His music was loved by film personalities and political leaders alike, and they took to social media to offer their condolences.
Four of the five accused in the August 22 gang-rape case were identified by the photojournalist and her male colleague during an identification parade held in a south Mumbai jail on Friday, police said.
An independent tribunal of the ITF will now deliberate upon the appeal and make a final decision by November 18.
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The funny man of Hindi cinema has passed into the ages, but the laughter he generated will echo for years to come.
Days after sentencing four men to life term for brutalising a telephone operator in Shakti Mills compound in Mumbai, a local court on Monday framed fresh charges against the three common convicts in the 2013 photojournalist gang rape case.
All of them are wanted in connection with various cases registered in the city for crimes ranging from extortion to murder.
The incident, initially reported as a stampede, occurred when there was a huge rush of pilgrims to board vessels to reach Kolkata.
Prime accused Salim Bawariya and his two associates were produced in the court by CBI on the last day of their three-day remand.
Amit Mehra passed away at the age of 40 recently.
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The Centre on Friday rejected West Bengal government's request for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the gang rape of a 71-year-old nun at a convent school in Nadia district, a day after the CID achieved a breakthrough in arresting two suspects 12 days after the heinous crime took place.
The children, aged 8 and 9 and hailing from different families, went to the neighbourhood shop where they picked up a packet of 'chakli' (a snack) without the owner's permission and ate it. This angered the shop owner, Mehmood Pathan, 69, police said.
Three persons, including an assistant municipal commissioner and a Nationalist Congress Party corporator, have been detained in connection with the building collapse in Thane district claiming 74 lives, police sources said on Sunday.
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'I've never been more nervous about any of my own films. I can't eat, sleep or speak. I can barely breathe.'
When the team later reached the flat where they were staying, Chhota Rajan asked them to leave immediately, saying the operation was leaked to Dawood Ibrahim.
A sessions court in Mumbai on Thursday held guilty three convicts in the Shakti Mills photojournalist gang rape case under an amended IPC section, which entails death penalty, for committing repeated offence.
The police has arrested Jahnvi Gadkar, 35, a high court lawyer, who appeared to be in an inebriated condition at the time of the accident.
The sessions court in Mumbai on Thursday found all the accused in the Shakti Mills gangrape cases guilty.
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India cannot afford to be complacent about a possible Pakistan resort to military options across the LoC, warns Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar came together to launch the trailer of Sholay 3D.
Many Indians bet on cricket and other sports at offshore websites.
The actor greeted his fans who had gathered outside his apartment in Mumbai.
Two developers involved in construction of an illegal building which collapsed in Thane district on Thursday claiming 72 lives, were arrested on Saturday.
Satyagraha album starts on a promising note but its culmination isn't as thumping as one would expected, writes Joginder Tuteja.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Monday agreed with the safety concerns in Islamabad, raised by the All India Tennis Association (AITA) and moved the Nov 29-30 tie out of Pakistan's capital city.
The iconic, career-defining film turned a glorious 40 this month.
The 18-year-old telephone operator who was allegedly gang raped in the Shakti Mills compound here on July 31 today deposed before a trial court and expressed her desire to get even with the accused who had beaten her up during the sexual assault.
The Maharashtra government's decision to hand over all the cases against underworld don Chhota Rajan to the Central Bureau of Investigation has not gone down well with the Mumbai Police with several senior officials criticising the move stating that it has raised doubts over their ability.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu's ground-breaking journey through uncharted territory reached the most important milestone as he became the first Indian footballer to play for the first team in the top-flight Europa League.
The controversy surrounding the film refuses to die down.
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