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TopicPradeep Sharma

Topic: Pradeep Sharma

Once a ‘whistleblower’, now convicted for money laundering: Who is ex-IAS Pradeep Sharma

After accusing Modi & Shah in 2013 of using state machinery in 2009 to monitor a woman, Sharma now convicted of siphoning off illegal gains from land allotments below market rates to his family.

Why the police class of 1983 was feared by Mumbai’s underworld

In the late 1980s, there was only one destination of choice for ambitious, young policemen: Mumbai. And 90 cadets from the infamous Nashik 1983 batch was posted there.

After chor-police for 36 years, Mumbai’s ‘Dirty Harry’ set to begin political innings now

Pradeep Sharma, Mumbai Police officer of 1983 batch, will contest against two-time Nalasopara MLA Kshitij Thakur as a Shiv Sena candidate.

At the heart of potato farmer’s Rs 490 ‘gift’ to Modi, a crisis in India’s aloo mandi

Pradeep Sharma, a UP potato farmer, scored a profit of just Rs 490 on 19 tonnes of produce.

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Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Army promotes Col Shrikant Purohit, who was acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General. Armed Forces Tribunal has put his retirement on hold.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.