BJP defends Modi, questions timing of SIT report Ahmedabad, Feb 10: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday questioned the timing of the special investigation team (SIT) on Gujarat riots, even as senior leaders advocated a clean chit for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots.Speaking to reporters in the national capital, party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said the BJP was "concerned about the timing" of the report as it could "instigate some tension" in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh."We are concerned about the timing of releasing the report, specially in the light of Utar Pradesh elections that are on going, raises a lot of questions and we are anxious if it is going to lead to any, god forbid, unwarranted tension," Sitharaman said.
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CWG case: Lawyer doubts fair trial, judge defers hearing New Delhi, Feb 9: A special CBI court hearing a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games today put off the proceedings till an order from the district judge after lawyer for an accused doubted he would get fair trial.
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Court reserves order on dropping charges against Salem New Delhi, Feb 9: The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on a Delhi Police plea seeking withdrawal of charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against don Abu Salem in a 2002 extortion case here.
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Two Chhattisgarh cops killed in Maoist ambush Raipur, Feb 9: Two policemen were killed and two, including an Additional Superintendent of Police, seriously injured when Maoists ambushed a jeep carrying six personnel in Bastar region today, an official said.
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Village headman shot dead in Kashmir Srinagar, Feb 9: Separatist guerrillas shot and killed a sarpanch (village headman) in south Kashmir's Kulgam district today evening, police said.
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