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Bilkis Bano case: 'Convicts released for good behaviour,' Gujarat govt tells Supreme Court
•Gujarat government had granted remission to 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 riots
Shabana Azmi on released convicts in Bilkis Bano case: ‘Are these sanskari men?’
Fp Staff •Shabana Azmi broke down and said, "Ulti aati hai mujhe. Yeh sanskari log hai? And someone from the ruling dispensation is making this remark!"
Bilkis Bano case: Thane-Palghar NCP women's wing protests release of convicts
•The protest was held at Shivaji Square here and participants indulged in sloganeering against the BJP governments at the Centre and Gujarat
Khushbu's remark on Bilkis Bano sparks debate, BJP says it endorses her comment against injustice to women
•Actor Khushbu's tweet against the release of men involved in rape has set off a series of reactions and debate and her party BJP on Thursday maintained that the release of 11 convicts by Gujarat was as per law and there was absolutely no politics involved.
Bilkis Bano case: SC notice to Centre, Gujarat on plea against remission to 11 convicts
Fp Staff •The SC on Thursday issued notice to the Centre and Gujarat government seeking response on a plea challenging the remission to 11 convicts and posted the matter for hearing after two weeks.
How remission of sentences has enabled political murders in Kerala
Abhishek Banerjee •Now that the issue of remitting sentences is in the news, perhaps we can finally talk about how the communists in Kerala have turned it into a method
Bilkis Bano case: SC to consider hearing plea against grant of remission to 11 convicts
•A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal and lawyer Aparna Bhat against the grant of remission and consequent release of the convicts in the case.
Bilkis Bano on release of convicts: Such a big and unjust decision, want back my right to live in peace
•She said nobody enquired about her safety and well-being before taking 'such a big and unjust decision,' and appealed to the Gujarat government to 'undo this harm'.
Bilkis Bano case: Rahul Gandhi says country seeing difference between PM Modi's words, deeds
•Congress leader on Wednesday targeted PM Modi over the release of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case and said the entire country is seeing the difference between his words and deeds.
Forgotten 58: Twenty years of Godhra, and here’s the first list with names and details of those burnt alive inside train
Gopal Goswami •For a carnage that took place in a train in 2002, we still have no details about 58 victims. Here’s, for the first time, the names and whereabouts of 41 people who lost their lives in Godhra. We are attempting to locate the other 17