The former Pakistan captain has confirmed the marriage plans between his eldest son and daughter of Dawood Ibrahim
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday denied comparing Swami Vivekananda with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and expressed "sincere regret" over the hurt to public sentiment caused by his remarks.
Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is still allegedly laundering blood money through the Bank of Baroda's branch in the tax havens in Nassau, Bahamas.
Security experts tell Vicky Nanjappa that the fact that Dawood may spill out his links with prominent politicians, businessmen and film personalities if he is nabbed can be the reason behind the lackluster attitude.
The former BCCI secretary said the Mumbai underworld don was introduced to the team as an industrialist.
Days after two assailants murdered Iqbal Kaskar's driver-cum-bodyguard Arif Sayyed Abu Bakr at Pakmodia street, a heartland of underworld don Dawood Ibrahami various theories continue to do the rounds. Rediff.com's N Ganesh brings you a blow-by-blow account of the shootout.
Notwithstanding Pakistan's denials, India on Thursday said underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the main accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, resides in Karachi where he spends most of his time. A day after the government released a list of 50 fugitives who are in Pakistan, Home Minister P Chidambaram said India will maintain pressure on it to bring all perpetrators of 2008 Mumbai attacks to justice and build international opinion in this regard.
Iqbal Mirchi, a right-hand man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and one of the accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, has been released on bail by a London court.
Chhota Rajan, one of India's most wanted gangster, has been arrested in the tourist town of Bali, Indonesia on a Red Corner Notice issued by Interpol after eluding law enforcement agencies for over two decades.
The Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari said that the intelligence quotient level of Swami Vivekananda and Dawood Ibrahim was almost the same, but the spiritual leader had used it for nation building while the underworld don for pursuing crime.
A petition by fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Ibrahim Parker challenging Government's refusal to issue her a fresh passport was on Tuesday dismissed by the Delhi High Court.
"In 1948, Indian armed forces were in a decisive position to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir but then PM Jawaharlal Nehru declared unilateral ceasefire," Amit Shah said. In 1971, Shah said, 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered and India had 15,000 sq km Pakistan territory under control, but still PoK was not taken back. During the 1962 war with China, then PM Nehru bade goodbye to Assam in a speech on Akashvani, he said.
Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who was named by the Supreme Court as one of the main conspirators in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was moved back into his pad in Lahore a few days before the verdict, sources in the intelligence agencies tell Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
"Aftab Alam alias Vicky and one Abhit are hiding in Dubai and were also involved in the sensational Raj Aggrawal kidnapping case," said the officer.
Asserting that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is living in Karachi, India on Monday said Pakistan must own up to terrorists and fugitives like him and others who are in their soil.
A sharpshooter of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was on Wednesday shot dead in an encounter with the police while he was trying to escape from their custody in Lucknow.
India on Wednesday welcomed the United States move to designate underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's two top aides Chhota Shakeel and Tiger Memon as key drug traffickers, saying it was a reaffirmation of India's stand and asked "those countries" "harbouring" them to bring them to justice.
Haseena has an extortion case filed against her and others by estate agent Vinod Avlani.
Memon Iqbal Mohammed alias Iqbal Mirchi also known as Iqbal Merchant, a key aide of underworld don and proclaimed terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, has been detained by authorities in London, sources in the Mumbai Crime Branch have confirmed.
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Tuesday told Supreme Court that he had attended a dinner hosted by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai before the 1993 blasts in Mumbai but denied any relationship with him.
A special court in Mumbai has ordered the transfer of 14 properties belonging to Tiger Memon, an alleged mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, and his family to the central government. The properties, which were in the possession of the Bombay High Court's receiver since 1994, were forfeited under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act (SAFEM) after proceedings initiated against Memon in 1993 based on a detention order issued by the Maharashtra government. The properties include a flat in Bandra, an office in Mahim, a plot in Santacruz, and several other properties across Mumbai.
Ajmal Amin, the only terrorist arrested during the operation, told interrogators that the dozen ultras who sailed from Karachi had come to Sassoon Dock from where they were taken first to Cuff Parade and later to the Gateway of India in boats arranged by a frontman of Dawood, who runs several custom clearing houses in Mumbai, sources claimed
The complex stands on a plot of land owned by Central Public Works Department and was illegally built in connivance with municipal officials, according to police.
Shahadat-e-Al-Hikma claimed it has 10,000 commandos and 25,000 fighters working to bring an Islamic revolution.
In an interview with CNN-IBN, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik claims that India's most wanted man, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, is not hiding in Pakistan
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The note stated that Shahabuddin obtained many AK-47 assault rifles from Kashmir militants in 1996, some of which he kept for personal use and sold the rest to a criminal-turned-MLA of Uttar Pradesh and criminals of Bihar.
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner M N Singh on Tuesday expressed disappointment at the Home Ministry's "embarrassing" stand on the whereabouts of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and said the response was a "big mistake" on part of the government.
The official said that intelligence reports indicated that Dawood had reportedly invested crores of rupees to construct a mall in Clifton area of Karachi, one of the elite areas of the port town.
Although Jethmalani refrained from making any direct comment upon police's refusal, he felt that they should have given an opportunity for the underworld don to face the trial.
Assistant Commissioner Kiran Acharekar has been arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim are not in Pakistan, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said today.
Khalil Ahmed, an alleged aide of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, has been granted bail by a Delhi court in a 2009 case of his alleged bid to extort money from a businessman. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav granted bail to Khalil, considering that substantial evidence against him has already been recorded. The court released him on bail on a personal bond of Rs 25,000.
Khalil Ahmed, an alleged aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was on Monday refused bail by a Delhi court in a 2009 case of alleged attempt to extort money from a businessman in New Delhi.
When asked about India's demand for extradition of Dawood Ibrahim, who New Delhi says is based in Pakistan, Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani initially refused to comment saying he had 'not studied' the matter or been briefed on it. On being pressed and asked if his government would extradite Ibrahim if the Indian government made a good case, Gilani said, that he had kept an open mind, and that the onus was on India to provide 'authentic proof' in this regard.
A group of Al Qaeda terrorists trained in Pakistani camps and assisted by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim are planning to storm Germany's Parliament in a Mumbai-style attack, a media report has said, prompting authorities in Berlin to step up security of the building.
It is not immediately clear who the five are, but it could include Dawood's brother Noora.
All of them are wanted in connection with various cases registered in the city for crimes ranging from extortion to murder.
Pakistan today rejected India's demand to hand over three terrorists and criminals, including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, saying that action would be taken against individuals found involved in terrorist activities under Pakistani law.
India has been asking Pakistan to hand over 42 fugitives including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, but Islamabad has refused to cooperate, Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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