Atiq Ahmed is said to have lost his grip on his criminal empire in his last years, but police say ‘100 gang members are still active' and have been taking his dubious legacy forward.
From being a retired people's haven to a crude-bomb making, gun-slinging mafia hub, West Allahabad's shift was so dramatic that the city’s identity changed.
At three rallies in Saharanpur, Amroha & Shamli, CM declared mafia, criminals were now a thing of past in Uttar Pradesh. He asserted festivity marked the state, not lawlessness.
UP Police have launched manhunt for Guddu Muslim, 'bambaaz' in the Umesh Pal murder case who Atiq Ahmed's brother Ashraf mentioned moments before death.
Police looking into Delhi gangster Jitendra Gogi possibly being source of Turkey-made arms used in killing. Meanwhile, UP govt and Opposition are engaged in a political slugfest.
Total denial of justice, as in the cases of Naroda Gam, the Jaipur bombings & gangsters like Atiq Ahmed, is why faith in the system has fallen so low. It's what fuels vigilante culture.
The rationale given by BJP in defence of such state action is that criminals derail the development of the state and with an atmosphere of terror, it is tough to attract investors, writes Nischai Vats.
Opposition parties must support Yogi Adityanath’s efforts in cleaning UP of criminals and mafias. It is not only in their own interest but also of business and national security.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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