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Supreme Court issues notice to Gujarat Govt on activist Teesta Setalvad’s bail plea

Kapil Sibal argued that the FIR, on which Teesta Setalvad had been arrested, was a mere “recitation” of observations made by the SC judgment in the Zakia Jafri case

The Hindu

NZ A Series: Priyank Panchal likely to lead in 'Tests', Ajinkya Rahane to play Duleep Trophy

NEW DELHI: Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal is likely to lead India A in three four-day 'Tests' against New Zealand A, beginning in Bengaluru from September 1.

The Times of India

Lumpy skin disease in cattle spreads to over 8 States and UTs; 7,300 animals dead so far

Lumpy skin disease is a contagious viral disease that affects cattle and causes fever, nodules on the skin and can also lead to death

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Explained | The remission laws that paved the way for release of the Bilkis Bano case convicts

Why did the Gujarat government release all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case? What is the difference between the old policy of 1992 and the present policy of 2014?

The Hindu

Two Cabinet Ministers in Gujarat divested of Revenue and Road & Building portfolios

Rajendra Trivedi stripped off the Revenue portfolio while Purnesh Modi lost Road and Building department

The Hindu

Kejriwal, Sisodia to visit Gujarat on August 22 to 'guarantee' education and health

The CBI carried out searches at 31 places, which included premises related to Manish Sisodia in Delhi as well as some bureaucrats and businessmen, in various cities

The Hindu

Gujarat riot victim 'numb' after rapists freed from prison

India’s Gujarat has set free 11 men convicted of the gang rape of a Muslim woman and the murder of her relatives during the state's 2002 riots.

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The injustice of exceptionalism

It is the exceptionalism in granting the release of 11 individuals that lies at the core of injustice in the Bilkis Bano case

The Hindu

Some convicts in Bilkis Bano case are 'Brahmins with good sanskaar', says Gujarat BJP MLA

"We asked the jailer and learnt that their behaviour was good in the prison...also (some of the convicts) are Brahmins. They have good 'sanskaar' (values)," BJP MLA from Godhra C.K. Raulji said

The Hindu

Muslim woman raped by Hindu mob shocked by release of 11 jailed men

Gujarat frees men serving life sentences for rape, and for murder of three-year-old daughter and other relatives

The Guardian - UK

India will meet same fate as Pakistan if BJP tries to turn country into 'Hindu Rashtra': Gehlot

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said the Gujarat BJP has given "horse trading model" to the country

The Hindu

‘Are you not ashamed of such politics?’ Rahul attacks PM on BJP’s ‘support’ to rape accused

Mr. Gandhi and his Congress party have been attacking the BJP and the prime minister for releasing the rapists in the Bilkis Bano case by granting them remission.

The Hindu

Bilkis Bano condemns release of her convicted rapists in India

‘Give me back my right to live without fear and in peace,’ says Bano after BJP-ruled Gujarat state releases 11 convicts.

Al Jazeera

Indian gang-rape victim 'numb' after attackers freed

NEW DELHI: A Muslim woman who was gang-raped as 14 people were murdered during one of post-independence India’s worst religious riots has said she is “numb” after her attackers were released early from prison.

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Release of men jailed in gang rape stirs protests in India

Dozens of women protested against the release of the men in the capital, New Delhi on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Indian woman condemns release of her convicted rapists

A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India’s devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing the crime, after they were released on suspended sentences

The Hindu

‘As a woman, I feel Bilkis Bano’s pain,’ says TRS leader Kavitha

The TRS MLC wants the Supreme Court to intervene in the case and also the Gujarat government to rescind the release order.

The Times of India

Bilkis case: Women will not feel safe by PM Narendra Modi's empty words on empowerment, says Congress MP Amee Yagnik

AHMEDABAD: Women will not feel safe by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "empty words" on their empowerment, senior Congress leader Amee Yagnik said on Wednesday targetting the Gujarat government over the premature release of 11 life-term convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case.

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Two former Gujarat Congress leaders join BJP ahead of Assembly polls

State BJP chief C.R. Paatil welcomed Naresh Raval and former Raju Parmar into the party by offering them saffron scarves and caps.

Newslaundry

‘Defies logic, based on a ruler's whimsy’: Front pages and editorials on release of Bilkis Bano convicts

Yesterday, 11 convicts walked out of a jail in Godhra. All of them had been handed life sentences in 2008 for gangraping Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat riots and murdering 14 of her family members, including her three-year-old child.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Ghulam Nabi Azad declines offer to head Congress’ J&K campaign committee; SC to examine validity of child gangrape law, and more

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2002 Gujarat riots: SC to hear bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad on August 22

Ms. Setalvad and former DGP R.B. Sreekumar, both arrested in June, are accused of fabricating evidence to frame ‘innocent people’ in the post-Godhra riots cases

The Hindu

Gujarat followed old policy to release convicts in Bilkis Bano case

Present norms bar release of murder, rape convicts

Reuters

Eleven convicted of gang-rape in 2002 Hindu-Muslim riots go free

Eleven Hindu men jailed for life for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 have been freed on remission, officials said on Tuesday, drawing condemnation from the victim's husband, lawyers and politicians.

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1125: Nitish Kumar expands ministry, Gujarat frees Bilkis Bano’s rapists

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kashmir, and the United States.

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