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...Monday, the court ruled on a petition filed by Jakia Nasim Ahesan, the widow of Ehsan Jafri, a legislator belonging to the Congress Party who was killed along with 38 people by a mob at his home in Ahmadabad, Gujarat's largest city. Ahesan accused Modi and 62 others of hatching a "well-executed and sinister criminal conspiracy" to effect a "deliberate and intentional failure" of the state government to protect the life and property of its citizens. Says New Delhi-based political analyst Amulya Ganguli: "Modi tried his best to scuttle the investigation - some 2,000 cases were closed...
...Mumbai (formerly Bombay) bombings that killed more than 250 people, and Indian officials have claimed to have evidence that the mastermind of those attacks, Dawood Ibrahim, is living in luxury in Pakistan. Officials have also hinted at suspicions that the recent bombings in Bangalore and Ahmadabad were aided...
...India A New Source of Terror At least 16 coordinated blasts rocked the western city of Ahmadabad on July 26, killing 45 people. Whereas previous attacks had been widely attributed to foreign militants, the Indian Mujahedin claimed responsibility for the bombings--raising the specter of domestic terrorism and highlighting mounting unrest among India's Muslim minority...
...male-dominated cultures, a metamorphosis took place: gradually, she seemed to put the health-care debacle behind her and realize there was other work to be done, if not as co-President, then as First Lady. There were all these women who needed a public voice. One day in Ahmadabad, India, she visited a remarkable economic program for untouchable women who were ragpickers. They sang We Shall Overcome for her in Gujarati, and tears filled her eyes. All us cynics in the press corps went weepy...
...male-dominated cultures, a metamorphosis took place: gradually, she seemed to put the health-care debacle behind her and realize there was other work to be done, if not as co-President, then as First Lady. There were all these women who needed a public voice. One day in Ahmadabad, India, she visited a remarkable economic program for untouchable women who were ragpickers. They sang We Shall Overcome for her in Gujarati, and tears filled her eyes. All us cynics in the press corps went weepy...