Setalvad
The Cause Has long been the hope of Gujarat riot victims: fought cases for Naroda Patiya, Sardarpura, Gulbarg Society
The Effect He...
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Special trial court judge Justice P B Desai visiting the Gulbarg Society in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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Social activist Teesta Setalvad with Gujarat Roit victims at Gulbarg Society, a Muslim neighborhood in Chamanpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat on September 9, 2011.
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With them Dharna in Mumbai
Protesters burn vehicles in Ahmedabad, during 2002 Gujarat riots.
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Mukul Sinha, 63, IITian, union leader and rights lawyer known most for his work in fighting for post-Godhra riots victims as well as victims of fake encounter cases in Gujarat. Jan...
The Nanavati commission said in its report that there was no evidence to show that these attacks were either inspired or instigated or abated by any minister of the state
A bench headed by Chief Justice Rajan Gogoi was informed by the Gujarat government that action has been taken against the erring police officials in the case.
A bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar today passed the order after hearing the bail plea filed by the convict. "We direct to release him (convict - Babu Bajrangi) on conditional bail," the top court said.
On February 8, 2012, the SIT filed a closure report, giving a clean chit to Modi and 63 others, including senior government officials, saying there was "no prosecutable evidence" against them.
The convicts identified as Umeshbhai Bharwad, Rajkumar, Harshad and Prakashbhai Rathod are currently serving a 10-year jail term for arson and rioting.
If our national politics is a ring, with its lions, hippos, elephants and trapeze artists, journalists should be cautious not to fall into the role of providing comic interlude.