Hindustan Times
The recent judgement by the apex court directing the Special Investigation Team, which investigated the Gulbarg massacre to place its report before the designated magistrate, has once again put the spotlight on chief minister Narendra Modi and his alleged involvement in the riots that shook the state in 2002. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 6:17 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Apex Court, Arun jaitley, BJP, Gulbarg massacre, Hindu vote, Hindustan Times, LK Advani, Narendra Modi, news, Nitin Gadkari, Pankaj Vohra, Rajnath Singh, RSS, Sangh Parivar, Special Investigation Team, Supreme Court, Sushma Swaraj, tweet
Former Samajawadi Party leader Amar Singh’s arrest on Tuesday did not come as a surprise for anyone who has been following the developments in the Cash for Vote scam that rocked the 14th Lok Sabha just before the voting on the Indo-US nuclear deal. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 2G scam, Amar Singh, Amitabh Bacchan, Apex Court, BJP, Cash for Vote scam, CWG, Delhi police, Indo-US nuclear deal, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Pankaj Vohra, Samajawadi Party, Tihar jail
The Supreme Court’s advise to the media to show more restraint in covering incidents such as the Arushi Talwar murder case appears to be more of a warning rather than a gag order as several TV channels are portraying. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Filed under Activism, Capital Closeup, Media · Tagged Apex Court, Arushi Talwar, criminal cases, electronic media, freedom of press, Jessica Lal, Manu Sharma, Media, murder case, Priyadarshini Matoo, Ruchika case, Santosh Kumar Singh, SPS Rathore, Supreme Court, TV channels
Two crucial questions regarding the Bhopal Gas leakage case continue to remain unanswered even after the group of ministers deliberated on the subject amidst demands for increased remuneration for the victims and extradition of former Union Carbide Chairman, Warren Anderson. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Filed under Capital Closeup · Tagged affidavits, Apex Court, Attorney General, Bank drafts, Bhopal gas leakage case, Bhopal victims, constitutional crisis, embassy, government, GVG Krishnmurthy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York, President Zail Singh, Rajiv Gandhi, RBI, receipts, Reserve bank of India, settlement, Supreme Court, tort law, Union Carbide, United states, victims, Warren Anderson, welfare
Afzal Guru, the mastermind behind the terrorist attack on Indian Parliament in December, 2001, is again in the news. This time it is because the Delhi government has needless created a controversy about his mercy petition by putting out a rider regarding “the law and order situation” if he is hanged. Read more
Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Afzal Guru, Apex Court, BJP, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Congress, Delhi, england, Home Ministry, Indian Parliament, Lt. Governor, parliament, Sheila Dikshit
