"Some persons chased my car near Bayad (in Aravalli district)... then I was picked up by some persons.. after that I was made to sit in a car for the entire night," Hardik told reporters.
'There was the indisputable fact that Savarkar knew Godse, Apte and Karkare well, he had corresponded with them closely, and funded their extremely provocative newspaper, and they looked up to him as their icon.'
The criminal cases pending against arrested IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt show that he has a "criminal behaviour/ways", says the affidavit filed by the state government on Wednesday in the court in Ahmedabad, opposing bail to him.
Today, with growth having slowed and macro-economic challenges in every direction, would the government have benefited from the advice of 'Harvard' economists? asks T N Ninan.
A 27-year-old Indian-origin woman, convicted of arson leading to her husband's death two years ago, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court in the US state of Texas.
Delhi Bar associations' members said litigants are not allowed in due to security reasons.
A trial court in Ahmedabad has convicted six persons while acquitted four others in a post-Godhra riot case in which three persons of the minority community were killed in Viramgam taluka of the district nine years ago.
Take a look at the gorgeous arrivals.
The Election Commission sent a notice to Mangal Prabhat Lodha, the BJP's Mumbai chief. This is probably because a leading newspaper highlighted his utterances on its front page.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid will move to a bigger cricketing role when he takes charge of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore on a two-year contract.
Judge Dinesh Gupta let off the right-wing activist and six others, giving them "benefit of doubt".
Earlier this month, former Supreme Court judge Jain had asked Dravid to respond in writing after receiving a complaint from Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) life member Sanjeev Gupta.
It is going to be a rough and brutal 2020 for India as its government pushes on with its ideological agenda, and the citizens do whatever they can to protect themselves, notes Aakar Patel.
The petition has been filed by Mohammad AKbar Lone and Justice (rtd) Hasnain Masoodi, both Lok Sabha members belonging to the NC.
Eleven convicts in the Godhra train burning case were on Tuesday handed down death sentence while 20 others were given life imprisonment by a special court in the 2002 incident that left 59 karsevaks dead and triggered riots which claimed over 1,200 lives in Gujarat.
The prosecution on Friday sought death penalty for all the 31 convicts in the Godhra train carnage case in a special court in Ahmedabad which reserved till March 1 the pronouncement of quantum of punishment for them.
Congress MP Shantaram Naik on Tuesday gave a notice for breach of privilege against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy in Rajya Sabha.
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
The Gujarat high court on Wednesday granted two months' time to the special court to submit case papers of the 2002 Godhra train burning case, in which 11 persons have received death sentence, while 20 others have been awarded life imprisonment.
The protests were held after police detained Dalit leader and independent MLA Jignesh Mevani, and over 70 others, in Saraspur area of Ahmedabad on Sunday morning when they tried to stage demonstrations over Vanakar's death.
'India has a conviction rate of about 25% for serious crimes. This means that 75% of the time the police probably get the wrong suspect, and this makes murdering them in an encounter more morally problematic for the officers concerned.' says Aakar Patel.
Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt was in the courtroom at the Sabarmati Jail where the judgment in the Godhra train burning case was pronounced on Tuesday. She has also followed and written about the twists and turns in the historic nine-year legal battle. Her impressions and analysis of the verdict.
Two weeks' time given to CBI for filing a fresh status report.
The trial of one of the most controversial legal cases of independent India went on for more than 18 months. Many non-government organisations and accused had objected to the conduct of the trial in Gujarat. Almost, every legal point of the case had been challenged in court.
'I have been a court reporter for many years and have not seen such blatant suppression of those who are fighting for human rights, suppression of freedom of expression, and linking it to terrorism.'
Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, had reacted with an angry outburst saying "innocent people are being called terrorists" when a TADA court in Mumbai had pronounced him guilty on September 12, 2006.
Former BJP president of Bharuch and senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member Shirish Bangali and general secretary of Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha Pragnesh Mistry were shot dead in the district by two unidentified gunmen on November 2 last year.
District Judge G N Patel cleared the accused as there was no sufficient evidence to prove the charges brought against them by Gujarat's Anti-Terrorist squad. The ATS had arrested Nooruddin, Peer Ali, Haarish, Junaid, Zahid Khan of Ahmedabad and Altaf Sheikh, a Vadodara resident, in 2006.
Images from the second Twenty20 International between India and England, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
Trupti Patel, the Indian mother absolved of the charges of killing her three children, has now been cleared of the fourth charge of attempting to murder her eldest child by the Reading Crown Court.
The Gujarat government on Monday granted yet another extension to the Justice Nanavati commission which is probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
'Whether it is a good upgrade or not is something the judges will decide on the technicalities of the process, not substance. 'But they can't do much because of the constitutional fiction they themselves propounded with their "basic structure" formulation. 'That has not been violated because Article 370 was constitutionally temporary,' says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
'If there is a vulnerable family anywhere in the world, it is the Gandhis,' notes Aakar Patel.
Special CBI Judge M B Gosavi while discharging Amin observed that there was no sufficient evidence against him.
'I am not calm. I'm very impulsive. I'm very impatient. If you have these three things, you should not do this show.'
The purchase agreement includes both companies taking on $33.5 million of the suitmaker's debt.
The reasons for the snail's pace at which the commission is proceeding are linked both to the government's indifference to it as well as the indifference of the parties appearing before it.
Kodnani is an accused in the Naroda Gam and Naroda Patiya case. Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaideep Patel, another key accused in the Naroda Gam case behind bars, was also granted bail.
'I do feel I have all the qualities of a film star but then why didn't I make it that big? I blame it on my destiny. I was not there at the right place at the right time.' Karishma Tanna opens up about her regrets.
As many as 37 farmer leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, Yogendra Yadav, Darshan Pal and Gurnam Singh Chaduni, have been named in a first information report in connection with the violence during the tractor parade that left 300 police personnel injured even as two farmer unions on Wednesday withdrew from the agitation against the farm laws.
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