11 years, 3 months ago

India’s Modi: I acted swiftly to halt 2002 riots

NEW DELHI — A Hindu nationalist party’s prime ministerial candidate on Friday rejected criticism that he did not do enough to prevent the killings of nearly 1,000 Muslims during riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. Narendra Modi, the top state elected official, said in his blog that he was shaken to the core by the violence and his government had responded to the violence more swiftly and decisively than had been done in any previous Hindu-Muslim riots in India. “‘Grief’, ‘Sadness’, ‘Misery’, ‘Pain’, ‘Anguish’, ‘Agony’ - mere words could not capture the absolute emptiness one felt on witnessing such inhumanity,” he wrote. India’s Information Minister Manish Tewari, a Congress party leader, said Modi had taken 11 years to get his emotions together “but still not a word of regret.” Political rivals and human rights groups have accused Modi of looking the other way while his state suffered from one of India’s worst outbreaks of religious violence.

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2 weeks ago

Poverty, RSS, Himalayas shaped my life, says PM

Hindustan Times

A childhood shaped by poverty and hardships, the influence of Swami Vivekananda and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and a deep sense of responsibility towards ordinary Indians helped build Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brand of people-centric governance and his approach towards national transformation, the leader said on Sunday. In a podcast with American computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman, Modi also …

2 weeks ago

'Even Smallest Spark Can Ignite Unrest': PM Modi Narrates What Led To 2002 Gujarat Riots

ABP News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke on a range of issues, including his early life, becoming a monk, US President Donald Trump, the path to peace in Ukraine and the 2002 Gujarat riots. Speaking on the 2002 riots in Gujarat, the prime minister said that the Godhra violence was a tragedy of "unimaginable magnitude", adding that people were burnt …

2 weeks ago

PM Modi opens up about 2002 Godhra riots, aftermath in Lex Fridman podcast

Hindustan Times

In a candid conversation with Lex Fridman on his podcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened up about the 2002 Godhra train burning incident and the subsequent riots in Gujarat. “I stepped into the Gujarat Assembly for the first time around February 24th or 25th, and on February 27, the horrific Godhra incident occurred,” he stated, referencing the burning of the …

2 weeks, 1 day ago

PM Modi reflects on 2002 Godhra riots: Misinformation that they were biggest ever

India Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a podcast with Lex Fridman, asserted that there was a concerted effort to create the perception that the 2002 riots were the biggest ever in Gujarat, when that was far from reality. Recalling the Godhra train burning incident that led to the 2002 riots, PM Modi described it as an "extremely volatile" period, which unfolded …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Top events of December 9: PM Modi in Haryana, Dhanlaxmi Crop Science IPO, anti-Sikh riots hearing and more

Live Mint

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is set to visit Bangladesh for a high-level meeting amid bilateral tensions. Meanwhile, a Delhi court will hear witness statements in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case involving Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. PM to Launch Women-Centric Scheme Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Panipat, Haryana, today to inaugurate the Pradhan Mantri Bima Sakhi Yojana, …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Video: Bangladeshi sarees burned in Kolkata to protest against attacks on Hindus

India Today

Bangladesh-made Dhakai Jamdani sarees were set on fire by a group of protesters in West Bengal's Kolkata on Sunday mark their anger against the ongoing atrocities against Hindus in the neighbourning country. Hundreds of people joined the different protest rallies organised by Hindu groups in Kolkata, Kanthi, Kakdwip, Sandeshkhali and Purulia, calling for the immediate release of Hindu leader Chinmoy …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Top News on December 7: Death threat against PM Modi, unrest in Syria and Bangladesh, rift within Maharashtra MVA

Live Mint

The Mumbai Police received death threats against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday while the Samajwadi Party announced that it was quitting the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra. PM Modi threatened The Mumbai Police received a threat message against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday via WhatsApp. Samajwadi Party quits MVA The Samajwadi Party pulled out of the Maha …

4 months ago

Sambhal mosque survey: Opposition blames BJP, police arrests 25 including son of Samajwadi Party MLA

Live Mint

Police have registered a case against Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq, Sohail Iqbal, and arrested 25 individuals following violent clashes between locals, who were protesting a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque, and security forces. Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav accused the state government of staging a "riot," while senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed that …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi often encourages violence against PM Modi: BJP

The Hindu

The BJP on July 14 accused Rahul Gandhi of encouraging violence against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as it targeted the Leader of the Opposition following the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump. These are insincere words, BJP's IT department head Amit Malviya said of Mr. Gandhi's condemnation of the attack on Mr. Trump. How can India ever forget …

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi’s Hindu remarks create furore in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge targets NDA govt in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu

Heated debates ensued in both the houses of the parliament on Tuesday. While the newly appointed Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi led the charge in the Lok Sabha, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge led the charge in the Upper House. Lok Sabha In a rather feisty address on Monday, the newly appointed Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, …

9 months ago

‘Eid means mourning’: Muslims lynched in India after shock election result

Al Jazeera

The attacks expose how the election setback for PM Modi’s Hindu majoritarian party was no win for secularism, say analysts. “They were just thirsty for Muslim blood.” Zaki said that upon inquiring among locals, the family learned that a passer-by had called the police fearing for Fareed’s life. “The woman’s only support is gone now.” Since Fareed’s lifeless body was …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Don’t Allow Pakistani Terrorists In Kashmir…’: Firebrand Dutch Leader Wilders’ Message To India After Reasi Attack

News 18

Geert Wilders, who heads the Netherlands’ right-wing PVV Freedom Party, reacted on Monday to the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday where nine people died – mostly pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh – when terrorists opened fire at them. Don’t allow Pakistani terrorists in the Kashmir Valley killing Hindus.Protect your people India! #AllEyesOnReasi— Geert Wilders June 10, …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi’s juggernaut

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to the national election as too weak and fragmented to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his powerful Hindu nationalist governing party. The election results released Wednesday also marked a revival for the main opposition Congress party and its allies, who defied predictions of …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

India's Hindu nationalist regime is a threat to Muslims — and bad news for the U.S.

Salon

With India’s elections in full swing, the victory of current Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party seems all but assured. While Modi’s decision to call Muslims “infiltrators” in a campaign speech received attention in the West, the full extent of the prime minister's hate speech in the current election is not well known. Last year, …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

At Bihar rally, PM Modi rakes up Godhra train arson to accuse Opposition of appeasement

The Hindu

Raking up the 2002 Godhra train arson, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 4 charged RJD president Lalu Prasad with having tried to “save” those responsible for burning alive more than 60 kar sevaks “during the rule of Sonia madam”. Lok Sabha polls 2024 updates, May 4 “It is because of this appeasement politics that the father of Bihar's 'shehzada' …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi says Lalu Yadav tried saving those who burnt alive kar sevaks during 'Sonia madam rule'

India TV News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Bihar's Darbhanga on Saturday, launched a blistering attack on Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. Recalling the 2002 Godhra train arson incident, PM Modi accused RJD chief of trying to save those who burnt alive kar sevaks during 'Sonia madam rule'. Without directly naming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD …

11 months ago

India Attacks Terrorists on Their Home Turf: Modi

Deccan Chronicle

MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said under the BJP-led government “Aaj Bharat ghar mein ghus ke marta hai ”, unlike the practice during the Congress regime of sending dossiers on terror attacks. Some of our friends in the media used to clap after any such dossier was sent,” Modi said at an election rally in Latur. Targeting NCP …

11 months, 1 week ago

Modi is accused of using hate speech for calling Muslims ‘infiltrators’ at an Indian election rally

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — India’s main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election. At a rally in the state of Rajasthan, Modi said that when the Congress party was in government, “they …

1 year ago

A Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are protesting in India’s capital

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the past decade held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government before national elections. “It looks like harassment because only opposition leaders are being singled out,” said political commentator Neerja Chowdhury, …

1 year, 2 months ago

2020 Delhi riots: Ishrat Jahan, 12 others charged with attempt to murder

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday framed charges of attempt to murder, rioting, unlawful assembly and other related offences against former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan, activist Khalid Saifi and 11 others in a case related to the 2020 North-East Delhi Riots. “HC Yograj, who is the complainant and an eyewitness to accused persons forming part of the armed unlawful …

1 year, 3 months ago

How two protesters caused chaos inside India's parliament and an outcry over the Modi government's approach to dissent

ABC

India's parliament gets hundreds of visitors every day, hoping to watch the so-called largest democracy in the world in action. Key points: Two men wreaked havoc in India's parliament, disrupting a session with sitting members More than 140 opposition members have been suspended from the chamber for protesting the security breach The move comes as PM Narendra Modi's critics accuse …

1 year, 7 months ago

PM Modi Speech Highlights: Government wins no-trust vote, Opposition walks out

India Today

Parliament Highlights No-Confidence Motion News Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to the no-confidence motion moved against his government by Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi over the Manipur violence. For the last two days, Parliament witnessed fiery discussions by leaders from the government and Opposition over the ethnic clashes in Manipur. On Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in his first speech …

1 year, 7 months ago

India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi condemns the Modi government over violence in Manipur

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — India’s top opposition leader unleashed a strong condemnation Wednesday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its failure to control bloodshed in a remote northeastern state that he said has been divided. Gandhi, who was reinstated as a lawmaker three days after the country’s top court halted his criminal defamation conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname, …

1 year, 7 months ago

Rahul Gandhi condemns Indian PM Modi over Manipur violence

Al Jazeera

Opposition leader says Modi ‘killed Mother India’ as he accuses the government of inaction over ethnic violence in northeast state. Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inaction over deadly ethnic conflict in the northeast in his first parliamentary speech since his defamation conviction was suspended. ‘Broken’ Government minister Smriti Irani refuted Gandhi’s allegations, saying the …

1 year, 8 months ago

India’s Parliament rocked by protests for a third day over ethnic violence in remote state

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — India’s Parliament was disrupted for a third day Monday by opposition protests over ethnic clashes in a remote northeastern state in which more than 130 people have been killed since May. Opposition lawmakers carried placards and chanted slogans outside the Parliament building as they demanded a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the violence in Manipur …

1 year, 8 months ago

Belated outrage: The Hindu Editorial on the Manipur violence and the top political response

The Hindu

After two and a half months of widespread and continuing violence in Manipur, which included a conflagration in early May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence, after video images of tribal women being paraded naked in Thoubal district on May 4 once again showed up the heinous nature of the conflict in the State. After outrage expressed by …

1 year, 11 months ago

India court acquits 69 Hindus of murder of 11 Muslims during 2002 riots

ABC

An Indian court has acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. Key points: A total of 86 Hindus were accused of the killings, with 17 dying during the 14-year trial The massacre is one of nine major …

1 year, 11 months ago

2002 Gujarat riots: All accused, including Maya Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi, acquitted in Naroda Gam massacre case

India TV News

2002 Gujarat riots : A special court in Ahmedabad on Thursday acquitted all the accused in the Naroda Gam case in which former Gujarat minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Maya Kodnani and several other right-wing leaders are among the accused involved in the killing of 11 people from the minority community during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. Eleven persons were …

1 year, 11 months ago

Indian opposition lawmakers rally against Modi government

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 100 Indian opposition lawmakers, including members of the …

1 year, 11 months ago

Cases collapse against 27 accused of rape and murder in India’s 2002 religious riots

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An Indian court has acquitted …

2 years ago

Political storm leaves Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad voters dejected: ‘What was the need to attack him like this’

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Naming the fugitive diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, banned Indian …

2 years, 1 month ago

INTERVIEW | Christophe Jaffrelot on 2002 Gujarat riots: ‘The ghosts have never left me’

The Hindu

Published : Feb 03, 2023 16:19 IST Christophe Jaffrelot has written extensively on the 2002 Gujarat riots, considered among the most brutal communal incidents in recent history, in which over 2,000 people were killed. An expert on the RSS-led Sangh Parivar, Jaffrelot’s most recent publication Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy provides deep insights into the …

2 years, 2 months ago

‘Hindus Have Proven Their Might…’: Karnataka VHP Leader’s Controversial Remarks on 2002 Gujarat Riots

News 18

A Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader on Saturday said the 2002 Gujarat riots showed the “courage and ability of Hindus”, and that Hindu youths gave an “appropriate” response to “Muslim jihadists” for the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru. Amid a nationwide uproar over a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Hindutva outfit’s leader Sharan Pumpwell made …

2 years, 2 months ago

Ghosts of Gujarat: India bans the BBC’s Modi film

Al Jazeera

A BBC documentary examining PM Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots causes a media maelstrom in India. The Indian government’s decision to ban a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, which left more than a thousand people dead, has become its own story. Contributors: Maya Mirchandani – Journalist, The Wire Mitali …

2 years, 2 months ago

Musk shrugs off criticism that he has helped India censor BBC’s Modi documentary

The Independent

2 years, 2 months ago

BBC documentary on PM Modi is conspiracy against India: Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai

The Hindu

A BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots that has sparked controversy is a “conspiracy” against India, said Goa Governor P. S. Sreedharan Pillai on January 26. The “character assassination of the Prime Minister” amounts to an onslaught, insult and a malicious act against the country, said the Governor during his address after inspecting a …

2 years, 2 months ago

India uses emergency powers to ban anyone from sharing clips of BBC Modi documentary

The Independent

2 years, 2 months ago

India blocks BBC documentary on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots

Al Jazeera

The documentary critical of PM Modi’s role in the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots draws the ire of the Hindu nationalist government. India has blocked the airing of a BBC documentary that questions Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing any clips via social media is barred. Subject: GUJARAT POGROM ▪️“Violence politically motivated ▪️“Aim …

2 years, 2 months ago

India says BBC film on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots ‘propaganda’

Al Jazeera

The BBC documentary features the findings of a UK inquiry into the 2002 deadly riots, which reveals PM Modi failed to stop the violence. India’s foreign ministry has dismissed as “propaganda” a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questions his leadership during the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots. The report of a United Kingdom inquiry showcased in the documentary …

2 years, 3 months ago

Election analysis and one of the biggest mistakes we make: Understanding Delhi MCD, Gujarat and Himachal results as a culmination of events

Op India

The Elections are over. Secondly, if the issue is about the state not falling in the way of Rahul Gandhi’s nationwide Congress Carnival, resembling a travelling circus of the past, the organisers need to answer why did the Bharat Jodo Yatra not start from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat and also if the Yatra is apolitical, why is it funded by …

2 years, 3 months ago

In AAP’s MCD Win, A Key Takeaway: 'Disillusioned' Muslim Voters

ABP News

The Aam Aadmi Party is patting its back as it has been able to penetrate the fort of the BJP that had been ruling the Delhi civic bodies for 15 years. Muslim areas, which held anti-CAA protests in 2019-20 and those impacted during the 2020 Delhi riots, seem to have rejected the AAP. AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s Okhla assembly constituency …

2 years, 3 months ago

Indian PM Modi's party heading for big win in his home state

The Independent

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party …

2 years, 4 months ago

Hinduphobic Audrey Truschke repeats lie about Gujarat riots

Op India

Hinduphobic professor Audrey Truschke of Rutgers University in the USA, who keeps spreading fake news against Hindus and against India, has done it again. False claim about the belly of a pregnant woman cut open The most worrisome claim is that the bellies of pregnant women were cut during the 2002 Gujarat riots by Hindus. While the incident at the …

2 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat free of curfews, communal riots since 2002: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said that incidents of communal violence were once commonplace in Gujarat because anti-social elements, supported by the Congress, indulged in such activities, but the state is now experiencing a “permanent peace” with the Bharatiya Janata Party in power. Speaking at Mahudha town of Kheda district, he said, “During the Congress rule in Gujarat, …

2 years, 4 months ago

Cong backed perpetrators of violence, BJP established peace, says Shah

Hindustan Times

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said anti-social elements earlier indulged in violence in Gujarat as the Congress supported them, but after the perpetrators were "taught a lesson" in 2002, they stopped such activities and the Bharatiya Janata Party established "permanent peace" in the state. Addressing a rally in Mahudha town of Kheda district in support of BJP candidates …

2 years, 4 months ago

‘Taught a lesson’ in 2002 thereafter permanent peace in Gujarat: Amit Shah slams Congress at election rally

India TV News

2 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat Assembly elections | Victim of its own success, BJP searches for the right campaign tone

The Hindu

Elections in Gujarat are usually boisterous, with political parties at daggers drawn. The BJP campaign this time, too, centres on Mr. Modi, with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel finding little space even on the backdrop. Medha Patkar, who was the face of the campaign against the Narmada dam, which is now a piece of Gujarati pride, the Muslim man who allegedly …

2 years, 7 months ago

'Thought Modi was a crude man but...': When Ghulam Nabi Azad's opinion about PM changed

Firstpost

Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday explained why Prime Minister Narendra Modi became emotional in Parliament during a farewell speech when his Rajya Sabha tenure ended last year. New Delhi: Amid allegations by the Congress that his DNA had been “Modi-fied”, veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday explained why Prime Minister Narendra Modi became emotional in Parliament during a farewell …

2 years, 7 months ago

2002: Godhra riots

The Hindu

Published : Aug 15, 2022 06:00 IST At 7.42 a.m. on February 27, 2002, the Sabarmati Express pulled into the station at Godhra. In October 2001, the old BJP war horse, Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, had been summarily replaced with Narendra Modi. Soon afterwards, Modi asked that the Assembly election scheduled for April 2003 be brought forward to June 2002. …

2 years, 9 months ago

2002 Gujarat riots | Supreme Court notes Sudhir Chaudhary's statement about his purported interview with Narendra Modi

The Hindu

The Supreme Court, while upholding the clean chit given by an SIT to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and 63 others in the 2002 riots cases, has noted the statement of TV anchor Sudhir Chaudhary about his purported interview with Mr. Modi. "Sudhir Chaudhary has stated to have requested Narendra Modi for a short interview after the conference to …

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