Bilkis Bano
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Ahead of foot march in support of Bilkis Bano, activist Sandeep detained in Gujarat
Godhra: Police have detained social activist Sandeep Pandey and three others ahead of a foot march planned on Monday to express solidarity with Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven of her…
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Bilkis case convict questions maintainability of plea in SC challenging remission by Guj govt
New Delhi: A convict in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case has questioned the locus standi of the petitioners who have challenged in the Supreme Court the remission given to him and 10 other…
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‘Politically motivated’, Bilkis Bano case convict to SC on plea challenging release of accused
New Delhi: A convict in the Bilkis Bano case has told the Supreme Court that the petition challenging Gujarat government’s remission order is “speculative and politically motivated”. The plea filed by Radheysham…
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EX-LU V-C stands as surety for journalist Siddique Kappan
Lucknow: Prof Roop Rekha Verma, former Vice-Chancellor of the Lucknow University (LU), has volunteered to stand as surety to fulfil the court conditions for Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan following the bail granted…
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Bilkis Bano case witness allegedly receives threats from convict; seeks action
A witness in the Bilkis Bano case has written to the Chief Justice of India UU Lalit stating that he received death threats from one of the convicts and sought suitable legal…
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Bilkis Bano case: Social activists to hold 180-km march to protest release of 11 convicts
Ahmedabad: A group of social activists will take out a ‘padyatra’ (foot march) from Randhikpur in Dahod district of Gujarat to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to protest the release of 11 convicts…
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Bilkis Bano case: File records forming basis of release of 11 accused, SC tells Guj
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Gujarat government two weeks’ time to file response on pleas challenging the release of 11 men convicted for the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano…
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Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear pleas against release of convicts on Sep 9
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday the two pleas challenging the release of 11 convicts in the 2002 case of Bilkis Bano’s gang-rape and murder of her…
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48-hour dharna by TMC against release of convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress women’s wing Tuesday launched a 48-hour dharna in the city in protest against the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case, calling it “shameful…
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Hyderabad: AIMMS protest against release of Bilkis Bano convicts
Hyderabad: After the 11 convicts of Bilkis Bano were released on August 15, All India Mahila Samskruthika Sangham (AIMSS) held a protest against the state’s decision of releasing convicts, on Saturday. AIMSS…
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Political motive behind release of Bilkis Bano convicts: JIH
New Delhi: Islamic organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Saturday alleged political motive behind the release of Bilkis Bano’s convicts. Addressing a press conference, JIH Vice-President Engineer Saleem said: “The role of the…
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Is felicitating Bilkis Bano rapists ‘Hindu culture’?: Shiv Sena
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Sunday questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case and…
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Bilkis Bano case protest in Delhi
New Delhi: People hold placards during a protest against remission of the sentence given to the convicts of Bilkis Bano’s case by Gujarat government, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug.…
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Citizens take to streets across India; demand justice for Bilkis Bano
India stood in solidarity with Bilkis Bano and her family as many across the country were on the streets on Saturday protesting against the Gujarat government’s recent decision to free the 11…
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Bilkis Bano case: Thane-Palghar NCP women’s wing protests release of convicts
Thane: Women activists of the Thane-Palghar unit of the Nationalist Congress Party on Saturday held a protest against the release of 11 convicts by the Gujarat government in the Bilkis Bano case. The…
