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Killing 17 Muslims during Gujarat genocide: 22 Hindutva men acquitted for lack of evidence
In a case related to the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide, a court in Halol town in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district on Tuesday acquitted 22 Hindutva men for lack of evidence after they were charged with killing 17 Muslims including two children.
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Gujarat: 22-year-old Muslim youth gets life in prison for “illegal transportation of cows”
A 22-year-old Muslim youth was sentenced to life in prison by sessions court at Vyara in Tapi district in Gujarat for “llegally transporting cow and its progeny for the purpose of slaughter.”
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SC to hear Bilkis Bano’s plea, other petitions against release of 11 convicts
The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will hear Bilkis Bano’s plea along with a batch of other petitions challenging the remission of sentence of 11 Hindutva men who gangraped her and murdered seven members of her family members during the 2002 Muslim genocide in Gujarat.
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Third time in a month; Saket Gokhale arrested by Gujarat Police
The Gujarat Police on Thursday arrested Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale for the third time this month.
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“Dismissed”: Supreme Court on Bilkis Bano’s plea challenging release of rape-murder convicts
Supreme Court of India Saturday dismissed the review petition filed by Gujarat Muslim genocide survivor Bilkis Bano seeking review of the May 2022 judgment which held that Gujarat Government had the jurisdiction to decide the remission applications of 11 gangrape- murder convicts even though the trial was held in Maharashtra.
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Muslim youth spent 17 years in jail for ‘stone-pelting Godra train’ gets bail
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a Muslim youth named Farook, sentenced to life in the Godhra carnage case, considering the fact that his role was of stone-pelting at the train and he spent 17 years in jail.
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Don’t mention again & again, very irritating: SC on submissions seeking urgent listing of Bilkis Bano’s plea
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain submissions seeking early listing of a plea filed by Gujarat Muslim genocide survivor Bilkis Bano challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in her gang rape case.
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Imran Khedawala: Lone Muslim MLA in 182 member Gujarat Assembly
Number of Muslims in 182-member Gujarat Assembly dropped from three to one as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set record win in the Gujarat assembly elections on Thursday.
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Gujarat: BJP leader who called Bilkis Bano’s rapists “good Brahmins” wins poll
Chandrasinh Raulji, the BJP leader who was involved in the decision to release the rapists and murders in Bilkis Bano case and had described them as "Sanskari Brahmins", won Gujarat polls.
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Verdict day in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh: Counting begins
The election results of BJP-ruled Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh will be delivered today as counting begins. Gujarat has 182 seats, the majority mark stands at 92. Himachal Pradesh has 68 seats and 35 seats are needed for a victory.
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TMC’s Saket Gokhale arrested for tweet about Morbi bridge collapse
Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale was arrested on Monday from Rajasthan by the Gujarat Police for a tweet he had posted about the Morbi bridge collapse.
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Gujarat: ABVP members force college principal to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Students affiliated with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of Hindu militant group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Saturday allegedly forced a college principal to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and also made him apologize to students who were rebuked earlier for raising Hindutva war cries during an ongoing class.
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