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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicDawood Ibrahim

Topic: Dawood Ibrahim

Marble floors, walls like Ram Mandir — Mamata’s Jagannath Dham set to open in April

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Indian govt hasn’t had much luck in killing Dawood Ibrahim—but media is doing much better

When Modi stood on the cusp of being elected PM, he vowed to hunt down Dawood. That hasn’t been delivered on—but media seems determined to proclaim success, regardless.

Radical Sikh Panjwar shot, here are the 19 still on 2002 list of terrorists India asked Pakistan to return

Slain Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) head Paramjit Singh Panjwar also figured in the list handed to Pakistan in 2002. Two unidentified gunmen shot Panjwar in Lahore on 6 May.

Watch Mumbai Mafia if ‘D-Company’, encounters and the ‘terror’ of Bombay still intrigue you

Mumbai Mafia focuses on how a few cops became larger-than-life figures as they tackled the rising terror and Mumbai’s organised crime through encounters.

‘He used our rage against us’—How Dawood Ibrahim destroyed Bombay in 1993 serial blasts

In ‘Bombay After Ayodhya,’ Jitendra Dixit chronicles how the past three decades have been a period of unprecedented flux in Mumbai.

LEDs at Yakub’s grave, Tiger Memon’s ‘influence’ — inside story of Mumbai Bada Kabrastan ‘scandal’

While an ex-trustee alleges Yakub’s cousin encroached burial spaces, another says Tiger Memon donates to Bada Kabrastan. But, a present member claims the trust is open to scrutiny.

NIA detains Chota Shakeel’s associate Salim Qureshi in Mumbai after raids at over 20 places

The central agency conducted raids at multiple locations in Mumbai and Thane linked to associates of Dawood Ibrahim. Qureshi is the husband of gangster Chota Shakeel's sister-in-law.

Shiv Sena claims MP Rana has underworld ties, took loan from financier ‘linked to Dawood gang’

Navneet Rana writes to Delhi Police chief, alleging that Sena MP Sanjay Raut made casteist remarks against her. She & her MLA husband were arrested by Mumbai Police Saturday.

‘If Malik knew Dawood, what were you doing for so long?’ Thackeray asks BJP on ally’s arrest

The Maharashtra CM dared the BJP to jail him after the ED froze assets of his brother-in-law.

ED arrests Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in connection with ‘money laundering case’

The central opposition leader later said he was 'not scared', and that he would 'fight and win'.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.