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Gujarat: Dalit Man Killed by Upper Caste In-laws While Attempting to Bring Wife Home
10 Jul 2019
The victim was allegedly thrashed after being pulled out of a van in the presence of a women’s helpline team that had gone to counsel the wife’s family.
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Amit Jethwa Murder: After Decade-long Legal Battle, Family Says Justice Delivered
08 Jul 2019
In the high-profile murder case of the RTI activist, which saw around 105 out of 195 witnesses turning hostile at one time, former Gujarat BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki was convicted on July 6 by a…
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Gujarat: Dalit Man Attacked by His Brother’s Murderer
29 Jun 2019
This is the fourth incident in a month, of a dalit being attacked by upper caste men in Saurashtra region of Gujarat and second incident where kin of accused has attacked family of the victim.
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An Innocent Man is Persecuted, Says Wife of Ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt
21 Jun 2019
The dismissed police officer, who questioned then CM Narendra Modi’s role in the Gujarat riots in 2002, has been given a life term in a 30-year-old custodial death case.
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Dalit Deputy Sarpanch Killed by Upper Caste Men in Botad, Gujarat
20 Jun 2019
This is the third incident in less than a month when a dalit has been killed by men of upper caste in Saurashtra region of Gujarat
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#DroughtDistress: Farmers, Pastoral Communities Suffer in Gujarat
05 Jun 2019
Despite the water level surging in the Sardar Sarovar Dam, farmers are facing a severe water crisis, as the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd. refuses to release water for irrigation and has installed…
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Protest in Ahmedabad Against Clean Chit to CJI, Organisers Detained by Local Police
10 May 2019
Ahmedabad police had also denied permission to an Ahmedabad-based rights organisation which had planned a protest on the issue on another day.
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PepsiCo Withdraws 1 of 3 Cases Against Gujarat Potato Farmers
08 May 2019
The announcement has come after the representatives of the company met with the state government officials in Gandhinagar.
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Una Flogging Victims Protest Outside Government Office, One Falls Sick in Scorching Heat
07 May 2019
In November last year, Vasram Sarvaiya had written a letter addressed to President Ramnath Kovind seeking euthanasia for the family if their demands are not met.
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Elections 2019: In Gujarat, 62.36 per cent turnout as tribals in some districts boycott polls.
24 Apr 2019
Tribals in Narmada, Dang and Tapi districts refused to vote, protesting against the ‘Statue of Unity’ project (in Narmada), demanding basic amenities like proper roads and schools as also in protest…