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Aishwarya Rai: Charity begins in New York!
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Amitabh Bachchan accused?
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Warrant against Sonali Bendre for obscenity A
city magistrate on Monday issued non-bailable warrant against film
actress Sonali Bendre as she failed to appear before the court for
framing of charges against her in a criminal case of alleged
obscenity.
The warrant was issued by additional chief metropolitan magistrate Ravindra Gate who took serious note of the lapse on the part of the actress.Sonali and three others have been booked in a case of alleged obscenity. The actress had allegedly posed semi-nude on the cover page of Showtime in March 1998.She was arrested along with photographer Amit Ashar and dress designer Ashley Rebello by the social services branch of city police. Another accused in this case is the publisher of the magazine, Neelkanth Giri. Except Bendre, all the accused were present in the court. The actress has already secured permanent exemption from appearance before the court. However, she had to appear for framing of charges.Her lawyers, Dharmendra Rohra and Ashok Shahani, urged for a stay on the warrant issued by the court against Bendre.However, the court rejected their plea.Bendre’s lawyers would now present her before the court and get the warrant cancelled.The court has adjourned the matter to January 13. |
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Salman released from jail at last
It maybe recalled that Salman’s bail plea was rejected four times earlier. But luck did not elude him the fifth time. A Mumbai court rejected Salman Khan’s bail plea for the fourth time in a row, giving indications that his celebrity status may not help him get away in the hit-and-run case. The court decision to grant him bail this time was more or less expected in legal circles after the police filed a charge-sheet against the actor. The Mumbai High Court had earlier ordered the film star to pay interim compensation of Rs. 10 lakh to the person killed when the actor allegedly rammed a Toyota Landcruiser into a bakery in suburban Bandra. The court also ordered the actor to pay Rs. three lakh to the seriously injured and Rs. 1.5 lakh to the persons who sustained simple injuries in the accident. Salman had allegedly rammed his vehicle into a bakery on September 28 killing one person and injuring four others. Soon after the hit-and-run incident, to make matters worse, Salman’s family had tried to bribe an eyewitness to tell the police that it wasn’t Salman who drove the car when the mishap occurred. That tilted public sentiment against the actor and forced Home Minister Chhagan Bhujbal to chide the Mumbai police to speed up the probe against him. Later, they asked him to surrender his passport until the completion of the probe into the accident. The actor has been asked not to leave the country and co-operate with the police. The court also issued orders to the actor's family and friends asking them not to meet or contact any of the victims. Khan seems to have been courting controversies all through his film career till date. A ladies’ man with a cute smile and lovable looks, he always had the tag of a villain also wherever he went or whatever he did. And the latest came when he was poised to scale new heights with a Hollywood movie. Things never seem to work perfectly well for this Bollywood brat. Khan hogged limelight three years ago after he shot down black bucks, an endangered species, on an outing into Rajasthan’s wilderness, accompanied by co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre and Neelam. The episode which made the largest number of headlines, the latest one apart, was the break-up of his affair with former Miss World and star Aishwarya Rai. Khan even managed to create a flutter outside Rai’s residence one night. |
The
lovely Ms Rai would do anything for a good cause. Right now she’s in
New York for a fund raising dinner at an Indian restaurant that’s
hosted by the Governor. After all, Scorpios are known to be loyal,
committed and true to their word…and Ash, true to her sign, still
continues to fulfill the proud ‘n’ loud claims all the beauty queens
make while swearing in to their respected titles. Talking about sun
signs rings a bell…Ash will be spending her B-day in the U. S. A.
having a blast, holidaying and of course bagging dozens of Hollywood
offers in the bargain. Doesn’t take too long for a lady like her to
turn from a Bollywood beauty to an ‘American Beauty’. Wotsay guyz?
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A day
after getting bail on October 24, actor Salman Khan was released
from Thane jail. The order of the court and police verification of
the surety were delivered to the jailor in the evening. The
procedure for verifying surety is time-consuming, but in this case
the clearance was expedited. Earlier, Salman’s family had maintained
that the actor would be released later. A large number of media
persons had gathered in the front entrance of the jail, but in true
‘filmi’ style Salman was whisked away by relatives to an undisclosed
location.