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Bilkis Bano case: Mahua Moitra moves SC against convicts’ release
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra moved the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday challenging the BJP-led Gujarat government’s decision to release the 11 convicts guilty of gang raping Bano and mass murdering…
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Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi over Gujarat ‘drug hauls’
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over multiple drug hauls from Gujarat and asked for how long he would be silent on the matter. His attack…
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Supreme Court to consider Teesta Setalvad’s bail plea on Aug 25
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Gujarat government on the bail plea by activist Teesta Setalvad, after she was arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame high-ranking officials,…
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Politicians who condemned the release of Bilkis Bano’s convicts
The release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case has left the country speechless. Anger seeped through the country when the news of the release hit headlines on Independence Day. Many…
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They’re Brahmins: BJP MLA on Bilkis remission panel defends convicts
CK Raulji, one of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs from Gujarat who was responsible for the release of men who raped Bilkis Bano sided with the convicts on the grounds that…
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Two BJP MLAs in Bilkis Bano remission panel, claims Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took to Twitter criticising the panel members who granted remission to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and mass murder case. He claimed that…
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Chidambaram slams Guj govt on Bilkis Bano case convicts’ remission
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, reacting to a video showing convicts in Bilkis Bano being “welcomed” in Gujarat, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s exhortation to people to respect women…
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With her rapists out of jail, Bilkis Bano’s ordeal is far from over
As India entered her 76th year of independence, so did 11 convicts who stepped out to freedom after completing more than 15 years of jail time. According to a PTI report, these…
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Teesta Setalvad files bail plea, court seeks Gujarat govt’s reply
Ahmedabad: A sessions court here on Wednesday issued a notice to the Gujarat government while hearing regular bail plea filed by activist Teesta Setalvad, who is one of the two persons arrested…
