Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court gives 11 convicts no extra time for surrender
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to give any extra time to 11 convicts for surrender in the case pertaining to rape of Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Bilkis Bano, the survivor of one of the most horrific crimes during the 2002 communal riots, Monday said it is "truly the New Year" for her after the Supreme Court overturned the Gujarat government's decision to release 11 convicts who rape of Bilkis Bano and murdered seven of her family the 11 men responsible for killing her family and gangraping her will soon be back behind the bars.
'This is politics by other means': S Jaishankar responds to BBC documentary row on PM Modi
New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Tuesday said the timing of the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots is "not accidental" and called it "politics by another means".
Income tax 'survey' at BBC India offices in Delhi, Mumbai ends; statement likely tomorrow
New Delhi/IBNS: The income tax "survey" at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s Delhi and Mumbai offices ended on Thursday night after nearly three days of officials going through digital records, files and scanning laptops.
BBC documentary on Modi: Supreme Court hearing on pleas challenging ban next week
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court will next week hear the pleas challenging the ban on a controversial BBC documentary on India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
'Ban BBC' boards hang on the gate of BBC's office in Delhi
New Delhi: The workers of the Hindu Sena have put up ‘Ban BBC’ boards on the gate of the news organisation BBC’s office in Delhi amid a row over its documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots, media reports said.
Stones thrown at JNU students watching BBC documentary on PM Modi inside campus
New Delhi/IBNS: Even as Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday snapped electricity and internet to stop students' plan to screen a banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, some watching them on laptops were hurled with stones this evening, media reports said.
'Cancel it': JNU tells students planning to screen BBC documentary on PM Modi
New Delhi/IBNS: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Monday asked a group of students to cancel the screening of the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
London/IBNS: In a defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the British Parliament, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak distanced himself from the BBC documentary series, saying he "doesn't agree with the characterization" of his Indian counterpart.
BBC documentary on PM Modi a 'propaganda' to push 'discredited narrative', 'colonial mindset': India
New Delhi/IBNS: India strongly condemned a BBC series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots on Thursday, calling it a "propaganda piece designed to push a discredited narrative" that shouldn't be "dignified" with a response.
Asaduddin Owaisi lashes out at Amit Shah over his 'rioters taught a lesson' remark
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has lashed out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah who on Friday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brought peace in Gujarat teaching a lesson to the rioters post 2002 communal clash that had put the then Modi administration under the scanner.
Supreme Court grants interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad in a case in which she was arrested for forgery and criminal conspiracy pertaining to the 2002 Gujarat riots.
'No reason to deny bail': Supreme Court on Teesta Setalvad case
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Thursday raised serious concerns about the way activist Teesta Setalvad has been kept in custody in Gujarat for more than two months and questioned how the state's high court issued a notice asking for a reply after six weeks.
Provide justice to Bilkis Bano: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday launched a fresh attack at the BJP-led central government after the Gujarat government decision to release 11 people convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case.
Ex-judge UD Salvi who convicted 11 men for raping Biklis Bano questions their release
Mumbai/IBNS: Eleven men who raped 2002 Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Bano and allegedly killed seven members of her family should not have been released, the judge who convicted them 14 years ago has said.