Manu Sharma moves court for three weeks’ furlough
September 7th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Manu Sharma, serving a life term for killing model Jessica Lall, Friday moved the Delhi High Court for three weeks furlough.Hearing the plea, Justice V. ... Read more...
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Kasab yet unaware of Supreme Court verdict
August 30th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Even though a day has passed since the Supreme Court upheld Ajmal Kasab's death sentence, the jailed Pakistani terrorist remains unaware of his fate, a prison ... Read more...
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Police probing escape of Bangladeshi undertrials
August 29th, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) The police have launched a probe into the escape of two Bangladeshi undertrials booked for several offences, including dacoity, from Presidency Central Correctional Home here, an ... Read more...
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10 prisoners escape from Rajasthan jail
August 20th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 20 (IANS) Ten prisoners escaped from a jail in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district after beating up six duty guards Monday. Three of the jail-breakers were later recaptured while others ... Read more...
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Court notice on plea seeking rules for ill Tihar inmates
August 13th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the central and state government on a plea of a Tihar jail inmate's widow seeking directions for ... Read more...
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Tainted godman Nityananda freed on bail (Lead)
June 16th, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 15 (IANS) Tainted godman Swami Nityananda, who has been accused by at least five former women devotees of sexually abusing them in his ashram, walked free out of ... Read more...
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Jagan’s judicial custody extended, complains of ‘insult’ (Lead)
June 11th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) A special CBI court here Monday extended YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's judicial custody till June 25 in the illegal assets case.The member of ... Read more...
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Fearing death, Pakistani doctor refuses to eat prison meals
June 3rd, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 3 (IANS) Shakeel Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, has refused to eat meals provided by the jail authorities ... Read more...
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Court issues summons to Andhra bureaucrat
June 2nd, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 2 (IANS) A CBI special court here Saturday issued summons to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official L.V. Subrahmanyam in Emaar-APIIC township case.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special ... Read more...
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Richest MP Jagan is now prisoner 6093
May 28th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 28 (IANS) Another high-flying businessman-politician Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, said to be the richest MP, has landed in Chanchalguda Central Jail.The son of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister ... Read more...
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Court notice to Delhi government, Tihar jail over custodial death
May 23rd, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the response of the Delhi government, Tihar jail authorities and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a public interest ... Read more...
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Six prisoners attempt suicide in Bihar jail
May 14th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 14 (IANS) Six undertrials in a Bihar jail attempted suicide Monday to protest against alleged high handedness by jail authorities, police said.According to police, authorities at the Phulwari ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi prisoners embroider a new life in Jammu jail (Feature)
May 10th, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 10 (IANS) They crossed over to India illegally to find a livelihood, but landed in jail here. Now many Bangladeshi infiltrators are being provided training in Kashmiri embroidery ... Read more...
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Probe ordered against Punjab jail official
May 7th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 7 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday ordered a probe against a jail official in Bathinda town after he was caught red-handed while selling drugs to inmates in the ... Read more...
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Jailed BJP legislator alleges ill-treatment
April 25th, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 25 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajasthan legislator Rajendra Singh Rathore, who has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a staged shootout, Wednesday told ... Read more...
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Indian boy of five languishes in Bangladesh jail
April 25th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 25 (IANS) A five-year-old Indian boy and his grandparents are lodged in a Bangladesh jail for a year since the process for their confirmation as Indian nationals ... Read more...
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Woman killed son, now hangs herself in Argentine jail
April 17th, 2012 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, April 17 (IANS/EFE) The Brazilian woman who confessed on television to killing her six-year-old son to take revenge on her ex-husband has died in a hospital on the ... Read more...
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Rajasthan legislator to get special facilities in jail (Lead)
April 13th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) A Rajasthan court Friday directed the Jaipur Central Jail authorities to provide facilities like mattresses, blankets, pillows, an air cooler and mosquito repellent to legislator ... Read more...
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Rajasthan legislator to get special facilities in jail
April 13th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 13 (IANS) A Rajasthan court Friday directed the Jaipur Central Jail authorities to provide facilities like mattresses, blankets, pillows, an air cooler and mosquito repellent to legislator ... Read more...
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Was prisoner using Facebook in jail?
April 10th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 10 (IANS) The authorities at a jail in Gwalior have ordered a probe after a lifer was found regularly updating his Facebook profile even though inmates are ... Read more...
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Rajoana to hang Saturday, rules court (Lead)
March 27th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, is to hang as scheduled on ... Read more...
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Rajoana should hang Saturday, rules court
March 27th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) Balwant Singh Rajoana, the Babbar Khalsa International terrorist sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, should hang as scheduled ... Read more...
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Punjab jailor wants Sikh terrorist’s death warrant deferred
March 26th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) The Patiala jail superintendent Monday moved a petition in a court here seeking deferment of Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana's death warrant, saying the legal process ... Read more...
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Raja Bhaiya inspects Lucknow jail, pulls up staff
March 24th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 24 (IANS) Facing as many as three incidents of jail riots in different parts of Uttar Pradesh in the last fortnight, state Jails Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka ... Read more...
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Nitish Katara murder: Vishal to pay Rs.16 lakh for security
March 16th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Vishal Yadav, jailed in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, was Friday told by the Delhi High Court to pay nearly Rs.16 lakh spent by the ... Read more...
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Rajiv killer Nalini’s ‘A’ class prison facilities restored
March 15th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) The Madras High Court Thursday restored 'A' class facilities in terms of food, drinking water and a bed to Nalini Sriharan who is serving a ... Read more...
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Detention, assault of two men being probed, court told
March 6th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Police here have registered a case against some of its officials, who yet remained unidentified, for allegedly detaining two people last month and assaulting them, ... Read more...
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Reddy returns to Bangalore after six months, as an accused (Second Lead)
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Gali Janardhana Reddy, the struggling businessman-turned-mining baron who once dictated terms to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, comes to Bangalore early Friday for the ... Read more...
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Janardhana Reddy taken to Bangalore by road (Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy was Thursday taken to Bangalore by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by road.After day-long suspense on the mode of ... Read more...
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Janardhana Reddy all set to be shifted to Bangalore
March 1st, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy is all set to be shifted to Bangalore by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) but suspense remains ... Read more...
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Jailed murder accused ‘untraceable’
February 20th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Raising fears of a jail break, a murder accused sent to judicial custody could not be presented in a Delhi court by jail officials who ... Read more...
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Delhi told to pay damages for Tihar inmate’s suicide
February 6th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday asked the Delhi government to pay Rs.1 lakh to the kin of a Tihar Jail inmate who committed ... Read more...
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Court orders medical check of Nitish Katara killers (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Nitish Katara murder convicts Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav would be examined by a board of doctors of AIIMS Feb 7 to ascertain their ... Read more...
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Andhra home secretary lands in jail
February 2nd, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Visiting Chanchalguda Central Jail as Andhra Pradesh home secretary, he had received a guard of honour. Just two months later, senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer ... Read more...
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Nitish Katara murder: Court seeks Vikas Yadav’s health records (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought Nitish Katara murder convict Vikas Yadav's medical records from Tihar Jail authorities on a plea filed by the victim's ... Read more...
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