Prisoner escapes from Jammu high security jail
August 22nd, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 22 (IANS) A prisoner escaped Wednesday from a high security jail in Kathua of Jammu region which houses many hardcore militants, an official said.A jail official told IANS ... Read more...
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Maharashtra cops questioned on terror suspect’s remand (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday asked the Maharashtra Police why suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Qateel Mohammed Jaffer Siddiqui, found murdered in Pune jail earlier this month, ... Read more...
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Murdered IM operative’s family demands CBI probe
June 9th, 2012 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 9 (IANS) Family members of a suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Qateel Mohammed Jaffer Siddiqui, who was found murdered inside his cell in Pune's Yerawada Central Jail, have demanded ... Read more...
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Murdered IM operative’s lawyer to seek CBI probe
June 8th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) A lawyer representing suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Qateel Mohammed Jaffer Siddiqui, who was found murdered inside his cell in Pune's Yerawada Central Jail, said Friday ... Read more...
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Bangalore, Pune blasts accused murdered in jail (Second Lead)
June 8th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 8 (IANS) Suspected Indian Mujahiddeen operative Qateel Mohammed Jaffer Siddiqui, named in the German Bakery blast here and the Bangalore terror attacks, was Friday found murdered inside his ... Read more...
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Bangalore, Pune blasts accused murdered in jail (Lead)
June 8th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 8 (IANS) Suspected Indian Mujahiddeen operative Qateel Mohammed Jaffer Siddiqui, named in the German Bakery blast here and the Bangalore terror attacks, was Friday found murdered inside his ... Read more...
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Bangalore blast accused killed in jail
June 8th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 8 (IANS) Suspected Indian Mujahiddeen operative Qateel Mohammed Jaffer Siddiqui, named in the German Bakery blast and the Bangalore terror attacks, was Friday found murdered inside his cell ... Read more...
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Kanimozhi, five others released from Tihar (Lead)
November 29th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) DMK leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi and five others accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum case Tuesday evening walked out of Tihar jail, ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Kulkarni, four others walk out of Tihar (Lead)
November 17th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and four others, including two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former MPs, who were accused ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes: Kulkarni, two BJP former MPs walk out of Tihar
November 17th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former MPs, who were accused in the 2008 ... Read more...
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Asif likely to be moved to an open prison: Report
November 5th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 5 (IANS) Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who is one of the three cricketers sentenced for spot-fixing, could be moved to an open prison, according to a ... Read more...
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Convicted Russian paedophile monk faces fresh charges
May 26th, 2011 - 2:24 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Charges of raping an eight-year-old child have been brought against the former head of an Orthodox monastery in Central Russia's Kostroma Region, police said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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DMK chief meets Chidamabram, cancels flight back home (lead)
May 23rd, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, who had Monday come to the national capital on a "personal visit" to meet his jailed daughter and Rajya Sabha member ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi reaches Tihar Jail to meet Kanimozhi (Lead)
May 23rd, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) DMK chief M. Karunanidhi reached Tihar Jail Monday evening to meet his daughter and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, who is lodged there in connection ... Read more...
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Security tightened around Bangladesh PM following militant threat
January 7th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Jan.7 (ANI): Security has reportedly been tightened around Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed in wake of Islamic militants threatening to assassinate her and to blow up a high-security jail ... Read more...
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Prisoners extend support to Binayak Sen in Bihar
January 1st, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 1 (IANS) Hundreds of prisoners in Patna's Beur Central Jail in Bihar Friday staged protests and extended their support to activist Binayak Sen, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by ... Read more...
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Brit jail teacher suspended for sex movie with murderer
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): A Brit woman prison teacher has been suspended for filming a porn movie of her having sex in jail with a murderer.Beverley Van-de-Velde, 59, shot the romp with ... Read more...
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Prison teacher shoots sex movie with murderer in Britain
November 22nd, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 22 (IANS) A 59-year-old woman teacher at a prison in Britain has been suspended after she shot a pornographic movie of her having sex with a murderer, 29, in the ... Read more...
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Mobile phones, marijuana recovered from Orissa jail
September 8th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 8 (IANS) Four mobile phones, seven chargers, 250 gm of contraband ganja (marijuana) and several other objectionable items were seized by police from a high-security jail in Orissa Wednesday, officials ... Read more...
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Pakistani prisoner disappears from Punjab jail
August 31st, 2010 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 31 (IANS) A Pakistani prisoner Tuesday disappeared from a high-security jail in this Punjab city under mysterious circumstances, police said.
According to the police, the prisoner was identified as Nayamat ... Read more...
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Abu Salem stabbed by Dawood aide in jail, now stable (Lead)
July 24th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) In a security lapse that has unnerved officials, mafia don Abu Salem was attacked Saturday with a sharp instrument inside the Arthur Road Central Jail, allegedly by Mohammed ... Read more...
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Abu Salem attacked in jail by Dawood henchman
July 24th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Mafia don Abu Salem, one of the accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, was attacked Saturday with a sharp instrument inside the Arthur Road Central ... Read more...
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Eleven killed in attack on Yemen’s spy agency (Lead)
June 20th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), June 19 (DPA) Armed militants attacked the headquarters of Yemen's intelligence services in the southern port city of Aden Saturday, killing 11 people, police said.
The attackers broke into the offices ... Read more...
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Seven killed in attack on Yemen’s spy agency
June 19th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), June 19 (DPA) Armed militants attacked the headquarters of Yemen's intelligence services in the southern port city of Aden Saturday, killing seven police personnel and injuring four, a police source ... Read more...
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Convict who escaped from Kerala jail arrested
June 16th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kannur (Kerala), June 16 (IANS) One of the two convicts who escaped from the high-security jail here earlier this week was arrested from Ooty in Tamil Nadu Wednesday, police said.
Jayanandan, serving a ... Read more...
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Two convicts escape from Kerala jail
June 14th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kannur (Kerala), June 14 (IANS) Two convicts have escaped from the high-security jail here in Kerala after leaving behind two dummies in their cell, police said Monday.
Jayanandan, serving a life term for ... Read more...
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Jailed top cop meets wife for first time after conviction
May 29th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting a teenager and lodged in the Burail jail here, Saturday met his wife and counsel Abha Rathore for the ... Read more...
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No talks took place while in custody, says ULFA chief
December 17th, 2009 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Dec 17 (IANS) Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Thursday said the peace talks remained deadlocked, and flatly denied any negotiations ... Read more...
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Nailing 26/11 perpetrators litmus-test of Pak’s sincerity in bettering ties with India: Report
October 3rd, 2009 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct.3 (ANI): Improvement in Indo-Pak ties, which touched an all time low following the November 2008 Mumbai massacre, depends heavily on Pakistan's sincerity in bringing the perpetrators of the ghastly ... Read more...
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Court suggests Abu Salem’s trial through video conferencing
August 4th, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) A city court Tuesday asked Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail authorities to explore the option of recording through video conferencing the statements of gangworld leader Abu Salem ... Read more...
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Multi-billion dollar fraudster Madoff’s request for soft-touch prison rejected
July 15th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
New York, July 15 (ANI): Wall Street's biggest fraudster Bernard Madoff will serve his jail term along with an Israeli spy and an Islamic terrorist at a North Carolina prison, where ... Read more...
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Brit prisoners get 220,000 pounds worth of games consoles
May 27th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 27 (ANI): Thousands of prisoners have been given computer games consoles - costing the British taxpayer more than 220,000 pounds. According to The Sun, the Prison Service handed out 2,515 ... Read more...
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Tihar asked to provide medical care to terminally ill prisoners
February 19th, 2009 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Tihar jail authorities to provide medial facilities to terminally ill inmates and directed the trial court to wrap up the proceedings ... Read more...
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Indonesia says 2002 Bali bombers to be executed in November
October 24th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Jakarta, Oct 24 (ANI): The three Islamic militants convicted of the 2002 Bali bombings will be executed in early November.According to news.com.au, a spokesman for Indonesia''s Attorney General''s office said they ... Read more...
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Ansals to share cell in Tihar jail
September 11th, 2008 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) From living life in the lap of luxury, real estate tycoon brothers Sushil and Gopal Ansal were Thursday sent to a dingy cell in the Tihar Jail ... Read more...
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