Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Western India

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...

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...

“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.
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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.

Muslims burnt alive at Best Bakery during 2002 Gujarat genocide: Two Hindu men acquitted by Mumbai court

A Mumbai sessions court on Tuesday has acquitted two accused Harshad Solanki and Mafat Gohil in the 2nd part of 2002 Best Bakery case of Gujarat.
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“Read Manusmriti,” says Gujarat HC in plea for abortion by minor rape survivor

While hearing a plea seeking termination of over 7-month-old fetus of a minor rape survivor, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday orally observed how it was "normal" in the past for...

Gujarat: After Dalit boy picks up cricket ball, his uncle’s thumb chopped off by caste-Hindus

Seven men from an upper caste Hindu community chopped off the thumb of a 30-year-old Dalit man with a sword at Kakoshi village in Gujarat’s Patan district on Sunday.
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“We understand you don’t want this bench to hear”: Supreme Court to convicts in Bilkis Bano case

The Supreme Court today expressed its displeasure at the attempt by the Bilkis Bano gang rape convicts to avoid the present bench from hearing the case challenging their remission.

Gujarat HC refuses interim protection to Rahul Gandhi in defamation case

The Gujarat High Court Tuesday refused to pass any interim order in favour of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case and said that it will pronounce the final verdict in the matter after the Court reopens post the summer vacation of the Court.
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Whistleblower who exposed several scams of Gujarat BJP govt arrested

Gujarat Police arrested the paper leak scam whistleblower Yuvrajsinh Jadeja for allegedly accepting ₹1 crore from the accused in recently busted dummy candidates in recruitment exams scam.

Naroda Gam massacre: Court acquits former BJP minister Maya Kodnani, 66 other accused

A special court in Ahmedabad designated for speedy trial of 2002 Gujarat genocide on Thursday acquitted all 67 accused, including former BJP MLA Maya Kodnani, ex-Bajrang Dal leader Babu...
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Defamation case: Surat court dismisses Rahul Gandhi’s appeal for stay on conviction

A Surat sessions court dismissed an appeal by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his 2019 "Modi surname" remark.

“Gravity of offence should’ve been considered’: SC questions remission to Bilkis Bano convicts

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Gujarat government to share the reasons behind its decision to prematurely release the eleven Hindutva men who are the convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case.
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