Filmmaker Pritish Nandy is extremely "sad" for his "friend" Sanjay Dutt, who has been sentenced to five years in prison in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. He believes the second jail term can be detrimental for the actor. ...
07:06 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN18 Network joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on important news developments of the week. ...
05:52 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Sanjay Dutt's jail five-year term following his conviction under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case has led to a political slugfest. While the Congress and Samajwadi Party leaders are in favour of granting pardon to Dutt, the BJP and Janata Party want no leniency shown to the Bollywood actor. ...
03:20 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Chairman of the Press Council of India Justice Markandey Katju has made a strong pitch for pardon of actor Sanjay Dutt after Supeme Court's judgement on Thursday in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Amidst growing clamour for Dutt's pardon, Justice Katju said he wants the actor be granted pardon on humanitarian grounds. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Justice Katju said, "I am not questioning the Supreme Court verdict. Have sent an...
03:08 PM, Mar 22, 2013
While some Congress and Samajwadi party leaders have come out in support of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt after the Supreme Court sentenced him to five years in jail in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case and said that he should be pardoned, the BJP has questioned the proposals. ...
02:02 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The Supreme Court on Thursday announced its verdict in the 1993 Bombay blasts case and sentenced actor Sanjay Dutt to five years in jail under the Arms Act. The actor has got support from not just Bollywood but also from political circles. ...
12:02 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Sanjay Dutt said Thursday he is "shattered" by the Supreme Court verdict sentencing him to five years in prison in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. He said he will complete all his pending films, and that he ought to be strong in these trying times for his family and children. ...
10:02 AM, Mar 22, 2013
It's yet another unscripted chapter in Sanjay Dutt's tumultuous journey. Dutt is due to return to jail within the next four weeks to serve a three-and-a-half-year sentence in 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Though the 53-year-old actor might have accepted the judgement, his Bollywood projects will be facing the brunt of it - with over Rs 300 crore reportedly riding on him. ...
08:59 AM, Mar 22, 2013
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld actor Sanjay Dutt's conviction under the Arms Act but reduced his sentence from six years to five years in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. ...
08:30 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Noting there was a Pakistani hand in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, the Supreme Court on Thursday said the neighbouring country was violating its international commitment to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from its territory and inflicting injuries to other states. ...
04:40 AM, Mar 22, 2013
The breakthrough in the 1993 serial blasts investigation was achieved with the recovery of an RDX-laden Maruti van registered in the name of Tiger Memon's sister-in-law, police said on Thursday. Till March 14, two days after the 1993 blasts, the investigation team consisting of 162 men and led by Rakesh Maria, who is now Maharashtra ATS chief, was clueless. ...
01:30 AM, Mar 22, 2013
The Supreme Court has upheld actor Sanjay Dutt's conviction in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and his sentence was reduced from six to five years in jail. Sanjay Dutt, who has served 18 months in jail, will now have to spend another 3 years and 6 months in jail. ...
11:59 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The Supreme Court delivered it's verdict in the 1993 Bombay blasts case and it's a huge setback for actor Sanjay Dutt who will have to spend three and a half years in jail. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Mumbai has been the target of so many terror attacks, but March 12, 1993 will remain etched as its first encounter with serial bombs, and the destruction and death that followed. Today, the Supreme Court came out with its final verdict. 20 years is a long time for justice and closure still eludes the survivors. ...
11:52 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The Bollywood actor got a five-year jail term under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. ...
11:47 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The self-inculpatory confession of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt that he possessed fire arms led to his conviction and award of five years jail term by the Supreme Court which termed his statement under TADA as a "substantive" piece of evidence. ...
11:43 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Bollywood's links with underworld elements surfaced for the first time when Mumbai police launched a probe into the 1993 serial blasts and arrested actor Sanjay Dutt and filmmakers Samir Hingora and Hanif Kadawala. ...
11:32 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The Supreme Court may have sentenced the key accused in the 1993 blasts case to rigourous punishments, including death for Yakub Memon, but India is yet to lay its hands on its masterminds, Dawood Ibrahim and Yakub's brother, 'Tiger' Memon. The fugitive duo is believed to be hiding in Pakistan, although Islambad refuses to acknowledge it. ...
11:09 PM, Mar 21, 2013
One of the 1993 Mumbai blasts case masterminds Yakub Memon's death sentence has been upheld by the Supreme Court even as 10 others, who were used to plant the bombs, have got some relief as the the apex court commuted their death penalty to life term. The apex court also upheld Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's conviction under the Arms Act but reduced his sentence from six years to five years. ...
10:02 PM, Mar 21, 2013
Following the upholding of the sentencing of film star Sanjay Dutt to five years imprisonment by the Supreme Court in 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju has appealed to Maharashtra Governor K Sankarnarayanan to pardon the actor. In a statement issued in New Delhi, Katju sought pardon for Dutt under Article 161 of the Constitution saying that he had not been found guilty of...
09:53 PM, Mar 21, 2013
