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Out With Old, In With The New: Lawrence Bishnoi's Mumbai Underworld Power Play
For over a decade, Mumbai enjoyed respite - from gangsters and criminal actors terrorising their daily lives - that once seemed impossible, but now the emergence of Lawrence Bishnoi threatens to shatter that calm.
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Chidiya Udd OTT Release: Jackie Shroff’s Real-Life Inspired Crime Drama Might Stream on This Platform
Jackie Shroff’s Chidiya Udd dives into the gritty life of Mumbai’s red-light district. The series, based on real-life events, explores a young woman's journey of survival and resilience. Directed by Ravi Jadhav and backed by Madhur Bhandarkar, the story captures the harsh realities of crime and survival. Available soon on Amazon MX Player, this...
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Chhota Shakeel Tipped Off Cops About Chhota Rajan's Fake Passport
If you can't beat them, turn them in - perhaps this is what underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's deputy Chhota Shakeel was thinking as he was thwarted in yet another attempt to eliminate rival gangster Chhota Rajan.
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Foreign Media on the New Underworld Threats to SRK, Others
Police say gangs are targeting high-profile stars in order to boost credibility when trying to extort cash from even wealthier people.
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Shilpa Shetty excited about her gangster film Dishkiyaaoon
Actress Shilpa Shetty is quite excited about her upcoming film Dishkiyaaoon, which is set in the backdrop of Mumbai's underworld.
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Ram Gopal Varma: Satya 2 is about a unique kind of underworld
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who explored the Mumbai underworld as a subject for his 1998 crime thriller Satya, says its sequel explores a new kind of underworld which he believes can spring up anytime.
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Imran Khan is a cool guy: Sonakshi Sinha
In Milan Luthria's Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2, Sonakshi Sinha has Akshay Kumar as her co-star besides Imran Khan.
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How Chhota Rajan's words incriminated Jigna Vora
After the Mumbai Crime Branch filed a supplementary chargesheet against Jigna Vora in the J Dey murder case on February 21, MiD DAY has acquired a copy of a crucial transcript of a conversation between underworld don Chhota Rajan and a relative of one of the accused. In the exchange, the don is heard mentioning that Vora would call him up frequentl...
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Uncertainty over Salman Rushdie's video link; complaints against authors who read from 'The Satanic Verses'
After much controversy first over his presence and then his absence at the Jaipur Literature Festival, it's now unclear if the writer will be allowed to participate on the fifth and final day of the event via a video link. Sources in the government and police say that concerns about law and order may be used to pull the plug on the video chat.
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Controversy over who kept Salman Rushdie out of Jaipur Literature Festival
The literary fest in Jaipur is drawing big crowds, but also bigger controversies, courtesy Salman Rushdie. The heated debate over several authors reading from his The Satanic Verses, a book banned in India, is still raging and so is the one on what kept Mr Rushdie away from the festival.
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Jigna Vora befriended Abu Salem during court hearings
Senior journalist Jigna Vora, the eleventh accused in the J Dey murder case, is now in the dock owing to her acquaintance with underworld don Abu Salem. According to investigating officials, Vora had befriended the don during his court hearings. While investigating Vora's nexus with underworld don Chhota Rajan, the cops learnt that she had also de...
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50 disguises helped gangster evade cops
Underworld don Ejaz Lakdawala's gang-member Zakaria Bashir Khan, alias Jiku alias Salim (40), has a wardrobe as varied and diverse as that of an actor. In the course of his many assignments, the gangster has tried out many a disguise, each designed with painstaking care to evade the long arm of the law. The gangster reportedly donned different outf...
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Bookie to real estate tycoon, courtesy Rajan
Vinod Goverhandas Asrani is not new to the underworld or its operations, and neither is he unacquainted with incarceration. It is not surprising, then, that Asrani is a man of many names, with Vinod Bookie, Vinod Chembur and Vinod Sindhi being just a few of his aliases. Being based in Chhota Rajan's bastion of Chembur gave the small-time booki...
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Mumbai's khaki-underworld nexus
Mumbai Police, considered one of the best crime-fighting forces in the world, has had one allegation come up against it every once in a while-- that of a nexus with the underworld. The latest man in khaki to come under the scanner is Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Anil Mahabole, who will be questioned in the murder of senior Mid Day journal...
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3 held for murder of emerging 'gang-star' Khada Wasim
The Haveli police have arrested three people for the murder of 29-year-old Wasim Rafiq Shaikh alias Khada Wasim, who was an aide of dead land-grab mafia don Firoz Bengali. The police suspect Wasim was bumped off by members of Bengali's family because he was trying to fill the space created by the death of his boss.The arrested people were identifie...
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Out With Old, In With The New: Lawrence Bishnoi's Mumbai Underworld Power Play
For over a decade, Mumbai enjoyed respite - from gangsters and criminal actors terrorising their daily lives - that once seemed impossible, but now the emergence of Lawrence Bishnoi threatens to shatter that calm.
-
Chidiya Udd OTT Release: Jackie Shroff’s Real-Life Inspired Crime Drama Might Stream on This Platform
Jackie Shroff’s Chidiya Udd dives into the gritty life of Mumbai’s red-light district. The series, based on real-life events, explores a young woman's journey of survival and resilience. Directed by Ravi Jadhav and backed by Madhur Bhandarkar, the story captures the harsh realities of crime and survival. Available soon on Amazon MX Player, this...
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Chhota Shakeel Tipped Off Cops About Chhota Rajan's Fake Passport
If you can't beat them, turn them in - perhaps this is what underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's deputy Chhota Shakeel was thinking as he was thwarted in yet another attempt to eliminate rival gangster Chhota Rajan.
-
Foreign Media on the New Underworld Threats to SRK, Others
Police say gangs are targeting high-profile stars in order to boost credibility when trying to extort cash from even wealthier people.
-
Shilpa Shetty excited about her gangster film Dishkiyaaoon
Actress Shilpa Shetty is quite excited about her upcoming film Dishkiyaaoon, which is set in the backdrop of Mumbai's underworld.
-
Ram Gopal Varma: Satya 2 is about a unique kind of underworld
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who explored the Mumbai underworld as a subject for his 1998 crime thriller Satya, says its sequel explores a new kind of underworld which he believes can spring up anytime.
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Imran Khan is a cool guy: Sonakshi Sinha
In Milan Luthria's Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2, Sonakshi Sinha has Akshay Kumar as her co-star besides Imran Khan.
-
How Chhota Rajan's words incriminated Jigna Vora
After the Mumbai Crime Branch filed a supplementary chargesheet against Jigna Vora in the J Dey murder case on February 21, MiD DAY has acquired a copy of a crucial transcript of a conversation between underworld don Chhota Rajan and a relative of one of the accused. In the exchange, the don is heard mentioning that Vora would call him up frequentl...
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Uncertainty over Salman Rushdie's video link; complaints against authors who read from 'The Satanic Verses'
After much controversy first over his presence and then his absence at the Jaipur Literature Festival, it's now unclear if the writer will be allowed to participate on the fifth and final day of the event via a video link. Sources in the government and police say that concerns about law and order may be used to pull the plug on the video chat.
-
Controversy over who kept Salman Rushdie out of Jaipur Literature Festival
The literary fest in Jaipur is drawing big crowds, but also bigger controversies, courtesy Salman Rushdie. The heated debate over several authors reading from his The Satanic Verses, a book banned in India, is still raging and so is the one on what kept Mr Rushdie away from the festival.
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Jigna Vora befriended Abu Salem during court hearings
Senior journalist Jigna Vora, the eleventh accused in the J Dey murder case, is now in the dock owing to her acquaintance with underworld don Abu Salem. According to investigating officials, Vora had befriended the don during his court hearings. While investigating Vora's nexus with underworld don Chhota Rajan, the cops learnt that she had also de...
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50 disguises helped gangster evade cops
Underworld don Ejaz Lakdawala's gang-member Zakaria Bashir Khan, alias Jiku alias Salim (40), has a wardrobe as varied and diverse as that of an actor. In the course of his many assignments, the gangster has tried out many a disguise, each designed with painstaking care to evade the long arm of the law. The gangster reportedly donned different outf...
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Bookie to real estate tycoon, courtesy Rajan
Vinod Goverhandas Asrani is not new to the underworld or its operations, and neither is he unacquainted with incarceration. It is not surprising, then, that Asrani is a man of many names, with Vinod Bookie, Vinod Chembur and Vinod Sindhi being just a few of his aliases. Being based in Chhota Rajan's bastion of Chembur gave the small-time booki...
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Mumbai's khaki-underworld nexus
Mumbai Police, considered one of the best crime-fighting forces in the world, has had one allegation come up against it every once in a while-- that of a nexus with the underworld. The latest man in khaki to come under the scanner is Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Anil Mahabole, who will be questioned in the murder of senior Mid Day journal...
-
3 held for murder of emerging 'gang-star' Khada Wasim
The Haveli police have arrested three people for the murder of 29-year-old Wasim Rafiq Shaikh alias Khada Wasim, who was an aide of dead land-grab mafia don Firoz Bengali. The police suspect Wasim was bumped off by members of Bengali's family because he was trying to fill the space created by the death of his boss.The arrested people were identifie...
