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...police, the supposed law enforcers, are also tainted. What could turn out to be India's biggest-ever corruption case emerged this month when Bombay's top policeman, Commissioner R.S. Sharma, went on leave after he was accused by a court-appointed investigator of mishandling the case of Abdul Karim Telgi. A small-time businessman, Telgi is suspected of printing and selling counterfeit government documents, called stamp papers, that can be used as legal tender in India. Telgi's stamp-paper revenue?estimates range from $750 million to $7 billion?was a loss to the National Treasury; it allegedly ended...
...many other films to date. Rai's hit movies have succeeded on the strength of their songs and the presence of other bankable stars. She is very beautiful, which is something glossy Indian film magazines have been gushing over for years. Now TIME has joined the chorus. Arun Nair Bombay...
...continued to spread in the region [Oct. 13]. The Bali bomb blasts showed the world that Muslim nations are not immune to terrorism. Asia is a most vulnerable place for terrorist attacks. It is high time that governments act to eradicate this evil from our society. Akshay Mor Bombay...
...LISTED. DAWOOD IBRAHIM, 47, billionaire Bombay crime boss; as a specially designated global terrorist; by the U.S. Treasury Department; in Washington, D.C. The U.S. said Ibrahim has links to al-Qaeda and helped finance attacks by Islamic militants in the western Indian state of Gujarat in revenge for anti-Muslim riots there in February and March...
...country's Hindu-Muslim troubles, an animosity that dates back hundreds of years, are hardly over. A bombing campaign by Islamic extremists is ongoing in Gujarat and Bombay, while the Hindu hard right, including the VHP, is now promising a national protest campaign over Ayodhya. Moreover, Bidwai points out, the VHP's overseas Indian members are big donors to the BJP. So while India may be witnessing a trial separation within the Hindu nationalist camp, no one is yet predicting a divorce...