Gujarat

Millions vote in test for India’s Hindu hardliner

13 Dec 2012

Millions voted on Thursday in India’s Gujarat state where Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is seeking a big win to spur his prime ministerial ambitions, 10 years after religious riots on his watch...

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India’s Modi faces vote as he eyes national leadership role

11 Dec 2012

One of India’s most divisive politicians, Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, faces elections this week that are expected to secure him a platform to become a future national leader.

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Britain ends boycott of Gujarat leader Narendra Modi over 2002 riots

23 Oct 2012

Britain held talks yesterday with Indian regional leader Narendra Modi, ending a 10-year boycott over deadly religious riots in Gujarat that left more than 2,000 dead, including three Britons.

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Goddess who's a bloke was jobless in Big Smoke

12 Apr 2007

Steven Cooper is proof that reincarnation can take many forms. The unemployed transvestite from Tooting in south London is now relishing his new life - being worshipped as the goddess of Indian...

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Night courts take bite out of backlog

7 Mar 2007

Evening sittings clear up 39,000 cases in 3 months

Special 'night' courts have been set up in the western state of Gujarat to help clear some of the more than 20 million cases...

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Where wounds refuse to heal

25 Feb 2007

The slight young woman pulls a dust-covered suitcase from under her bed and rummages through it. She smiles briefly as she takes a photograph out of the clear plastic cover that has protected it...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Film ban hampers search for son

Roopa and Dara Modi are devastated that an acclaimed film about their son's disappearance in the Gujarat riots five years ago is being turned away by cinema owners in the state. They had hoped it...

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Fair treatment in Gujarat

Regarding the letter 'Gujarat riot justice' (Sunday Morning Post, March 14), it is a travesty of truth to say that the retaliation was backed by the government.

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The other side of the Gujarat riots

I am disappointed at the bias of 'Finally, justice is a prospect for Gujarat riot victims' (February 29).

A significant part of Hong Kong's Indian community hails from Gujarat and we...

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Hindus cleared over riot deaths

A court in Baroda, India, has acquitted all Hindus charged with burning alive 12 Muslims in a bakery, citing lack of evidence.

It was the first verdict in a case relating to the...

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Hindu kite festival takes its toll on birds in India

A kite-flying festival in western India is posing a grave threat to birds, prompting demands by animal rights campaigners to regulate the popular sport.

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Accused leaders named to contest Indian state poll

Several leaders accused by an independent panel of leading Hindu mobs in violence against Muslims in Gujarat this year have been nominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for next month's...

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