Ahmedabad
Marriage for girls in Gujarat village notorious for sex trade
An upcoming mass-marriage of young girls is likely to usher in a social revolution in the lives of women of Sarania community in Vadia village of Gujarat, where prostitution is a 'tradition' and a mea
Zakia’s plea to make report public rejected
A local court on Saturday rejected a plea by Zakia Jafri for making public the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the 2002 riots, stating that the SIT had not yet submitted all the related material.
Zakia's plea to make public SIT report on 2002 riots rejected
A local court on Saturday rejected a plea by the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffrey, killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots, for making public the SIT report on the riots.
Metropolitan magistr
Gujarat teachers who branded 5-year-old for bed wetting suspended
Two teachers of a local school were on Saturday suspended for allegedly handing out corporal punishment to a class I student in which one of them branded the five-year-old with tongs for ‘bed wetting’
Modi opposes NCTC, says states not consulted
Accusing the Centre of double speak, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said though the UPA government claimed that security was a 'shared' responsibility of the Centre and states, it did
Ex-Guj Min spoke of Modi complicity in riots: Former HC judge
In fresh problems for Narendra Modi, a member of people's tribunal that visited Gujarat after 2002 riots said former Home Minister Haren Pandya had told them that the Chief Minister allegedly directed
Zakia’s plea for copies of SIT report rejected
A metropolitan court here on Wednesday rejected pleas seeking copies of the special investigation team’s final report regarding Zakia Jafri’s complaint, saying it would decide on this only after all related documents were submitted by the probe agency.
Contempt notice to Gujarat
In fresh trouble for the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued contempt notice to it for not obeying its order to compensate people whose shops were burnt down in the post-Godhra riots.
The notice comes a week after the court indicted the state government for non-restoration of religious places destroyed in the communal frenzy.
HC issues contempt notice to Guj govt in 2002 riots case
The Narendra Modi government was on Wednesday issued a contempt notice by the Gujarat High Court for not complying with its order regarding compensation to victims of the 2002 riots whose shops wer
Guj court rejects pleas seeking copies of SIT final report
A metropolitan court here on Wednesday rejected pleas seeking copies of SIT’s final report regarding Zakia Jafri’s complaint saying it would decide on them only after all related documents are submitt
