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Gujarat ordered to compensate riot victims made homeless
15 wounded in Kashmir protests over militants' death sentences
Yasin Malik detained, shutdown hits life in Kashmir
Families to move HC in Lajpat Nagar blast case
Interview: Mukul Sinha on violence, politics, and struggle for justice
Governments views sought on easing curbs at Rama temple
High Court orders Gujarat to pay full compensation

Gujarat ordered to compensate riot victims made homeless

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 09:33 AM PDT

By IANS,

Gandhinagar : The Gujarat High Court Friday ordered the state government to compensate and rehabilitate the victims of the 2002 riots as well as other families whose houses were demolished by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in 2009.

A division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi ordered the state government to pay Rs.5,000 to each of the 45 identified families and rehabilitate them by allotting them a plot of land within one week.

15 wounded in Kashmir protests over militants' death sentences

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:35 AM PDT

By IANS,

Srinagar : At least 15 people, including eight policemen, were injured Friday in violence during a strike called by the separatist Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir Valley to protest the death sentences of two Kashmiris for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast.

Violence erupted in parts of Srinagar city early Friday after mobs shouting anti-India slogans took to the streets in several localities even though the entire old city was placed under an undeclared curfew by the administration.

Yasin Malik detained, shutdown hits life in Kashmir

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:17 AM PDT

By Mir Umar, AIP

Srinagar: Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was detained here on Friday as he led a group of people protesting the death penalty awarded to two Kashmiris by a Delhi court for the 1996 Lajpat Nagar blasts. Normal life was also hit due to a separatist shutdown over the issue.

Malik led dozens of his supporters in the uptown Maisuma locality.

"Yasin Malik has been detained by us as he tried to violate Section 144 which is in force in the city," a police officer said.

Families to move HC in Lajpat Nagar blast case

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:09 AM PDT

By Sheikh Imran Bashir, AIP

Srinagar: Family members of two Kashmiris, sentenced to death in the Lajpat Nagar blast case, today said they will challenge the verdict in the Delhi high court.

"We are shattered by the verdict. But we will appeal against the verdict in Delhi high court," a visibly upset Mirza Muzaffar, brother of Mirza Nissar Hussain, told reporters.

Terming the death sentence awarded to his brother and two others as "total injustice", Mirza alleged, "There was no solid witness and evidence. Yet the court convicted my brother and others."

Interview: Mukul Sinha on violence, politics, and struggle for justice

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 08:03 AM PDT

By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net

Mukul Sinha has a PhD in Physics but even before getting his degree he got involved in the rights of the workers in his institute. Years later he completed his law degree and now he works as a lawyer and civil rights activist.

Governments views sought on easing curbs at Rama temple

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 07:57 AM PDT

By IANS,

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday sought the responses of the central and the Uttar Pradesh governments on a plea for easing restrictions on worship at Lord Rama's makeshift temple at Ayodhya, built on the disputed site after the Babri mosque was demolished in 1992.

Hearing a lawsuit by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice A.K. Ganguly and Justice B.S. Chauhan issued notices also to Faizabad district commissioner and others.