Mukhtar Ansari

[ad_1] The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded Athar Jamal Lari against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi parliamentary constituency, which goes to polls in the last phase of Lok Sabha elections on June 1. Varanasi is the stronghold of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has won the seat twice in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The Mayawati-led political party released a list of candidates for 11 parliamentary…

[ad_1] Uttar Pradesh (UP) MLA Abbas Ansari attended the ‘fatiha’ ceremony of his father Mukhtar Ansari, who died on March 28, at the graveyard in Mohammadabad town of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. Abbas, who couldn’t attend his father’s burial since he was lodged in Kasganj Jail, broke into tears as he reached the grave and offered prayers, said locals. Sources close to the family also shared with News18 some…

[ad_1] Published By: Sukanya Nandy Last Updated: March 31, 2024, 17:30 IST The UPSC preliminary examination will be held on May 26. Check out list of top events of last week (Representative/File Photo) UPSC GK Capsule: From the validity of NET results to the death of Mukhtar Ansari, let’s take a look at what happened last week Current events are an essential component of the syllabus and must be…

[ad_1] Last Updated: March 29, 2024, 13:38 IST Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest on Thursday. (PTI File) Ansari was admitted to the ICU at a hospital in Banda early Tuesday with a complaint of abdominal pain. His brother and Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari, who reached the hospital, alleged that he was given poison in jail Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari on Thursday passed away at the Banda Medical…

[ad_1] Lodged in different jails of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh for most of the time since 2005, Ansari was once among Uttar Pradesh’s most dreaded ‘bahubalis’– a Hindi word for strongmen who are into politics too.  Ansari represented the Mau (Sadar) assembly seat in eastern Uttar Pradesh between 1997 and 2022.  Convicted in BJP MLA’s murder While he was acquitted in most of the cases against him, Ansari, 60,…

[ad_1] Last Updated: March 29, 2024, 09:15 IST Mukhtar Ansari Dead: Large crowd gathers outside gangster-politician’s home in Ghazipur (L) and security at Banda hospital. (ANI) Mukhtar Ansari Death News: Mukhtar’s son Umar Ansari alleged that the ‘don-neta’ was ‘given slow poison’. Uttar Pradesh police conducted a flag march in Firozabad and Kasganj on Friday morning, while security was tightened in the districts after jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died…

[ad_1] Last Updated: March 28, 2024, 23:20 IST A convicted gangster and politician from Uttar Pradesh, Mukhtar Ansari had been elected as MLA from the Mau constituency five times. (Image: PTI File) Mukhtar Ansari Death: Mukhtar Ansari is a convicted gangster and politician from Uttar Pradesh Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died after he suffered a heart attack in jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district on Thursday. A convicted gangster…