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Mukul Rohatgi is set to return as India's attorney general from October 1, sources familiar with the development said.

These are times when propaganda and the views of those who rule us is disseminated as news. But occasionally, the Supreme Court does come to the rescue of activists jailed for challenging those in power

Activist Teesta Setalvad today said she was questioned only once in six days after she was arrested in June over allegations of "conspiracy to destabilise the Gujarat government after the 2002 riots".

Teesta Setalvad, an activist who was most active during the 2002 Gujarat riots, was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court.

Gujarat police arrested Setalvad in June on accusations of criminal conspiracy, tutoring witnesses and fabrication of evidence against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in connection with communal riots in the state in 2002

Activist Teesta Setalvad was released from jail this evening a day after she got interim bail from the Supreme Court in a case over an alleged "conspiracy to destabilise the Gujarat government after the 2002 riots".

Modi critic was arrested in June for allegedly coaching witnesses and forging documents in cases relating to the riots.

Teesta Setalvad was arrested by police for allegedly coaching witnesses and forging documents

Teesta Setalvad's arrest on charges of fabricating evidence was widely condemned by global rights groups.

The Court said it has considered the matter only from the standpoint of interim bail and the Gujarat High Court shall decide Teesta Setalvad’s bail plea independently and uninfluenced by this decision