2002 Gujarat Riots

	2002 Naroda Gam riot case: SC-appointed SIT to challenge acquittals in Gujarat High Court A court recently acquitted 67 accused, including former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, more than two decades after 11 Muslims were killed during post-Godhra riots in Naroda Gam area. published on : 24th April 2023
	'Naroda Gam massacre verdict is a murder of judiciary', say victims who saw lives being snuffed out The riots broke out in the Naroda Gam area of Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, during a bandh called to protest the Godhra train burning a day before in which 58 passengers were charred to death. published on : 21st April 2023
	House panel may meet over removal of history chapters It was the first meeting of the committee after the controversy broke out over deletions from history textbooks, such as that of an entire chapter on Mughal history, references to caste and inequality published on : 21st April 2023
	NCERT consulted 25 external experts, 16 CBSE teachers for syllabus rationalisation: Govt At the heart of the row is the fact that while the changes made as part of the rationalisation exercise were notified, some of these controversial deletions weren't mentioned in them. published on : 15th April 2023
	NCERT textbook row: Reference to Gujarat riots dropped from class 11 Sociology book NCERT Director Dinesh Saklani, however, claimed that the change was approved during the same exercise and it did not find mention in the official notification due to an "oversight". published on : 5th April 2023
	Custodial death: SC tells Gujarat to reply on ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea Bhatt has filed an appeal in the high court challenging his conviction in the custodial death case of Prabhudas Vaishnani, who was caught by Jamnagar police after a communal riot. published on : 28th March 2023
	SC constitutes new bench to hear Bilkis Bano's plea against remission to convicts, hearing on Mar 27 Bano had moved the apex court on November 30 last year challenging the "premature" release of 11 lifers by the state government, saying it has "shaken the conscience of society". published on : 24th March 2023
	SC to constitute special bench to hear Bilkis Bano's plea against remission to convicts A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala assured Bano, represented through her lawyer Shobha Gupta, that the new bench will be formed. published on : 22nd March 2023
	After Gujarat, MP House resolution against BBC documentary The MP Vidhan Sabha, which resumed its Budget session on Monday, after a 10-day festive break, passed the censure motion against the BBC documentary for allegedly tarnishing PM Modi’s image. published on : 14th March 2023
	BJP to propose resolution against BBC's 2002 riots documentary in Gujarat Assembly The proposed resolution will likely say the BBC documentary was a "low-level attempt" to tarnish India's global image. published on : 8th March 2023
	SC agrees to hear petition against ban on BBC docuseries The pleas that have been also been filed by serial litigant ML Sharma, were mentioned before the bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud. published on : 31st January 2023
	PIL filed in SC challenging Centre's decision to ban BBC documentary He has sought direction to quash the order dated January 21, 2023, of the Ministry of the Information and Broadcasting, terming it as illegal, malafide, arbitrary and unconstitutional. published on : 29th January 2023
	DU forms panel to probe Jan 27 ruckus outside Arts Faculty over BBC documentary screening A commotion erupted at Delhi University on Friday as students attempted to screen the controversial BBC documentary, even as police and the university administration intervened to scuttle the move. published on : 28th January 2023
	SC asks CBI, Gujarat why they want activist Teesta Setalvad, husband back in jail The top court was hearing a batch of pleas filed by Setalvad, Anand, the Gujarat police and the CBI arising out of three FIRs lodged against the couple. published on : 25th January 2023
	Security beefed up at Delhi's Jamia over BBC documentary screening, several students detained The university administration also issued a statement, saying no permission has been sought for the screening of the documentary and it will not be allowed. published on : 25th January 2023
	CPM youth wing says BBC documentary on PM Modi will be shown in Kerala The announcement, on its Facebook page, by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) comes in the wake of the Centre's directions to block multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts with links. published on : 24th January 2023
	UK PM Rishi Sunak defends PM Modi over controversial BBC series Sunak also snubbed Pak-origin Labour Party MP, who asked if he agreed with claims in the BBC show that some UK foreign office diplomats believed that “Modi was responsible” for the 2002 Guj riots. published on : 19th January 2023