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Sahara India Pariwar investor fraud case

Sahara India Pariwar investor fraud case: SEBI and Supreme Court proceedings against Sahara group firms SIRECL and SHICL over OFCDs raising over Rs 24,000 crore from three crore investors, Subrata Roy's 2014 arrest, and the CRCS-Sahara refund portal.

Sahara Knite

Sahara Knite (Saeeda Vorajee, born 1975, London) is a British Indian adult performer and actress, known for playing Armeca in Game of Thrones seasons 1–2 and for work since 2004 on Sky adult channels.

Saharan air layer

The Saharan air layer (SAL) is a hot, dry, dust-laden air mass that forms over the Sahara and moves west across the tropical Atlantic, sometimes suppressing hurricane development.

Saharan Atlas

Saharan Atlas (Pre-Saharan Atlas): weakly deformed intracontinental range in Algeria, over 700 km SW–NE between the High Atlas and Aurès, with Ksour, Djebel Amour, and Ouled Nail subranges, bounded south by the South Atlas Fault and Saharan Platform.

Saharanpur (सहारनपुर)

Saharanpur (सहारनपुर), city and district in western Uttar Pradesh's Doab near the Shivaliks; famed for GI-tagged sheesham wood carving (GI 184, 2014), Darul Uloom Deoband (1867), and a Northern Railway junction 181 km from Delhi.

Saharon Shelah

Saharon Shelah, born in Jerusalem in 1945, is an Israeli mathematician at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem known for stability theory, proper forcing, and pcf theory, and among the most prolific mathematicians in history.

Saharsa

Saharsa (सहरसा), a district in Bihar's Kosi Division, India, established 1 April 1954; headquarters of the division; Mithila region, Kosi river floods, 1,900,661 people (2011), agrarian and brick-making economy.

Sahasa Bhima Vijaya

Gadayuddha (ಗದಾಯುದ್ಧ; "The Duel of the Maces"), also titled Sahasabhima-vijaya, is a Kannada court epic by the Jain poet Ranna telling of Bhima's final mace duel with Duryodhana.

Sahasam (2025 film)

Sahasam (സാഹസം) is a 2025 Malayalam action comedy directed by Bibin Krishna, starring Narain, Babu Antony, Gouri G Kishan, and Ramzan Muhammed; released August 8, 2025, about cartel money locked in crypto.

Sahasam (సాహసం) (2013 film)

Sahasam (సాహసం), 2013 Telugu action adventure film directed by Chandrasekhar Yeleti, starring Gopichand and Taapsee Pannu; a security guard hunts his grandfather's diamonds hidden at Pakistan's Hinglaj Devi temple during the 1947 partition, released 12 July 2013.

Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo (సాహసం స్వాసాగ సాగిపో)

Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo (సాహసం శ్వాసగా సాగిపో), also Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo, is a 2016 Telugu romantic action thriller by Gautham Vasudev Menon starring Naga Chaitanya and Manjima Mohan, with A. R. Rahman's music, released 11 November 2016 and shot simultaneously in Tamil as Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada.

Sahasrara (सहस्रार)

Sahasrara, also called the crown chakra or thousand-petalled lotus, is the summit of the Indian yogic chakra system at the crown of the head, where kundalini is said to unite with Shiva.

Sahasrayoga

Sahasrayoga (Sahasrayogam, "thousand formulations") is a Malayalam Ayurvedic formulary from Kerala, anonymous and dated about the 14th century, organizing 1,000+ preparations by dosage form; standardized in CCRAS's 2022 English translation with 1,255 formulations.

Sahathor

Sahathor, also written Sihathor, was a short-reigning pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, placed between Neferhotep I and Sobekhotep IV around 1733 BC.

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (साहेब, बीवी और गैंगस्टर)

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (साहेब, बीवी और गैंगस्टर) is a 2011 Hindi thriller drama by Tigmanshu Dhulia starring Jimmy Shergill, Mahie Gill, and Randeep Hooda, about a decaying royal couple, a planted spy, and betrayal; first of a series with a 2013 sequel.

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 (साहेब, बीवी और गैंगस्टर 3)

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 (साहेब, बीवी और गैंगस्टर 3) is a 2018 Hindi action crime thriller, the third film in Tigmanshu Dhulia's series, starring Sanjay Dutt, Jimmy Shergill, and Mahie Gill; released 27 July 2018, it was panned by critics (IMDb 4.4, RT 18%).

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (साहेब, बीवी और गैंगस्टर रिटर्न्स)

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (साहेब, बीवी और गैंगस्टर रिटर्न्स) is Tigmanshu Dhulia's 2013 Hindi thriller sequel to Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, released 8 March 2013, starring Jimmy Shergill, Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, and Soha Ali Khan; 86% Tomatometer.

Saheefa Jabbar Khattak

Saheefa Jabbar Khattak, also credited as Saheefa Jabbar, is a Pakistani model and actress from Lahore who entered fashion in 2015 and won Best Emerging Talent awards in 2018.

Saheki (Martian crater)

Saheki is an ~85 km impact crater at 21.7°S, 73.2°E on Mars's Hellas basin north rim, named for Japanese amateur astronomer Tsuneo Saheki (佐伯恒夫) in 2006; it hosts some of Mars's largest, best-preserved alluvial fans, up to 850 m thick, built by snowmelt-fed flows near the Hesperian–Amazonian boundary.

Sahel

The Sahel (Arabic for "shore") is a semi-arid African belt from the Atlantic to the Red Sea between the Sahara and the Sudan savannas, spanning about 2.5 million km², home to roughly 150 million people, marked by erratic monsoon rainfall, pastoral-farmer conflict, and insecurity.

Sahel Alma (Dubertret collection, MNHN) Formation

Sahel Alma (Sahel Aalma, ساحل علما) is a late Santonian Konservat-Lagerstätte near Beirut, Lebanon, in chalky limestone over 150 m deep, famed for fishes, shrimps, and coleoids including the oldest known octopus; the outcrop is no longer accessible.

Sahel displacement crisis

The Sahel displacement crisis is the large-scale forced displacement within and from the Sahel region of Africa, driven by armed conflict and compounded by climate shocks, food insecurity, and economic fragility.

Sahel drought

The Sahel drought was a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall across the semi-arid Sahel from the late 1960s through the 1990s, among the most extreme droughts on record.

Sahel villages of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad

Sahel villages are clustered rural settlements of extended families in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Chad, typically thatched dwellings of 150 to 600 inhabitants in Mali.

Sahelanthropus

Sahelanthropus tchadensis, nicknamed Toumaï, is a ~7-million-year-old fossil primate from Toros-Menalla, Chad, described in 2002 as possibly the oldest hominin; its bipedalism and human-lineage status remain debated.

Saheonbu

The Saheonbu (사헌부, Office of Inspectorate) was the censorial organ of Korea's Joseon dynasty, charged with criticizing policy, correcting customs, and impeaching officials from 1392 to 1894.

Sahib al-shurta

Sahib al-shurta (صاحب الشرطة) was the office of the chief of police in al-Andalus, holding judicial powers and tied closely to the ruler and judges.

Sahib Ata

Sahib Ata Fahreddin Ali (صاحب عطا) was an Anatolian Seljuk statesman who held effective power for three decades under Mongol rule until his death in 1288.

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (साहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम)

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (साहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम) is a 1962 Hindi drama produced by Guru Dutt, directed by Abrar Alvi, from Bimal Mitra's Bengali novel Saheb Bibi Golam, starring Meena Kumari as Chhoti Bahu; it won four Filmfare Awards and India's President's Silver Medal.

Sahib I Giray

Sahib I Giray (Sâhib Giray) was a khan of the Giray dynasty who ruled Kazan from 1521 to 1524 and the Crimean Khanate from 1532 to 1551.