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Mumbai’s Manish Market: Shops of intricacy, imperviousness, inclusion
Slimy floors from accumulated compost of generations, shafts of sunlight filtering through, with Mumbai’s most ubiquitous crows and fattest rats in town with vicious cats chasing them around, Crawford...
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Gujarat genocide: SIT dancing to masters, says Cong
Following the Gujarat Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe charging late Congress leader Ahmed Patel of conspiring and fabricating evidence against Narendra Modi in 2002 riots, the Congress Party said that the “SIT is dancing to the tune of its political master and will sit wherever it is told to”.
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Gujarat genocide; “Plot to frame Modi hatched at behest of Ahmed Patel,” says SIT
The special investigation team (SIT) probing charges against whistleblowers activist Teesta Setalvad, retired DGP R B Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt told a city sessions court on Friday that the trio were allegedly part of a “larger conspiracy” for “dismissal or destabilisation” by “hook or by crook” of the then state government.
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Jailed whistleblower police officer Sanjiv Bhatt arrested in Gujarat genocide “forgery” case
Jailed whistleblower police officer Sanjiv Bhatt who, as a whistleblower, exposed Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide, was on Tuesday arrested by a Special Investigation Team for allegedly committing forgery and fabricating evidence in a case related to the 2002 genocide.
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Mandatory Gita learning in schools; Gujarat HC refuses to stay, issued notice to State, Union govts
The Gujarat High Court on Monday issued notice to the State and Union governments in a public interest litigation (PIL) petition by Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind challenging a resolution by the State's Department of Education mandating the learning of Bhagavad Gita for students of classes 6 - 12 in the upcoming academic year.
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Flood like situation in Ahmedabad, parts of Gujarat as monsoon intensifies
The India Meteorological Department on July 10th forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy showers during the next five days in south Gujarat's districts of Dang, Navsari and Valsad.
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Supreme Court demonised a widow: Veteran lawyer Kamini Jaiswal on clean chit to Modi in 2002 genocide
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Kamini Jaiswal called the Supreme Court's ruling on Zakia Jafri's appeal as a "wonderful piece of literature" and added that the ruling is "completely illegal, unconstitutional, and violates every tenet of law and fundamental rights.”
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Free, drop charges against Teesta Setalvad: Human Rights Watch
The Indian authorities should immediately release the prominent human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, drop all charges against her, and stop their relentless attacks against her, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
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SC judgement in Zakia Jafri case was deeply disappointing: Congress
The Supreme Court’s judgement dismissing a petition by Zakia Jafri in connection with the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide was deeply disappointing, the Congress said on Tuesday.
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Gujarat: College principal issues notice asking students to join BJP, resigns after backlash
The principal of a college in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar had asked students to enroll themselves in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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“Idea came from Modi himself:” What Hindutva men said about Narendra Modi’s role in Gujarat 2002?
In contrast to the verdict, the former journalist Ashish Khetan’s investigations into the 2002 Gujarat violence as an undercover journalist with a spy camera brings out the complicity of the police and the chief minister at that time, Narendra Modi.
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New SIT to probe RB Sreekumar, Teesta Setalvad, Sanjiv Bhatt for criminal conspiracy
A day after arresting human rights activist Teesta Setalvad and former top police official R.B. Sreekumar for alleged forgery regarding the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide cases, the Gujarat Police on Sunday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe their role in the case.
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