NAGPUR: Civil rights attorney Mukul Sinha strongly criticised the Gujarat government in general and chief minister Narendra Modi especially for fanning rightist sentiments in the state and trying to influence the judiciary. Sinha slammed the Modi-led government in his speech on the second day of the two-day third national conference of Indian Association of People’s [...]
Civic body’s relocation of slum dwellers living along the Sabarmati riverfront has drawn flak from the affected families. As many as 200 families protested against the relocation drive of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) from their present location on riverfront to far off areas in Vatva, Naroda, among other areas with no livelihood options. They protested [...]
Even as the Gujarat government is trying to explore legal options for Chief Minister Narendra Modi summoned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with 2002 riots, legal experts here believe that the CM has very few options. Modi has been summoned on March 21 by the Supreme Court- appointed SIT in connection with [...]
The “encounter” on 26.11.05, of Sohrabuddin Sheikh had exposed all encounters of the period 2002-2006. He was shot and killed at Narol, Ahmedabad alleging that he was a terrorist who had come to kill Narendra Modi. The Police also killed his wife Kauserbi. A letter from Rubabuddin, his brother to the Chief Justice of India [...]
Various trade unions and other social organizations like Jan Sangharsh Manch rallied under the banner of TUCI (trade union centre of India ) to demand for just and proper labor laws to counter onslaught of globalization. Over a thousand workers and other activist had gathered for a meeting at Juna Vadaj where several leaders [...]
You cannot get more thick-skinned than the state education department. Following a PIL, a division Bench of chief justices of Gujarat High Court KS Radhakrishnan and Akhil Kureshi had taken an assurance in 2006 from state deputy director of primary education that the latter would overlook appointment of trained teachers in all primary schools across [...]
A delegation of Jan Sangharsh Manch consisting of Dr.Mukul Sinha, Shri S.H. Iyer and Shri Shamshad Pathan met Shri R.K. Raghavan, Chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Supreme Court and submitted an application for further investigation into the larger conspiracy under section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code to carry out [...]
You cannot get more thick-skinned than the state education department. Following a PIL, a division Bench of chief justices of Gujarat High Court KS Radhakrishnan and Akhil Kureshi had taken an assurance in 2006 from state deputy director of primary education that the latter would overlook appointment of trained teachers in all primary schools across [...]
Even as the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has nearly completed its probe in nine of the most infamous riots cases, a prominent NGO fighting for the cause of the victims has alleged that the agency has not explored the ‘conspiracy theory’ in three cases of Ahmedabad. The NGO has said the three cases [...]
Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), which has been contesting for the justice of riot victims, has filed an application before the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) demanding a thorough probe into the conspiracy aspect of 2002 riots cases. JSM’s lawyer Mukul Sinha told mediapersons on Thursday that SIT has not looked into the conspiracy of [...]
