Behind the release of Bilkis Bano’s tormentors As women’s groups and rights’ activists raise their voice against this arbitrary remission, the decision fits neatly into the BJP’s political paradigm The Hindu · Aug 23, 2022
Supreme Court may hear plea against remission in Bilkis Bano case CJI tells counsel to file case records The Hindu · Aug 23, 2022
Amid ex-servicemen agitation, Gujarat hikes compensation for slain army personnel’s kin from ₹1 lakh to ₹1 crore 500 ex-servicemen currently protesting in Gandhinagar for various demands The Hindu · Aug 22, 2022
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia slam BJP in Gujarat Targetting the Gujarat Govt, Arvind Kejriwal said the condition of State-run schools in the State is the testimony of 27 years of “misgovernance” of the ruling BJP The Hindu · Aug 22, 2022
Drug hauls from Gujarat | ‘Ease of doing drug business’, asks Rahul Gandhi in an attack on PM Modi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s attack came days after the Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police busted a mephedrone manufacturing unit in Gujarat and seized drugs worth ₹1,026 crore The Hindu · Aug 22, 2022
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 · Aug 22, 2022
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 · Aug 21, 2022
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 The Hindu · Aug 21, 2022
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 · Aug 21, 2022
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 · Aug 21, 2022
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 · Aug 20, 2022
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. Radio France Internationale · Aug 20, 2022
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 · Aug 19, 2022
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 · Aug 19, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2022 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 Hindu · Aug 18, 2022 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 · Aug 18, 2022 ‘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.
Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2022 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.
Bangkok Post · Aug 18, 2022 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.
WEKU · Aug 18, 2022 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 · Aug 18, 2022 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 · Aug 18, 2022 ‘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 · Aug 17, 2022 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.
The Hindu · Aug 17, 2022 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 · Aug 17, 2022 ‘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.