The Indian envoy said that India was "absolutely" and "decidedly" not involved in the homicide, terming it a "motivated and absurd allegation."
The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday constituted a three-member judicial commission to probe into the killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf.
The federal agency announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh each for Rinda and Landa and Rs 5 lakh each for Parminder Singh Kaira alias "Pattu", Satnam Singh alias "Satbir Singh" alias "Satta" and Yadvinder Singh alias "Yadda".
Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, a close associate of gangster Chhota Shakeel, was extradited to Mumbai from Bangkok on Thursday. Bhullar, a sharp-shooter for the Shakeel gang, is wanted in several cases in Mumbai, including those related to murder and attempt to murder
Police forces of several states were on the look out for him.
The best-case scenario is that the BJP will top out at around 50 seats in UP -- a drop of 12 from the 62 it had won in 2019. Taken in tandem with Maharashtra and Karnataka, this is what is likely to put paid to the BJP's ambitions of a third term for Modi, argues Prem Panicker.
The Mahagathbandhan's seat-sharing announcement comes a day after the filing of nomination papers for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls was over.
In his new Malayalam film Tejabhai & Family.
Four of the injured were referred to Jaipur in a critical condition, police sources said.
Film and telly folk attended the 29th Lions Gold Awards, which honoured extraordinary achievements in film, television, OTT, music and social welfare commitment.
A special screening of Disney+ Hotstar's new series Kaala was held over the weekend, and quite a few film folk trooped in to watch it.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said the department is seriously considering taking action against those behind an over 30-minute interview of gangster Bunty Pandey telecast last week.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives the box office verdict for the week.
The police have initiated the process to bring the student back to India as he has been identified as the sender of the email, the official said on Tuesday.
The MHA, under the leadership of the prime minister and guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will prepare the SOPs for the safety and security of journalists, they said.
Gangster Sukhdev Pehalwan, who had helped former Rajya Sabha member D P Yadav's son Vikas Yadav and nephew Vishal Yadav in abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002 for allegedly being friendly to their sister, was convicted on Wednesday for murder and kidnapping by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge J R Aryan held Pehalwan -- whose trial had been held separately after he jumped bail -- guilty of destroying evidence. His trial was conducted separately.
Pro-Khalistan elements based in Canada have been luring gullible Sikh youth to the North American country by sponsoring their visa with the sole objective of using them to carry out their agenda on Canadian soil, sources said on Wednesday.
'In India, I'm able to work with the biggest stars on creating a scene, creating that emotion, without being too hung up on their persona.'
Ehsan Jaffry was killed by a mob in the Gulbarg Society massacre on February 28, 2002, following the Godhra incident.
A terror operative who was the main shooter in the grenade attack on the Punjab police intelligence headquarters in Mohali last year has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh, an official of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Wednesday.
The DGP clarified that the UP Police has however, not arrested any person from Odisha.
Eleven days after she was shot dead in a Gurugram hotel, the body of ex-model Divya Pahuja was recovered from a canal in Haryana's Fatehabad district on Saturday, police said.
Vikas Dubey, who met with a gory end in an encounter with the UP Special Task Force near Kanpur on Friday, conjured the image of a typical don who dabbled in real-estate, won a district-level election and rubbed shoulders with political figures.
The Bharatiya Janata Party dubbed the arrest as scripted and claimed he was in the safe custody of West Bengal Police.
'Why is it that we are so forgiving of the glaring problems in grand multi-starrers like Dil Dhadakne Do,' asks Sreehari Nair, 'but when a small film with a truly personal vision seeks our approval, we analyse it through a prism of formal perfection?' 'With its Seinfeldian humour, episodic structure and performers who play off each other's energies, Meeruthiya Gangsters goes farther than most Hindi movies.'
Sukanya Verma looks at how the 33 year old has fared in her decade-long career.
Woke Barbie, detective Red Riding Hood and gangsters galore on OTT this week.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
Ahmad was elected to the assembly as an Independent in 1989, 1991, 1993 and on a Samajwadi Party ticket in 1996. He returned to the House in 2002 on an Apna Dal ticket. He was elected as an MP in 2004.
Two Chhota Rajan gangsters, held for their alleged involvement in the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust arms smuggling case, were on Tuesday remanded to police custody till July 26 by a local court.
As the Indian version of The Archies gets ready to hit OTT, Deepa Gahlot picks 10 interesting college-and-youth-oriented shows on OTT.
Bhakshak should create some awareness and maybe raise some compassion towards victims of abuse, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Director Anurag Basu is ill. But that hasn't stopped him from shooting for his next film.
Deepa Gahlot picks a list of 10 essential RGV movies though there are 84 to wade through.
The police arrested six major associates of gangster Chota Shakeel in connection with an extortion racket in Mangalore on Thursday. This city in coastal Karnataka has been a talking point for a long time, and for all the wrong reasons. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
It has also sought a status report from the state government on 183 "police encounters" that have taken place since 2017.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said on Friday that he would first speak with Nawab Malik to understand the former minister's position about his political affiliation before explaining his Nationalist Congress Party group's stand on the matter.
A police official said a large number of policemen be deployed during the last rites of Asad to avoid any untoward incident.
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