New Delhi: The plea of arrested Indian pacer S Sreesanth that he be provided with a copy of the FIR of the IPL spot-fixing scandal case was on Monday disposed of by a Delhi court as his lawyer did not turn up to pursue it. "No one present on behalf of the applicant (Sreesanth's advocate). The application is dismissed for non prosecution," Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao said.
Sreesanth and two of his teammates of Rajasthan Royals franchise and 11 bookies were remanded in five days police custody on May 16. The lawyer on May 17 had moved an application before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma, seeking a copy of the FIR to prepare his defence.
However, as the CMM did not hold the court on MOnday, the matter was sent to another Metropolitan Magistrate who disposed of the plea of Sreesanth as his lawyer could not appear to argue the application. Earlier, the CMM had allowed the lawyers of the cricketer and other accused to inspect the copy of the FIR.
Seeking seven days custody for accused, the police had told the court that Sreesanth and his IPL teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan, who were arrested in Mumbai early this week, had betted and taken money for every ball and run in every over. ...
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07:24 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Indicating an underworld connection to the spot-fixing scandal in Indian Premier League (IPL), Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said on Thursday details of involvement of bookies and players started coming out while underworld elements were being investigated in March. "We started investigating the bookies in April. Our teams were present at the IPL grounds," he told CNN-IBN. Underscoring the seriousness of the scandal, in which three Rajasthan Royals...
08:37 PM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in 1993 bomb blasts case, on Tuesday urged a designated TADA court in Mumbai to allow him to surrender before Yerwada jail in Pune instead of giving himself up before the special court. Judge GA Sanap, hearing the actor's application, asked CBI to file a reply and posted the hearing on Dutt's plea on Wednesday. Public prosecutor Deepak Salvi appeared for the Government and...
03:29 PM, May 14, 2013
The author of 'Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld' shares his thoughts. ...
07:08 PM, Dec 03, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Tuesday told Supreme Court that he had attended a dinner hosted by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai before the 1993 blasts in Mumbai but denied any relationship with him. "I have only attended a dinner at Dawood's house along with two film producers which was before the blast. Other than that I do not have any relationship," senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing...
07:11 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: Underworld don Abu Salem will remain in India as the top Portugal Court has observed that it was not obliged to extradite the gangster back to the European country after it was held there was violation of deportation rules by Indian authorities. Official sources in New Delhi on Wednesday explained the position on the extradition status of Salem against the backdrop of the top court rejecting India's plea...
06:16 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: Extradited gangster Abu Salem was on Tuesday granted bail in a 2002 extortion case by a Delhi Court, which also praised his "above board" conduct in jail. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav granted him bail on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and a surety of like amount. Salem would, however, still be in jail as he is facing trial in seven other cases for which he...
04:24 PM, Jun 26, 2012
The brutal murders of Arunkumar Tikku and Karan Kakkar seem to suggest a return of the Bollywood-underworld nexus in Mumbai. ...
10:27 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Mumbai: The presence of the underworld may soon be seen in the local civic body office in Mumbai. The dreaded Mumbai underworld may no longer be the dominant presence as it once was but when the stakes are high the dons aren't too far behind. In the battle for the country's richest civic body the mafia influence goes beyond just hawala money or muscle power. Aiding the underworld in its...
06:48 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: A Mumbai court on Monday extended the judicial custody of the accused in journalist Jyotirmoy Deys murder case till February 14. Journalist Jigna Vora was among those who appeared in the court on Monday. J Dey, a senior crime journalist with MiD Day, was shot dead on June 11 last year near his residence in Powai, central Mumbai by motorcycle-borne assailants. Vora stands accused of providing information about...
07:15 PM, Jan 30, 2012
London: Actress Kate Beckinsale says she took on her tough role in the hit Underworld franchise after she started to get typecast for "delicate" and "fragile" roles. The 38-year-old beauty, who has played vampire warrior Selene since 2003 and the fourth installment 'Underworld: Awakening', said producers' opinion made her to take such roles, Daily Star reported. "I'd had some feedback from casting directors kind of saying, 'We don't know if...
12:49 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Los Angeles: Kate Beckinsale is back with a vengeance, with her latest 'Underworld' movie opening at No. 1 this weekend. 'Underworld Awakening' made an estimated $25.4, distributor Sony Screen Gems reported Sunday. This is the fourth film in the vampire action saga. Beckinsale starred in the first two movies as the warrior Selene, then bowed out of part three but returned for this latest installment. 'Underworld Awakening' was shown for...
12:22 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, India Eisley Directors: Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein Sometimes you just feel good that the film is in 3 D, because its absence could have made the situation worse. 'Underworld 4: Awakening' takes six more months to start after the third franchise's time period. Selene (Kate Beckinsale) sets herself free from the cryogenic suspension entrapment after 12 years. In the new scenario, the local...
01:40 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi Sony's 'Underworld: Awakening' should take a solid 3-D and IMAX enhanced bite out of the weekend box office with an opening domestic gross in the low-$20 million range. Kate Beckinsale, whose sheer beauty gave co-presenter Seth Rogen some apparent difficulty at Sunday's Golden Globes, reprises her role as vampire warrior Selene in the fourth installment of the popular 'Underworld' franchise. Sandrine Holt, Michael Ealy, and India Eisley have...
11:56 AM, Jan 20, 2012
The BO is a mixed bag of drama and science fiction - from Leonardo DiCaprio's 'J Edgar' to sci-fi thriller 'Underworld- Awakening'. ...
09:46 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Portugal's Supreme Court rejected India's case for Abu Salem's extradition, it now says that the CBI violated terms of the extradition by allowing the gangster to be tried under charges that can lead to a death penalty. While the CBI is looking at legal options to counter the claims, the TADA court in Mumbai will on Wednesday hear Salem's plea to end the ongoing trial...
09:47 AM, Jan 18, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai police's crime branch on Tuesday filed the reply opposing the bail applications of two accused in the journalist Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. "We filed the reply saying that we are opposing the bail," said special public prosecutor, Dileep Shah. The applications, filed by Anil Waghmode and Deepak Sisodia, would come up for hearing at the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court after two weeks. Jigna...
06:59 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Mumbai: City police probing the killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey on Sunday said that the reporter might have had met underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's key aide Iqbal Mirchi in April in London. After the reporter's murder, police initially had parried questions whether Dey had met Iqbal Memon alias Iqbal Mirchi in London during his visit there. The police did not even confirm Memon's presence in London. However, with the...
12:35 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: As Julian Assange's WikiLeaks continues to cause embarrassment to governments across the globe, its latest target is the world's largest maker of movies Bollywood, the reference of which appears in several of the leaked embassy cables made public by the whistleblowing website. Many of the cables are surprisingly succinct and contain detailed analysis of the Indian film industry that churns out almost 1000 films a year and generates...
12:02 AM, Sep 07, 2011
