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Western India

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...

Denying bail to undertrial with critical health condition amounts to death sentence: Gujarat HC

Denying bail to an undertrial with a critical health condition would amount to a death sentence, the Gujarat High Court said on Monday while granting bail to a 69-year-old murder accused suffering from a rare disease, Bar and Bench reported.

Gujarat: Five arrested for attack on foreign students over Taraweeh prayers

The Gujarat Police has arrested five persons in connection with the mob attack on international Muslim students in Gujarat University...

“We are not safe,” foreign students say after Hindutva group attacks them for praying Taraweeh at hostel

A Hindutva mob attacked Muslim international students studying at Gujarat University, one of the public state universities in...

Muslim girl, 1st rank in 10th grade, denied prize, 2nd rank student awarded on 15 Aug in Gujarat school, sparking social media outrage

A Muslim girl who topped her 10 class in a Gujarat school was not acknowledged at the prize distribution event on Independence Day, where only the second-place winner was named, author and editor Salil Tripati posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Mosque imam arrested in Porbandar for disagreements about saluting national flag, singing anthem

The Gujarat Police on Saturday arrested a mosque imam in Porbandar for an audio clip circulated on social media where he allegedly said disagreements about the saluting of the national flag and the singing of the national anthem.
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They committed 3 gangrapes & murdered 14; Do they deserve leniency? asks Bilkis Bano’s lawyer to Supreme Court

Do the men convicted for gang-raping Bilkis Bano and killing 14 members of her family in front of her eyes deserve the leniency they have been accorded, Bano’s counsel Advocate Shobha Gupta asked the Supreme Court of India on Monday.

Maharashtra: 17 killed in crane accident on Samrudhi Highway near Thane

At least 17 workers were killed and three others injured on Tuesday after a crane collapsed on a bridge slab during the construction of the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s...
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Raigad landslide: Search operation called off; 57 still untraceable, 27 bodies recovered

The National Disaster Response Force on Sunday called off its search-and-rescue operation in Irshalwadi village of Maharashtra's Raigad district hit by a massive landslide. According to officials, 27 bodies have...

Gujarat communal clash: Police accused of arresting Muslims and planting fake narrative

An uneasy calm has prevailed in the Balisana village of Patan District in Gujarat after 10 people, out of which 8 Muslims, were arrested and sent to jail following...
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“Who will police the police?” : Rights group seeks judicial inquiry in Junagadh Dargah violence

Minority Coordination Committee (MCC) along with Lok Adhikar Sangh (LAS) in Gujarat’s Junagadh have moved a Public Interest Litigation in the Gujarat High Court seeking judicial inquiry into the...

Maharashtra: Aurangabad HC stays ban on prayer at Jalgaon’s historic mosque

Aurangabad High Court on Tuesday stayed the ban on prayers at the Erandol Mosque issued by Maharashtra’s Jalgaon District Collector, the lawyer representing the mosque committee told Maktoob. The order...
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“Consider it our first and last mistake as a Hindu…”: Preschool in Gujarat apologises for Eid celebration after VHP protest

A school in Gujarat’s Mehsana district was forced to come up with an apology for celebrating the Muslim festival Eid al Adha on the school premises for allegedly ‘hurting...

Gujarat: School principal suspended after Eid play with students in skullcaps

The principal of a private school in Gujarat's Mundra was suspended on Friday after a purported video of a student's skit on Eid was widely shared on social media...
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“Hindus unnecessarily faced trial due to uproar of pseudo-secular media, org”: Court while acquitting 35 Gujarat genocide accused

A Sessions Court in Gujarat's Halol on Monday acquitted 35 Hindus who are accused in four cases in connection with the Gujarat genocide 2002.

Cyclone Biparjoy leaves 900 Gujarat villages without power, heads to Rajasthan

At least two died and 22 were injured, while electric poles and trees were uprooted as the cyclonic storm Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat on Thursday.
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