(2001 pop. 2.5 million). The eighth-ranking industrial metropolis of India, Pune is located at the confluence of the Mutha and Mula rivers in the state of Maharashtra. Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, Pune (or Poona) served as the...

Coordinates: 18°32′N 73°51′E / 18.53, 73.85 Pune (pronounced /ˈpuːneɪ/, Marathi: पुणे) is a city located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Capital of Pune District and the 8th largest urban agglomeration in India with a...

Hundreds of Sanjay Dutt's fans were disappointed Tuesday by a delay in his release from prison in western India due to formalities.On Monday, India's top Court ordered temporary release of the Bollywood actor, citing a technicality weeks after he was sentenced to six years in...

Authorities suspended a prison guard and were investigating eight others for hugging and shaking hands with Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt after he was temporarily released on bail last week, a prison official said Monday.Television channels showed the police guards smiling and greeting Dutt as he...

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was released from prison on bail Thursday, pending an appeal of his conviction for possessing illegal weapons, an official said.Dutt, who has served nearly 20 months of a six-year sentence, walked out of the Yerwada Prison in the western city of...