Officials clarified that all inmates had the permission to smoke.
Answering questions on Wednesday night at a function at the Nehru Centre where his wife Kishwar Desai's book Darlingji The True Love Story of Nargis & Sunil Dutt was launched, Lord Desai said, "It would be outrageous if he got treatment different from the other accused in the case. Just because we love Sanjay Dutt does not mean the law can treat him differently. This has to be left to the court. Otherwise, it will be presumed that actors can do anything and get away."
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Sanju is a blockbuster, but did it get all its facts correct? yed Firdaus Ashraf reveals seven facts Director Rajkumar Hirani overlooked in Sanju.
Amid a growing clamour for clemency for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been ordered by the Supreme Court to return to jail to complete a five-year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, the man in question has said that he has not sought any pardon and will surrender in time.
Barring Sanjay Dutt, there's nothing in the Sadak 2 trailer to watch, sighs Namrata Thakker.
India's flexible (flex) office segment, having breached pre-pandemic levels, is thriving as corporates, startups, multinational corporations, and global capability centres (GCCs) expand in India, seeking low-capital yet Grade A plug-and-play facilities. In the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, the flex office segment continued to grow, with flex space leasing rising by 22 per cent to 2.2 million square feet (msf), according to Colliers.
The court on Tuesday convicted actor Sanjay Dutt in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
'I am happy to be on the sets again.' 'It's good to be back.'
Sanjubaba's family joined them too...
A Mumbai special court held the actor could be examined as a prosecution witness, where the right to cross-examine him would lie only with the defence.
"I questioned myself. We got independence 60 years ago and yet we are living in the British times. We follow the same British manuals which have been left behind," the actor said.
A book, Mr and Mrs Dutt, Memories of our Parents, chronicling the lives of the Dutts, is scheduled to be released by Roli Books later this month.
Bollywood doesn't need fire-breathing dragons when it has Bhai.
The CBI, while seeking custody of extradited gangster Abu Salem on Thursday, told the designated TADA court about Siddiqui's visit to Gujarat and how the arms reached the conspirators.
'Innocent lives lost. Tourists, families, people who were just... living. Seeking beauty. Seeking peace. And now there's only grief.'
Gandhi will now be seen in two upcoming OTT series -- Hansal Mehta's Gandhi, starring Pratik Gandhi in the title role, and Freedom at Midnight by Nikkhil Advani.
A day after the wedding of the year, a special function, called the Shubh Ashirwad, was held on July 13 to bless the newlyweds, Radhika and Anant Ambani.
'The one thing she needs to do is be patient, and not sign the wrong films in desperation. She should rely on her buffer funds for now and wait for the industry to forget this episode.'
Sanjay Dutt is back in town... Shraddha goes to the gym...
The marriage registration of actor Sanjay Dutt and Manyata has been kept on hold after a senior administrative officer of Margao district in Goa suspended the residence certificate given to Manyata. Dutt had married his long time girlfriend Manyata on February 7. The wedding, which was attended by close friends, was performed under the Special Marriage Act in Goa. The marriage was performed according to Hindu rituals.
The issue was raised in the in Maharashtra Assembly after Question Hour by Devendra Phadanvis, who referred to Maneshinde's reported remarks on the actor, convicted under the Arms Act, in the sting operation.
Sanjay Dutt hits the gym... Keerthy attends a wedding... Shabana is in Los Angeles...
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After a marathon 10-month-long hearing, the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a bunch of appeals and cross-appeals in the 1993 Mumbai serial terror bombing case in which 257 people were killed and 713 others were injured
Ranbir Kapoor discusses Sanjay Dutt, and Sanju.
The ISI strategy has been to use its proxies to target Hindus in India. They want an outrage and counter-targeting of India's minorities. Further, even the whiff of it restores the Pakistan army's popularity, especially when it's in the dumps, like now, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal are getting married over the weekend.
While we are clued in about movie stars, the significant other's life is often lesser known.
Sukanya Verma lists 15 scenes that reveal facets of Salman outside the formula.
'I wonder what Zaibunissa Kazi would feel if she saw the trailer for Sanju.' 'An effort that proves movies are made about celebrities who get away after committing a crime while poor souls like Zaibunissa rot all their lives in prison only for knowing a star like Sanjay Dutt,' says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'This brush with mortality has made Baba more domesticated than before. He wants to spend every waking minute with his twins and wife.'
Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan has sent 60 representations and petitions received by him from various individuals and organisations, both seeking and opposing clemency for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt to the state home department.
World Championships medallists Deepak Punia and Antim Panghal were among 30 Indian wrestlers selected for the Senior Asian Championships to be held in Amman, Jordan from March 25-30.
'In today's world, giving time is the most beautiful and priceless thing that you could give your partner.'
Actor Sanjay Dutt will have to undergo a jail term of more than three years, after the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, which, it said, was organised by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and others with the involvement of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence.
The designated TADA court gave permission to Abu Lais to meet his brother and extradited gangster Abu Salem.
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