Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola, and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood imagery in celebration, romance, frolic and, sometimes, even menace.
The ICC said it is investigating but also stated that the channel has not cooperated in the matter.
Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against Anees Ibrahim, brother of Pakistan-based mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, and three others in the Gutkha case alleging links with the underworld.
The notice said the duo were wanted in Mumbai for extortion and organised crime.
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The Portugal supreme court told a trial court to resume extradition proceedings of the companion of underworld don Abu Salem to India.
'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha manoos,' says Sukanya Verma.
A special court on Tuesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation time till July 15 to file a report on its probe into the alleged links of gutka barons Jagdish Joshi and Rasiklal Dhariwal with the underworld.
Believed to be underworld don Abu Salem's girlfriend, the former actress had sought asylum in Portugal claiming she would face 'discrimination' by the Indian government as she belonged to a minority community.
The official who wished to remain anonymous refused to comment about reports in a section of the media that India was seeking extradition of Jumani.
Salem admitted that he knew about the modus operandi of the gang with which he had been associated in the past.
The judge also permitted Bedi's counsel to visit her during the CBI custody.
Rajasthan Royals' captain Rahul Dravid will act as a formal prosecution witness in the IPL spot-fixing case. Sources in the Delhi police said a team had been sent to Bangalore to record the former India captain's statement.
The former BCCI secretary said the Mumbai underworld don was introduced to the team as an industrialist.
The little-known Bollywood actress has sought a 'second chance' and pardon.
Gangster turned politician Arun Gawli says his past is behind him.
The alleged underworld don, who had been deported to India in May 2002 from Dubai in a passport related case, has now been acquitted in all the nine cases against him.
Rajasthan Royals left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh appeared before the BCCI's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) chief Ravi Sawani on Saturday and was questioned for close to one and half hours in the ongoing Indian Premier League spot-fixing probe.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has met US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and discussed a range of issues, including the strategic Indo-US partnership and future areas of bilateral security cooperation.
The police have said that investigations into other issues will continue.
Talking to journalists, Bedi expressed fear that she would be tortured if she returned to India.
Her role in the organised crime syndicate of bookies and the underworld is still being examined, police said.
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Rasiklal Dhariwal, owner of Manikchand Gutka, had urged for cancellation of the warrant issued by a lower court.
The step has been taken in view of the Interpol issuing red corner notices to Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal, owner of the Manikchand brand Gutkha, for his alleged underworld links, the Times Group said in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Riyaz Siddiqui and Rajkumar Sharma are wanted in cases of murder, attempt to murder and other offences.
The Portuguese court sentenced Salem to four-and-a-half years of imprisonment and Bedi to two years, highly placed Central Bureau of Investigation sources in Delhi said.
The former Pakistan captain has confirmed the marriage plans between his eldest son and daughter of Dawood Ibrahim
One of the rare Mumbai police officers to find a place in Time magazine for his action against the underworld, Pradip Sharma has gunned down 100 gangsters in a span of nearly 14 years.
Nearly a month since he was compelled to quit after facing a string of allegations, former Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Eknath Khadse has stirred a row, saying the whole country would "shake" if he opened his mouth.
'I will never be involved in any wrong activity because I have seen a day when I had nothing,' says the Mumbai police's 'encounter' specialist Daya Nayak.
Immigration authorities at the international airport in Mumbai detained a woman and her son suspecting them to be the wife and the son of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari, the police said on Tuesday.
