Home Minister Amit Shah criticized the opposition in Rajya Sabha, linking the division of the 'Vande Mataram' song to the partition of India. He accused Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru of dividing the song for appeasement politics.
'His belief that he is touched by the Almighty reflects in his performances.'
Union Home Minister Amit Shah rejects the ceasefire offer from Maoists, stating that surrender is the only option. He also addresses Naxalism's ideological roots and progress in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday that another constituent of the separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference, the Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement, has rejected secessionism and declared complete commitment to the unity of the country. This marks the 12th Hurriyat-linked organization to break off from separatism and reaffirm their trust in the Indian Constitution. Shah attributed this trend to the unifying policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which he believes has "tossed" separatism out of Jammu and Kashmir.
Diamond trader and film financier Bharat Shah was arrested today, January 22, by the Mumbai city police after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him by a court in Silvassa.
The sequel to J P Dutta's Border has its fair share of controversy surrounding it.
A Mumbai court on Thursday granted interim bail to diamond merchant and film financier Bharat Shah till July 2 after he surrendered in a case in which he was accused of hurling casteist remarks at a watchman.
A senior Crime Branch official has ruled out the involvement of the underworld in the threats, saying the calls were believed to be the outcome of some property dispute.
The income tax authorities on Thursday conducted raids at seven places in Mumbai, a senior official said.
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar president Sharad Pawar's remarks on Monday virtually declaring new entrant Harshavardhan Patil's candidature for the upcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra has irked a section of party leaders that was eyeing ticket from the Indapur seat.
The film financier is charged under MCOCA and accused of colluding with the underworld.
Here are some instances of celebrities coming in the crosshairs of the underworld with cases of extortion, threats and even a killing.
'Everybody knows who trapped me. I don't even want to name him. If I see them my blood starts boiling,' Bharat Shah in an exclusive interview to Chief Correspondent Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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Financier Bharat Shah and two others, facing the charge of forging links with the underworld, had filed petitions challenging he provisions of MCOCA.
Around Rs 16 crore (Rs 160 million) of concealed income has been found from searches on the seven premises of diamond merchant and film producer Bharat Shah in Mumbai, Income Tax authorities said on Thursday. The searches started on March 13 by a team of about 50 officers. Offices owned by Shah in Mehta Bhavan at Opera house and his apartment in Swapna Lok building in Napean sea road were among the premises that were searched.
The Centre on Monday extended the ban on terrorist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for five years for its involvement in fomenting terrorism and disturbing peace and communal harmony in the country.
Salman denied he had received threats from any quarter to act in a film and also failed to identify accused Abdul Rahim Allah Baksh, sitting in the dock.
At a prayer meet on Monday, film folk paid homage to the lady who personified effervescence in every episode of her long running Doordarshan talk show, Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan, which ran from 1972 to 1993.
He denied telling the police about his offer to acquire the music rights of the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, allegedly made by Chhota Shakeel and two others.
He will appear as a prosecution witness in the alleged nexus between Bollywood and the underworld.
The film director denied receiving extortion threats from underworld dons Abu Salem and Chhota Shakeel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The prosecution alleged that actor was threatened by producer Nasim Rizvi alias Raja Saheb and his assistant Abdul Rahim Allahbaksh to act in their film and was also persuaded by them to speak to Pakistan-based gangster Chhota Shakeel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rediff reader Dr Bharat Shah shared a valuable piece of advice that shaped his life.
Bollywood producers and other star celebs turned out in full force for Producer Jayantilal Gada's son Aksshay's wedding reception.
Given how everything has played out, Mehul Choksi, now 62, achieved all that he wanted but for all the wrong reasons, says Pavan Lall.
'We did not know we would one day dominate nearly 70 per cent of the market.' 'Today, of 100 diamonds available for trade in Antwerp, 93 are cut and polished in India.' A fascinating excerpt from Shantanu Guha Ray's The Diamond Trail: How India Rose To Global Domination.
It's party time for these stars this weekend.
Many Bollywood personalities attend Vora's chautha ceremony.
Dr Bharat Shah, 64 from Harrow, London writes about the greatest lesson he learned from his late father Manubhai Shah.
Ahead of his second round of informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, PM Modi took a refreshing walk along the scenic coast in Mahabalipuram on Saturday. He also took to plogging at a beach on Saturday morning and called on people to "ensure our public places are clean and tidy."
The actor talks upcoming movie Ghost and the incident that nearly destroyed his career.
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