Gandhinagar

GANDHINAGAR - A special fast track court here Tuesday convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 in the Godhra train carnage case in which 59 people on board the Sabarmati Express were burnt to death, triggering the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat.

GANDHINAGAR - An NGO providing legal aid to victims of the 2002 riots has requested the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to protect senior police officer Rahul Sharma, a witness who was issued notice for making a compact disc containing call records of officials, politicians and rioters during the communal violence in the state.

GANDHINAGAR - Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rahul Sharma was Saturday issued a show cause notice by the Gujarat government seeking an explanation why departmental action should not be taken against him for misconduct.

GANDHINAGAR - Four people were killed when a truck loaded with cotton overturned near Jasdan in Rajkot district Thursday.

GANDHINAGAR - The CBI Thursday appealed to the Gujarat High Court against a lower court's refusal to allow a voice sample test of two accused policemen in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case.