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TopicAtiq Ahmed killing

Topic: Atiq Ahmed killing

Former UP DGP recalls Atiq Ahmed’s ‘reign of terror’ — ‘massive minority support, political patronage’

Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed was gunned down in Prayagraj Saturday. Former senior UP cops told ThePrint how 'witnesses turning hostile' made it difficult to pin him in the past.

‘Dreaded gangster, now a nobody’: Subdued burial for Atiq, Ashraf at family graveyard in Prayagraj

Atiq Ahmed’s minor sons attended burial at Kasari Masari graveyard in Prayagraj but his wife Shaista Parveen, wanted in Umesh Pal murder case, did not show up.

‘Murderer at 17, brutal mafioso’ with stint in Parliament: Atiq Ahmed, a story of crime & heartland politics 

Atiq Ahmed, the gangster who faced a laundry list of criminal cases, was shot dead Saturday, while in police custody. He had seen it coming, and was open about his fear.

Atiq-Ashraf assailants: History-sheeter, self-styled ‘Bajrang Dal’ activist & 18-yr-old with no rap sheet

Assailants in Atiq Ahmed & Ashraf incident, Sunny Singh has 14 prior cases against him, Lavlesh Tiwari claims to be Bajrang Dal member & Arun Maurya is the son of a golgappa seller.

Who is Guddu Muslim, ‘bomb specialist’ Atiq’s brother mentioned moments before being shot dead

One of the accused in Umesh Pal murder case & close aide of Atiq Ahmed, Guddu Muslim is absconding and is believed to be hiding with Atiq's wife, Shaista Parveen.

Assailants wanted to ‘make name in UP by wiping out Atiq-Ashraf gang’, says FIR

FIR says assailants told interrogators they couldn't escape owing to their failure to assess police presence outside hospital in Prayagraj where they shot Atiq Ahmed & Ashraf.

‘State machinery will take care,’ SC had assured Atiq — how gangster repeatedly turned to courts for protection

Citing UP CM's remarks that he would demolish the mafia, Atiq Ahmed had told SC that he believed he 'may be killed in a fake encounter on one pretext or the other by UP Police'.

Silence envelopes Chakia colony in Prayagraj ahead of Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf’s burial

Locals in Prayagraj are divided over how they feel about Atiq Ahmed & brother Ashraf’s killing. Some say Atiq was a ‘product of govt’, others say his ‘bad karma’ caught up to him.

‘Unemployed, tried to kill Atiq & brother before’ — what we know so far about assailants

Prayagraj: Hours after the killing of mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, the family of one of the accused,...

Atiq & Ashraf’s shooters used ‘Turkish-made pistols, may have been hired by powerful gang’

The three assailants were 'small time criminals' & checked into lodge in Prayagraj 48 hours before attacking Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, ThePrint has learnt.

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.