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2002 Godhra riots: Gujarat court defers hearing on bail pleas of Teesta Setalvad and ex-DGP RB Sreekumar to Saturday
•An FIR (first information report) was registered against them after the Supreme Court last month dismissed a plea filed by Zakia Jafri, whose husband and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, was killed during the riots
Who is RB Sreekumar, the controversial cop arrested along with Teesta Setalvad in the Gujarat riots case?
Fp Explainers •Sreekumar's first encounter with a large-scale controversy came when he was serving as deputy director at the Intelligence Bureau’s Kerala station in 1994. The ISRO case involving scientist Nambi Narayanan created ripples in several lives
Rereading Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan on his 107th birth anniversary
Takshi Mehta •Khushwant Singh's Train To Pakistan stumbles into individual feelings, instead of statistics, the human psyche instead of politics. Because when something like Partition becomes so catastrophic, we often remove the human out of it.
2002 Godhra riots: SC hearing of Zakia Jafri's plea challenging SIT decision to give clean chit to Narendra Modi set for 14 April
•Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed 14 April for hearing a plea by Zakia Jafri, wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the SIT's clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots.
2002 Godhra riots: Key points of Justice Nanavati-Mehta Commission report that gave clean chit to Narendra Modi govt
Fp Staff •The Gujarat government tabled the final part of the Justice Nanavati Mehta Commission report by of the Justices (retired) GT Nanavati and AH Mehta Commission that probed the 2002 Godhra riots in the state Assembly on Wednesday.
2002 Godhra riots: Gujarat govt given clean chit by Justice Nanavati-Mehta Commission; report tabled in Assembly
Fp Staff •The Gujarat government tabled the final part of the Justice Nanavati-Mehta Commission report on the 2002 Godhra riots in the state Assembly on Wednesday. The report has given the then Narendra Modi-led state government and others a clean chit
Pulwama attack a 'BJP conspiracy just like Godhra, claims ex-Gujarat CM Shankersinh Vaghela; alleges govt uses terrorism to win polls
•Talking to media persons, the former Gujarat chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela said terrorism is used by the BJP government to win elections and a number of terrorist attacks have taken place in the last five years.
Bilkis Bano case: SC directs Gujarat govt to provide Rs 50 lakh compensation, job, house to 2002 riots gangrape survivor
•A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Rajan Gogoi was informed by the Gujarat government that action has been taken against the erring police officials in the Bilkis Bano case.
Gulbarg massacre survivor to contest against Amit Shah in Gandhinagar; says will ensure justice for victims from Parliament
•Firoz Khan Pathan, who is contesting against Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, highlighted the need for a strong leader to fight for justice for Gulbarg society massacre victims.
Naroda Patiya case: SC grants bail to Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi on medical grounds, notes he is blind, bedridden, deaf
Fp Staff •The Supreme Court has granted bail to Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, the key accused in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre, on medical grounds.