Mirwaiz Umar Farooq expressed deep concern on Friday over the rising trend of online gambling and urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to immediately ban these apps to protect the youth and society from further harm.
An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Delhi Public Gambling Act, 1955, they said.
Delhi Police busted a gambling racket in Vikaspuri area of the national capital and arrested 29 accused, police said on Thursday.
A social activist in Bihar's Muzaffarpur filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in a district court against former Indian cricket captain and BCCI president Saurav Ganguly, cricketers Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, actor Aamir Khan and others, accusing them of encouraging gambling.
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting took exception to recent instances of mainstream English and Hindi newspapers carrying advertisements and promotional content of betting websites.
But the Internet also records variously observant references to the association of three of India's iconic presences ~ Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli ~ with as many commercial entities specialising in what is being subliminally projected as a recreational pursuit, akin to watching films or listening to movies or gardening.
A 2010 study in the UNLV Gaming Research and Review Journal revealed that those classified as problem gamblers were on average 84 per cent more likely to use hard drugs, 31 per cent more likely to binge drink and 260 per cent more likely to hire a prostitute.
Gaurav Khera and his accomplices -- Vishal Garg (23) and Sadiq alias Suhan Khan (22) -- were arrested from Delhi's Azadpur area on Sunday.
An additional officer in-charge (OC) was badly injured after a group of alleged goons led an assault on police after…
A panchayat in the tribal district of Kinnaur has ordered a complete clampdown on illegal gambling. The action came following…
