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Surat: Congress candidate’s nomination rejected, others ‘forced’ to withdraw, BJP candidate elected unopposed

BJP’s Mukesh Dalal has been elected unopposed from the Surat Lok Sabha seat on April 22, after nomination papers of the Congress party’s candidate Nilesh Kumbhani were rejecte and all other candidates withdrew their nomination papers.

Electoral politics best way to reach people: Former IPS officer Abdur Rahman on contesting LS polls

Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and Inspector General (State Human Rights Commission) of Maharastha Abdur Rahman will...

Three weeks after Hindu mob attack, Gujarat University asks 7 Afghan students to vacate hostel

Gujarat University has issued official notices to seven students from Afghanistan to vacate the hostel rooms immediately, with five already complying with the orders. The university’s action came in the wake of the recent attack on foreign students by a right-wing Hindu mob while the students were offering Taraweeh prayers on the hostel premises.

Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail in 1996 drug planting case

A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years imprisonment in a 1996 drug planting case.

Gujarat court convicts former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 1996 drug seizure case

A Sessions court at Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Wednesday convicted former IPS officer and whistleblower Sanjiv...

Jignesh Mevani gets bail in case filed by Assam Police

Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani has been granted bail by a court in Assam in a case of alleged assault on a police officer.

Gujarat: Govt removing Muslim properties weeks after Ram Navami violence

The Gujarat government on Tuesday began demolishing properties they allege are encroachments in Himmatnagar city, where anti-Muslim violence had broken out by Hindutva groups during a Ram Navami procession.
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They did it to Rohit Vemula, Chandrasekhar Azad, now they are targeting me: Jignesh Mevani

Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani has been re-arrested by the Assam Police moments after he was granted bail in a case over tweets criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Tweet criticising PM Modi: Assam court grants bail to Jignesh Mevani

An Assam court on Monday granted bail to Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani in a case over a tweet criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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“Vendetta politics by Prime Minister’s Office”: Jignesh Mevani on arrest

Vadgam MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, who was arrested by the Assam Police from Gujarat late on Wednesday, for two of his tweets criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has alleged that his arrest was "vendetta politics and this is by Prime Minister's Office (PMO)."

Jignesh Mevani MLA arrested by Assam Police over tweets on PM Modi

Jignesh Mevani, an Independent MLA from the Vadgam constituency of Gujarat and a vocal Dalit leader, was arrested by the Assam Police in the Banaskantha district late Wednesday under the provisions of IT Act.
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Police watched Hindutva mob’s violence unfold: Muslims in Gujarat’s Himmatnagar

Muslims in Gujarat's Himmatnagar said to Maktoob that the police didn’t take any action against the Hindu mob, the mob was dancing with swords in hands and the police stood like a mute spectator.

Custodial torture of two couples from Denotified Tribe; Gujarat HC orders probe

The Gujarat high court has ordered a probe into the custodial torture of two couples belonging to a Denotified Tribe.
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Video | Sanjiv Bhatt’s daughter Aakashi Bhatt on 20th anniversary of Gujarat genocide

Sanjiv Bhatt's daughter Aakashi Bhatt on 20th anniversary of Gujarat genocide

Called “terrorist,” Muslim man beaten in Gujarat

Mohammad Ataullah, a 35 year old resident of Shera village in Gujarat's Bharuch district, was attacked by a Hindu mob when he was driving back home after work on Tuesday.
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On 20th anniversary of Gujarat genocide, Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt writes:

As we near 20 years of the Gujarat genocide, I cannot help but look back at the years gone by, years dedicated by Sanjiv and a few other brave souls in fighting this totalitarian regime, tooth and nail.

Ahmedabad blasts: All convicts to move Gujarat High Court

Lawyers of 49 convicts, 38 of them sentenced to death and 11 others to life-long imprisonment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, said they will approach the Gujarat High Court against a special court's verdict pronouncing them guilty.
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