The Gujarat High Court, in its detailed 2,223-page judgment on the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, held that Hindus were the intended targets of the terror conspiracy, upheld the death penalty for 38 convicts as a "rarest of rare" case, and affirmed life imprisonment for 11 others.
The Dhamrai Rath Yatra, a 500-year-old tradition in Bangladesh, once drew subcontinental pilgrims with a colossal 60-foot chariot. Despite its brutal destruction by the Pakistani Army in 1971, the festival endures today as a testament to deep-seated cultural resilience.
A Muslim teacher at a Kutch school was relieved of duty after allegedly throwing away a student's Hanuman Chalisa. While the school considers the matter closed, Hindu organizations demand legal action, citing CCTV footage and allegations of religious remarks.
Shankarsinh Vaghela said that the Sabarmati Express coach in Godhra was set on fire from the inside, not the outside, and the local Muslims did not even know what time the train was due to arrive and who was in which coach.
Historical records, archaeological evidence, and official documents converge to show that the Bharuch Jama Masjid was built using materials from demolished Hindu-Jain temples during the Khilji era.
Gujarat is being deliberately pushed back towards caste-driven politics through a systematic opposition-led ecosystem that has little left to lose and no developmental pitch on which it can compete.