Like Mumbai gangs in 1990s, today's syndicates terrorise traders, real estate developers & Punjabi music industry. Bishnoi's empire, backed by allies within India and overseas, dominates.
Nilesh Rai, who hailed from Begusarai district in Bihar, had 16 cases registered against him including those of murder, loot, and extortion. There was a Rs 2.25 lakh bounty on him.
Kala Jatheri has 74 cases against him, including murder, attempt to murder. Anuradha Chowdhury, or ‘Madam Minz’, is booked in at least 10 cases, kidnapping & money laundering among them.
JD(U) leader, who has had 46 cases lodged against him between 1991 & 2023, was sentenced to 7 yrs in jail in a 2020 abduction case soon after he declared he'll fight LS polls from Jaunpur.
Victim Sunder Malik was booked in cases of dacoity, attempt to murder etc, spent 14 yrs in jail. Cousin claims Malik told him of threats from 2 men he fought with during sarpanch polls.
Ajay Joon (33), member of the Kala Jathedi and Priyavart gang, has more than 15 cases of murder, attempt to murder, abduction and extortion registered against him in Delhi and Haryana.
Brar, who allegedly runs the Lawrence Bishnoi gang from Canada, hit headlines after singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder in May 2022. He is on Canada’s most-wanted list as well.
Tracking Bishnoi since his escape to Dubai in March 2022, Delhi Police Special Cell successfully traced him in Baku & promptly initiated his extradition thwarting his plan.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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