Over the last five days, Modi visited all of south, held roadshows, made an aggressive bid for his party, and took on the rivals with full gusto, especially the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu, and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi in Telangana that was in power for 10 years.
Salem, who was brought to the capital from Bhopal amid tight security arrangements, was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja who framed criminal charges against the extradited gangster.
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The judge also further extended judicial remand of Salem's companion Monica Bedi till January 25.
This is the first time the two accused are appearing together before authorities making a public appearance.
'Even the mafia has certain ethics and follow certain rules, but Abu Salem was so ruthless, so inhuman, there was no ethics at all. He had no basic humanity in him.' India's foremost crime writer S Hussain Zaidi on the dreaded gangster.
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Displaced Palestinian children, who fled their homes amid Israeli strikes take shelter in a tent camp at a United Nations-run centre in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
India has approached Portugal's Supreme Court, challenging its high court order which had terminated the extradition of underworld don Abu Salem for breach of agreement by India, which has slapping charges which may attract death penalty. India, in its appeal before the Portuguese Supreme Court, has said the interpretation of the high court of the trial in various courts of the country was not correct.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on gangster Abu Salem plea for quashing trials against him in various cases after the Portugal court terminated his extradition to India for "violation" of deportation rules by authorities.
A Delhi court on Thursday issued a fresh production warrant against underworld don Abu Salem in a five-year-old extortion case. The magistrate directed jail authorities in Mumbai to produce the gangster on Oct 15.
The special cell of Delhi Police had registered a case of extortion and criminal intimidation against Salem and his alleged associates, Ishtiyaq Ahmed and Chander Prakash, in 2002.
In a reprieve to extradited gangster Abu Salem, a court here has dismissed the plea of Delhi police seeking to invoke harsher penal provision against him and granted him bail in an extortion case lodged in 1998.
As the comparison between 2014 and 2019 shows, the voter turnout is not only lower than in 2019 but also lower than in 2014 in some of the larger states where polling took place.
RBI has declared its aim of making Salem a total banking district by the end of this fiscal.
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The court had earlier issued production warrants at three occasions against Salem but a Mumbai court had stayed his production here on his lawyer's plea on security grounds.
Another accused Riyaz Siddiqui was sentenced for 10 years
Abu Salem and two other accused were convicted in the 1995 murder case of city-based builder Pradeep Jain.
Rai said Salem's lawyers were making efforts to get his name registered in the voter list in Mubarakpur assembly segment.
The communication was sent in a sealed envelope that is likely to be opened on Tuesday
Prison superintendent, who has been charged with torturing the underworld don, reveals the perks and privileges the gangster enjoyed behind bars.
A Delhi court framed charges against underworld don Abu Salem , on Tuesday, for allegedly making extortion calls to three Delhi-based businessmen in 1998. Finding prima-facie evidence against Salem, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kiran Bansal ordered framing of charges under section 384 (extortion) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).
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Extradited gangster Abu Salem gave a wealth of information on underworld activities and even revealed details of incidents that happened 15 years ago during a narco-analysis test in Bangalore Friday.
The matter was pending and would be heard on August 8. Besides, Salem was also required in Ajit Dewani and Pradeep Jain murder cases which are pending in other courts.
Salem will also have to be produced in the Ajit Dewani murder case.
The dreaded gangster turns out to be a thin, frightened man in a striped T-shirt.
Rejecting India's plea, Portugal's top court has questioned its locus standi in challenging the order cancelling extradition of underworld don Abu Salem to this country.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal of underworld don Abu Salem challenging his conviction and seven-year jail term for possessing fake passport.
The then Deputy Superintendent of Police Crime Branch, J P Pali on Tuesday said in the court that underworld don Abu Salem and others have procured passports from the Bhopal office on the basis of fake documents.
Palestinian children continue to die and be wounded as Israel continues its relentless bombardment of Gaza. Among Gaza's death toll of 16,248 are 7,112 children and 4,885 women.
A TADA court on Tuesday directed the Thane police commissioner to conduct an inquiry after a media report claimed gangster Abu Salem, an accused in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, had married on a train while being escorted by police to Lucknow for a court hearing.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said that attack on 1993 serial blasts accused Abu Salem in a Navi Mumbai jail last month could have a negative bearing on the extradition of wanted criminals from at least 50 countries.
Many hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and Palestinians in Israeli prisons were released during the hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel during the temporary truce that ended on Wednesday night.
The IDF attacks Hamas strongholds as more and more Palestinian civilians die in Israeli strikes.
Salem had challenged the separation of his trial from other accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
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