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.
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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