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Real Life Story of Rupinder Gandhi

Gandhi from village Rasoolra of Khanna in district Ludhiana, unlike the man he was named after, became synonymous with violence. Maninder Aujla with the pic of his brother Rupinder Gandhi near the posters of Gandhi film pasted in his house at village Rasoolra in Khanna. (Source: Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) He was born on October 2 and his father decided to name him ‘Gandhi’- Rupinder Gandhi. At 22, he was the sarpanch of his village, a national- level football player, a student at Panjab University Chandigarh and a local ‘youth icon’. Then things changed — petty fights turned into gang wars, weapons flashed in streets and as the ‘respect’ for him turned into fear, this Gandhi from village Rasoolra of Khanna in district Ludhiana, unlike the man he was named after, became synonymous with violence. Twelve years after he was brutally murdered, a Punjabi movie titled ‘Rupinder Gandhi- The Gangster?’ is all set to hit the screens next week. The question mark in the f...

Hardik Pandya to be booked for Ambedkar tweet

JODHPUR: A special SC/ST court on Wednesday directed the police here to register an FIR against Indian cricketer  Hardik Pandya  for his alleged comment on Dr  Bhim Rao  Ambedkar. According to petitioner D R Meghwal, Pandya, on December 26, 2017, posted a comment on his twitter account, which insulted Ambedkar and hurt the sentiments of the people of his community. Here is What Pandya Tweet: “Which Ambedkar ??? The one who drafted a cross law and constitution or the one who spread the disease called reservation in the country,” Pandya purportedly posted on his twitter timeline. Offended by this, Meghwal, who claims to be a member of  Rashtriya Bhim Sena  in Rajasthan’s Jalore district, moved an application against the cricketer on Tuesday. Meghwal stated in his complaint that by making this comment, a popular cricketer like Pandya has not only attempted to insult and disregard the constitution and the architect of the constitution deliberately but...