Jameel Aahmed Milansaar

16:06 PM Thirty one of the 32 convicts get a life term -- one convict is absconding. Maya Kodnani will get 10 years under section 307 (attempt to murder) and 18 years under 302 (murder). The sentencing will not be parallel, which means she will finish a 10-year term and then do the 18 year term. Though the court does not explicitly say that "she will be in jail until she dies" as it does in the case of Babu Bajrangi, a life term incarceration for 14 years when lifers become entitled to remission of the rest of the sentence as per Prison Manual provisions. Which is why the sentencing for all the convicts in the Naroda Patiya case is life sentence .  Communal violence cancer to society: Judge: Handing out the judgment, the Special court judge Jyotsana Yagnik said communal violence is like a cancer to society and should be rotted out. Seven out of the 32 convicted get 21 years in jail.  Maya Kodnani gets a 10 year term followed by a 18 year term, a total of 28 yea...

August 29, 2012 23:38 Summit of NAM leaders opens tomorrow: Amidst Western efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear programme, the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement will open in Teheran tomorrow with issues such as Syrian crisis and Palestine statehood set to dominate the agenda. The Summit of the 120-nations grouping will open with Iran assuming the Chair from Egypt for the next three years. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is leading the Indian delegation to the two-day Summit which is being attended by over 30 Heads of State/Governments. 21:33 Kin of Guj riots victims seek exemplary punishment: The families of the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots victims have demanded exemplary punishment to the 32 people, including former Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani, convicted in the case by a special court today. The special court convicted 32 people, including Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, on charges of murder and conspiracy. 97 people belonging to the minority community were k...