Saurabh Gupta

"India Has Fierce Belief In Freedom": New Zealand Deputy PM On Delhi Violence

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday February 28, 2020

Indians have a "fierce belief in a thing called freedom", New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters told reporters today when asked about the violence in Delhi that has left 42 dead and hundreds injured

Donald Trump Will See A Different India Than Clinton Or Obama: Mukesh Ambani

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Tuesday February 25, 2020

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Monday joined Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella for a chat at the Microsoft Future Decoded CEO Summit where the two business leaders shared their vision for India.

Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray Send "Chadar" To Ajmer Sharif

India News | Written By Saurabh Gupta, Edited By Aman Dwivedi | Monday February 24, 2020

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his minister-son Aaditya Thackeray today sent a 'chadar' to be offered at the Ajmer Sharif dargah on behalf of their party Shiv Sena.

"Discussed CAA With PM, Nobody Needs To Be Afraid": Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday February 21, 2020

The central government has promised that there will not be a nationwide exercise to make people prove their citizenship through a National Register of Citizens or NRC and so there is no need to be concerned about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday following a meeting with Prime Minister N...

Prosecutor In 26/11 Case Clarifies Rakesh Maria's Hindu Terror Comment

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Thursday February 20, 2020

Special Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told reporters that he had spoken to Rakesh Maria and Mr. Maria had clarified to him that he has nowhere said that terrorist group LeT planned to portray 26/11 as Hindu terror.

"Falsehood, Insinuation": Ex-Cop On Rakesh Maria's Sheena Bora Charge

India News | Reported by Sunil Singh, Written by Saurabh Gupta | Wednesday February 19, 2020

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmed Javed has hit back at his predecessor Rakesh Maria, who has made explosive claims in his memoirs on the Sheena Bora murder case, in which Indrani Mukerjea and Peter Mukerjea are facing trial.

Forced Ajmal Kasab To Say "Bharat Mata Ki Jai": Ex-Mumbai Top Cop In Book

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Tuesday February 18, 2020

During the course of the investigation into the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria made Ajmal Kasab -- the only Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist caught alive -- say "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" repeatedly.

Sharad Pawar's Dig At Ahmedabad's Slum-Hiding Wall For Donald Trump Visit

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Wednesday February 19, 2020

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Ahmedabad being made the focal point of US President Donald Trump's visit to India next week, pointing out that he is only the latest in a list of foreign dignitaries to be taken to the Gujarat city over the last five years.

Media Would Have Reported 26/11 As "Hindu Terror": Ex-Mumbai Top Cop

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Wednesday February 19, 2020

26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab would have died as a Bengaluru resident named "Samir Dinesh Chaudhari" with a "red thread tied around his wrist" if the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had succeeded in their plan, former Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria has written in his explosive memoirs

After Eviction Notices For Ahmedabad Slum, Officials Deny Trump Link

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Tuesday February 18, 2020

At least 45 families living in a slum near the newly-built Motera stadium in Ahmedabad have been served eviction notices ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit on February 24. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officials have denied any connection with the high-profile visit, but the slum residents have questioned the timing.

"We'll Convince Sena": Sharad Pawar On Gap Over CAA, Population Register

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday February 18, 2020

The Shiv Sena's support for the contentious citizenship law CAA and the National Population Register NPR was confirmed today as a key point of difference in Maharashtra's ruling coalition. But Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar, who had a crucial role in bringing together the ideologically disparate Sena and the Congress, played it down, sayin...

Ex-Mumbai Cop Rakesh Maria's Sensational Claims On Sheena Bora Case

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Wednesday February 19, 2020

In 2015, when journalists asked the then Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria to give his response on Joint Commissioner Deven Bharti's acquaintance with media baron Peter Mukerjea, he had jokingly said, "leave something for my memoirs".

Coronavirus Fallout: Mumbai Dentist Fights To Get Mother's Body Back

Mumbai News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Tuesday February 18, 2020

Mumbai-based 35-year-old dentist Puneet Mehra is hoping to perform his mother's last rites soon if the Indian authorities can find a solution to the problem.

RoPax Ferries To Make Journeys Shorter For Mumbai Residents

Mumbai News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Saturday February 15, 2020

Alibaug in the hinterland is a five-hour drive from the island city of Mumbai or an hour's trip by ferry service that shuts down during the monsoon due to rough seas. Ten thousand people travel between Mandwa in Raigad district and Mumbai every day, and the number triples during holidays and long weekends. Now, much to the relief of daily commuters...

"Peaceful Protesters Not Traitors, Anti-Nationals": Bombay High Court

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday February 15, 2020

People who are protesting peacefully against one law cannot be called "traitors" or "anti-nationals", the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has said. The high court's order came on a plea by Maharashtra resident Iftekhar Shaikh, who asked the court to allow him and others to sit on a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in ...