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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicAbhishek Verma

Topic: Abhishek Verma

10 yrs after going to jail in arms case, ‘Lord of War’ Abhishek Verma resurfaces as Delhi tycoon

Of 7 cases lodged against him, Verma was acquitted in 3 & is facing trial in 4. He claims all cases were 'politically motivated' & is now trying to rebrand himself as a businessman.

16-year-old son of a farmer wins gold for India in shooting at Asian Games

Saurabh Chaudhary hails from a village in Meerut and is now ready to move on to the World Championships.

Top German minister tried to get defence firm off the blacklist, Modi govt didn’t budge

Gun maker Rheinmetall also allegedly paid controversial arms agent Abhishek Verma to get it off the hook, was misled by an undisclosed Indian industrial group.

Indian company linked to ‘arms dealer’ invited to build Maldives airport

Opposition in Male questions antecedents of its promoters, Abhishek Verma and his wife Anca Verma, who are facing criminal charges.

After major blow in trial court, CBI approaches High Court against arms dealer Abhishek Verma

The verdict by a lower court – now being challenged by the CBI – had put all agency cases against Abhishek Verma on a weak wicket as it had struck at the core of prosecution argument. MANU PUBBY

On Camera

Bhajan raves, caste jokes, Kundli-matching—young India is scrolling back to conservatism

These were the battles we thought we’d already fought. The slow recognition that caste is a plague upon Indian society. The hard-won right to choose your own partner.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.