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Does Bastian really earn Rs 2-3 crore a day? Shilpa Shetty, Ranjit Bindra address revenue buzz | Bollywood News

Does Bastian really earn Rs 2-3 crore a day? Shilpa Shetty, Ranjit Bindra address revenue buzz | Bollywood News

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Amid growing buzz around Bastian’s massive daily business, actor Shilpa Shetty and co-owner, restaurateur Ranjit Bindra have responded to claims that the popular dining brand generates Rs 2-3 crore a day. In a recent conversation with Curly Tales, the duo opened up on Bastian’s journey, from its early days to becoming one of Mumbai’s most recognised restaurant chains, and how their partnership began. Shilpa partnered with Ranjit, the founder of the Bastian brand, in 2019. She now co-owns the brand and has a 50 percent stake in it. Shilpa Shetty recalled first walking into Bastian as a customer back in 2016, long before she became a co-owner. “I am so happy Ranjit and I met. I met him in Bastian when I came there as a customer in 2016. That’s when we started talking, and he told me he was opening another outlet in Worli, which also went on to become an iconic place. But I want to share the story behind it — I was not convinced at all because that location was just …

Ranjit Bajaj takes AIFF to court over Secretary General’s appointment

Ranjit Bajaj takes AIFF to court over Secretary General’s appointment

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Delhi FC director Ranjit Bajaj has filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court against the All India Football Federation (AIFF), challenging the appointment of Anilkumar Prabhakaran as its Secretary General. Bajaj argues that the appointment violates the National Sports Code, 2011, and is seeking legal intervention to remove Prabhakaran from his position. The Bridge has access to the 53-page writ petition filed in the Delhi High Court, and these are the important points from the document. Allegations of rule violation The petition claims that Prabhakaran was elected as an AIFF Executive Committee member in 2022 later resigned and was appointed Secretary General in 2024. This, Bajaj contends, is in direct violation of a 2022 directive issued by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), which bars former executive committee members from taking up administrative roles in National Sports Federations. The rule aims to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure fair governance in Indian sports bodies. Bajaj points out that the same directive was enforced against the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) …

Ranjit Bajaj on laying bare fixing in Indian football

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Fixing is not an old phenomenon that has screwed up Indian football. What makes the matter delicate now is the persistence of a man who wants to fight the system that destroys Indian football. Ranjit Bajaj, in a social media post, last month, chronologically revealed how an international syndicate, which has ownerships and shares in several Indian clubs across the spectrum, is exerting its influence to manipulate the results of matches in state and national leagues. When he attempted to lay bare the corrupt practices in the Delhi League, shaken by the revelations, Football Delhi and AIFF convened an emergency meeting to address the menace of fixing. The outcome of such meetings remained unknown. The Delhi League is a hotspot for all types of fixing, Bajaj exposed in a series of posts on X, backed by videos and screenshots. Since the league is not broadcast, fixing has been happening uninterrupted here under the nose of the football officials. But who will bell the cat? Bajaj, who was once deemed a spoiled son of IAS parents …

Igor Stimac hails Ranjit Bajaj’s Minerva Academy

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Igor Stimac, the head coach of the Indian men’s football team, hailed Ranjit Bajaj’s Minerva Academy, calling it a ‘factory of talent’. “Thoroughly impressed with the facilities and more importantly the mindset at Minerva FC. It’s truly a factory of talent,” Stimac wrote on X after visiting the academy in Mohali on Tuesday. Stimac returned to India ahead of India’s FIFA World Cup Qualifiers second-round clash against Afghanistan on March 26 in Guwahati. His post on social media came after Mumbai City FC’s Vikram Pratap Singh, a Minerva alumnus, became the first Indian footballer of the ISL 2023-24 season to score a hat-trick. “He went to the academy and asked me where to watch the ISL match between Mumbai City FC and Northeast United FC as he wanted to see how Chhangte and Vikram Partap Singh play and it proved right as Vikram scored a hat-trick and now he has gone for an I-League match today before heading back to Guwahati,” Ranjit told The Bridge, explaining Stimac visit. Minerva Academy has been focusing on youth …

Ranjit Bajaj exposes match fixing in Indian Football through shocking allegations

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Ranjit Bajaj has brought to light what he claims to be widespread match-fixing within Indian football. His allegations, made through a series of social media posts, have sent ripples through the football community, raising serious concerns about the integrity of the sport in the country. According to Bajaj, he conducted his own investigation into the matter as he felt a lack of interest from official channels. He alleges that his findings have uncovered evidence of match-fixing in the I-League, the premier football league in India. “I LEAGUE IS FIXED also. Did my own investigation as no one ever cares – found out stuff which will blow your mind- it’s left me shattered as there is no point in playing this league anymore-this Is why INDIAN FOOTBALL will never grow- no consequences ever in the history of india for anyone involved in fixing in football so it is flourishing in every league,” Bajaj’s tweet read. Bajaj’s investigation reportedly focused on the Delhi Premier League, where he alleges that the owner and major investors of three clubs …

Ranjit Singh strives for big smashes after muscle-roasting police training

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Hyderabad Black Hawks captain Ranjit Singh does not want to rule out a late ‘comeback’ to the Indian team. He is happy and grateful to the Black Hawks for giving him a chance to redeem his fallen career after three years of exile from the game. Ranjit’s career has been disrupted by three unforeseen breaks since 2020. While the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 saw the Sub Inspector being summoned by Punjab Police to be on the line of duty, he had to deal with a strange situation a couple of years later – Punjab Police urged him to complete his training, else his promotion would have been halted – when he was contemplating to get back his prime place in the senior national team. “Earlier I was working with ONGC and then joined the Punjab Police in 2017. In 2020, my last tour with the Indian team was in China. After that the pandemic disrupted everything. For one year, I was away from volleyball. My future became uncertain. It was such a bad time,” said …

RD Burman’s Die-Hard Fan Slams The Makers For Editing Out Ranjit Gazmer’s Screentime, Furious Netizens Say “It’s Disrespectful To A Legend…”

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RD Burman Fans Call Out Indian Idol For Editing Out Ranjit Gazmer’s Screentime ( Photo Credit – Wikipedia ) Indian Idol is among the most viewed singing reality TV shows in India. Apart from giving budding singers a platform to showcase their talent, the show also challenges them to up their game. Last month, Indian Idol 13 celebrated the musical era of RD Burman and invited the late music legend’s core team member Ranjit Gazmer. While viewers could hardly spot Gazmer on the show, music composer Madhav Vijay recently revealed that the Maadal player’s screentime was cut from the episode and slammed the show for doing so. RD Burman, whose fans called him Pancham Da, was one of the most influential music composers of the country. He composed musical scores for 331 films and had a core team with whom he used to record his songs. On March 11, Indian Idol 13 paid tribute to the late legend RD Burman with contestants singing songs composed by him. Burman’s core team’s last surviving member Ranjit Gazmer …

CBI files charge sheet in probe linked to its ex-chief Ranjit Sinha | Latest News India

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet in its 2017 probe pertaining to allegations that its former director Ranjit Sinha, while heading the agency, met some of the accused in a United Progressive Alliance-era coal block allocation case, aiming to “scuttle” or “influence” the cases, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Sinha died in April 2021 due to Covid-19 related complications and the charges against him have been abated. However, a legal officer of CBI and some individuals, who were beneficiaries in the improper allocation of coal blocks and allegedly met Sinha, have been named in the charge sheet said one person familiar with the case, who asked not to be named. “The charge sheet has been filed against an additional legal advisor (ALA) and some beneficiaries ,” added this person, a CBI officer. CBI refused to divulge names of those accused in the charge sheet, filed this week in a special court in Delhi. Sinha, who headed the agency from 2012 to 2014, was named an accused in …