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2002 train carnage case still not shifted to Godhra court

Monday 23 March '09

Even as two weeks have gone by since an order was given to transfer the Godhra train carnage case to the Godhra Sessions Court, neither the case has been transferred nor the accused shifted from the Sabarmati Central Jail to the Godhra district jail.
More claimants for seats lead to bickering, delay in declaration of BJP candidates

Monday 16 March '09

Even though the BJP declared its candidate for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat much in advance, the Congress took the lead over the saffron party in declaring its first list of 12 candidates for the polls scheduled for April 30.
New faces on BJP turf: former CM’s grandson, Devang Nanavati join party

Saturday 14 March '09

Even as six-time BJP MP Ratilal Verma has dared to challenge the state party leadership and more particularly the Chief Minister Narendra Modi...
Congress likely to field ex-MLA Rasheedaben from Bharuch

Friday 13 March '09

Even though the Congress is yet to release its list of nominations for remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, reliable party sources say that former legislator Rasheedaben Iqbal Patel will be fielded by the party from Bharuch seat.
Congress searches for candidate to take on Advani in his home turf

Wednesday 11 March '09

The state unit of the Congress party declared the first list of candidates for the April 30 Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat on Monday.
Kodnani case: judge dismisses counsel’s plea on ‘media trial’

Tuesday 10 March '09

Former BJP legislator and senior advocate Yatin Oza has alleged ‘trial by media’ of state Minister for Higher Education Maya Kodnani.....
Kodnani counsel accuses Express of ‘media trial’

Tuesday 10 March '09

Senior advocate and former BJP legislator Yatin Oza has alleged The Indian Express of conducting a ‘media trial’ of state minister Maya Kodnani in the Naroda Patia and Naroda Gam riots cases.
Congress to ride airwaves to serenade its voters

Sunday 8 March '09

The state unit of the Congress party had connected all its district offices with Internet facility during Assembly elections in December 2007.
Navjivan Trust to seek Gandhi’s belongings from Mallya

Saturday 7 March '09

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya is yet to get possession of Gandhi’s belongings that bought in an auction at New York on Thursday.
Navjeevan Trust stakes claim to Bapu’s belongings

Saturday 7 March '09

The Navjivan Trust plans to approach the Union Culture Ministry in a bid to acquire the personal belongings of Mahatma Gandhi....
Five sitting Congress MLAs seek nominations for Lok Sabha polls

Wednesday 4 March '09

Five sitting Congress MLAs are reported to have approached the party and sought nominations for the Lok Sabha elections, to be held on April 30 in the state.
After 7 yrs of darkness, SIT ray of hope for Jafri’s widow

Sunday 1 March '09

Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain former Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ehsan Jafri, has expressed surprise that the police have failed to apprehend and nab the culprits involved in the 2002 riots even after seven years.
Gulbarg Society beyond recognition seven years after carnage

Saturday 28 February '09

Everything has changed beyond recognition in Gulbarg Society, a cluster of bungalows amid poor middle class habitations in the eastern part of the city, which was once famous for its textile mills.
CAG indicts govt for its failure to exercise control over SEWA

Saturday 28 February '09

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has indicted the state government for its failure to exercise control over the Self Employed Women’s Association...
SEBI cracks down on Islamic broking firm for fraud

Thursday 26 February '09

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has cracked down on an Islamic stockbroking firm in the city, Parsoli Corporation, for alleged fraud.
Nanavati panel yet to summon any politician for questioning

Thursday 19 February '09

The Nanavati panel, unlike the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), has so far stayed away from summoning any politician. It was set up in 2002 to probe the causes of the post-Godhra riots as well as politicians’ role in them.
Visit of King’s son puts spotlight on Mahatma’s legacy

Wednesday 18 February '09

The forthcoming visit to Sabarmati Ashram by Martin Luther King’s son and 21 other members of a US Congressional delegation on February 20 has created great interest in the city.
Nanavati panel’s future bleak after HC rap

Monday 16 February '09

With the Gujarat High Court knocking off the very foundation of the Nanavati commission by ruling that POTA did not apply to the Godhra accused, questions are being raised about its future.
Godhra carnage: High Court sets aside ‘conspiracy theory’

Friday 13 February '09

With the Gujarat High Court upholding the recommendations of the Central POTA Review Committee that there was no evidence to prove ‘conspiracy’ behind the Sabaramati Express carnage...
Guj go-ahead for SIT to challenge minister's bail

Thursday 12 February '09

Gujarat Govt has finally given permission to Special Investigation Team to challenge anticipatory bail granted to Maya Kodnani.
SIT gets govt nod to challenge Kodnani’s bail in High Court

Thursday 12 February '09

The Gujarat government has finally given permission to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to challenge the anticipatory bail granted to BJP minister Maya Kodnani by a local court.
AICC prepares political profile of all 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat

Tuesday 10 February '09

The All India Congress Committee has deployed 26 teams of observers to prepare political profile of each of the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, ahead of the elections.
‘Chance meeting’ between Himmatsinh and Rupala raises eyebrows in Congress

Sunday 8 February '09

Former city mayor and Congress leader Himmatsinh Patel has landed himself in a fresh controversy; this time for visiting state BJP president Purushottam Rupala at the party headquarters in Khanpur.
Congress ill-equipped to take on Modi in Parliamentary elections

Saturday 7 February '09

Is the Congress party in Gujarat really equipped to face the next general elections to be held any time in April and May this year...
Wankaner taluka Cong leaders resign in protest against Mumtaz Sherasiya’s appointment as general secretary

Thursday 5 February '09

All the local Congress leaders of Wankaner taluka have resigned in protest against the appointment of Mumtaz Ahmed Sherasiya as one of the general secretaries during the recent restructuring of the party units in the state.
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