'The second Sunday after Sholay's release, Amjad and Shehla had taken Shadaab to Juhu beach. They were strolling leisurely when, to Shehla's shock, he suddenly picked up their son, grabbed her hand and pulled her along, urging her to run. They raced towards their car and had just managed to get in and lock the doors when all hell broke loose. Hundreds started banging on the car, shouting, 'Gabbar Singh bahar niklo!''
'While shooting the Don song, Chandra Barot ordered 30-40 paans and insisted Amitabh Bachchan eat them all.'
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will commence day-to-day hearing from August 2 on a batch of petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
In a letter to the Jammu and Kashmir DGP, Abdul Rashid Shora said, "I am under a constant threat of life from my daughter Shehla Rashid Shora who is supported by the elder daughter namely Asma Rashid and my wife namely Zubaida Shora as well as her security guard namely Sakib Ahmad. This threat perception started in 2017 when Shehla jumped all of a sudden into Kashmir politics."
The tweets by Shehla, dated August 18, 2019, had accused the Army of entering houses and "torturing" locals in Kashmir.
In a message to the student leader -- the screenshot of which the student activist put up on Twitter -- Poojary said, "Just shut your mouth or we will shut your mouth forever. Tell Umar Khalid and Jignesh Mewani also. Mafia don Ravi Poojary."
Shehla doesn't and has never shied away from talking the tough talk and walking the tough walk, says Gurmehar Kaur.
'I will give the evidence when the Indian Army constitutes an inquiry. I have given you my statement. Has the army initiated any inquiry?'
Right to Information activist Shehla Masood's father Sultan Masood has refuted claims that she was eliminated because of an alleged 'love triangle' involving her and hinted at a 'larger conspiracy' behind the crime.
Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Dhruv Narayan Singh is among the 18 persons who will be quizzed in connection with the murder of Right to Information activist Shehla Masood, police sources said on Friday.
The Bhopal police is assessing threat perception to Right to Information activist Shehla Masood's father Sultan Masood, the chief prosecution witness in her murder case, who has demanded a security cover.
The trial of RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case started on Friday at the Special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Indore with the examination of first prosecution witness M R Uikey, an assistant sub-inspector of police who was the first to arrive at the murder site. The trial is being presided over by Judge Anupam Srivastav.
Murdered RTI activist Shehla Masood's father on Thursday told a special court in Indore that his daughter had friendship with many persons, including BJP leaders.
A day after recreating the murder scene at slain Madhya Pradesh Right To Information activist Shehla Masood's residence in Koh-E-Fiza locality, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday searched her office premises in MP Nagar area, looking for clues.
The Special CBI court on Friday adjourned the trial in the Shehla Masood murder case till April 10 as the new CBI prosecutor sought time to secure documents on call details in connection with the case from private telecom companies.
Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Tarun Vijay will be questioned in connection with the killing of right to information act activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal on August 16, Madhya Pradesh police said on Thursday.
Picking holes in the Central Bureau of Investigation chargesheet in the Right To Information activist Shehla Masood murder case, prime accused Zahida Pervez on Monday questioned the "clean chit" given to BJP MLA Dhruvnarayan Singh by the agency while seeking call records of the deceased and results of a narco test conducted on Singh.
Considering all the facts, court's additional session judge Pawan Kumar Jain granted interim relief from arrest to her as police have not issued a notice to the accused.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday carried out searches at the residence of interior designer Zahida Parvez, who has been arrested by the agency in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood.
The premises of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Dhruv Narayan Singh were searched on Sunday by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood.
The Central Bureau of Investigation and the Central Forensic Science Laboratory have recreated the crime scene of RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder in Bhopal.
Coming out strongly in support of its Member of Parliament Tarun Vijay, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday warned against any attempt to derive political mileage from RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case in Madhya Pradesh.
Shehla murder bleak reminder of unsolved killings
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Saturday framed charges against all the five accused, including Zahida Parvez, in connection with the Bhopal-based right to information activist Shehla Masood murder case.
Two revision petitions were filed in the district court in Indore on Wednesday against the magistrate's order rejecting the demand that Shehla Masood murder case be transferred to Bhopal for trial.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of Saba Farooqui, one of the five accused in the 2011 murder of right to information activist Shehla Masood at Bhopal.
One of the five accused in the Right To Information activist Shehla Masood murder case, Saba Farooqui, on Friday refused to record her statement before a special court for the second time in one month.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested three persons, including a woman-architect and the alleged contract killer, in connection with the murder of Madhya Pradesh's RTI activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal and claimed to have cracked the case.
Rediff.com is republishing this column (June 7, 2011) which is relevant even today, by Shehla Masood, the Bhopal-based Right to Information activist who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday said that the weapon used in the murder of RTI Activist Shehla Masood has been recovered at the instance of Saqib Ali who is accused of hiring contract killers to murder her.
Names of some influential political personalities have surfaced during the Central Bureau of Investigation probe in the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal, prompting the agency to hand over investigations to its Special Crime Unit in Delhi.
The court had on September 10 directed her to join the investigation conducted by Delhi Police as and when called by the IO.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday registered a case relating to the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood who was shot dead outside her house in Bhopal.
'When you come to Delhi, you see that there are many Kashmirs here -- the Dalits, Muslims, women, bonded labourers.'
A Central Bureau of Investigation team led by DIG Hemant Priyadarshi on Monday visited the residence of slain Madhya Pradesh RTI activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal and recreated the sequence of events that led to her murder.
With the Madhya Pradesh police planning to meet him in connection with the death of Right To Information activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal last month, Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Tarun Vijay on Friday said the activist was a good friend and that he is willing to offer all possible assistance to the investigating agencies.
'I will continue to be an activist and raise my voice against injustice on all fronts that do not require a compromise and I'll continue to put my energies behind the Supreme Court petition seeking the restoration of special status of the state'
The special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Indore on Monday extended the judicial custody of three accused in RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case, including interior designer Zahida Pervez, till April 3.
The Central Bureau of Investigation will file its chargesheet on Friday against the five arrested accused in the murder case of Madhya Pradesh RTI activist Shehla Masood. The chargesheet will be filed in the Special CBI court in Indore against prime accused Zahida Pervez, Saba Farooqui, Shaquib Ali 'Danger', Irfan and Tabish, CBI sources said.
The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday rejected bail applications of Zahida Pervez and Saba Farooqui who are among the five accused in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case.
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