Jail
- India
Allahabad HC sets aside direction to grant superior class in jail to Mukhtar Ansari
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday set aside a March 15, 2022 order of the MP-MLA court in Ghazipur, directing the Banda district jail superintendent to grant a superior class to…
- India
Pregnant woman dies after being released from Rayagada jail
Koraput: A pregnant woman, who was arrested and kept in jail at Rayagada in Odisha for 16 days, has died due to post-delivery complications a day after her release. Thirty-year-old Sulabati Naik, a…
- India
Special NIA court awards 7-year jail term to ISIS-inspired terrorist in Kerala
New Delhi: A special NIA court in Kerala on Tuesday sentenced an ISIS-inspired terrorist to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for planning to carry out attacks on various targets including foreigners in the…
- World
Indian-origin woman gets 14-yr jail for fatally torturing domestic help in Singapore
Singapore: An Indian-origin woman, who joined her daughter in assaulting a domestic help until she died of a brain injury last year, was sentenced to 14 years’ jail on Monday in Singapore.…
- Telangana
Telangana HC sentences NTPC chairman for 2 months in jail
Hyderabad: Telangana High court on Friday sentenced Gurdeep Singh, the Chairman and managing director of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), to two months in jail in a contempt case. A division…
- Telangana
Telangana: Revenue officer gets 3-year jail term, fine in bribery case
Telangana: A Special Judge in Karimnagar on Saturday sentenced a revenue officer to three years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 in a bribery case. The officer was arrested…
- India
Serial killer Charles Sobhraj’s release from Nepal jail delayed by a day
Kathmandu: Charles Sobhraj, a Frenchman of Indian and Vietnamese parentage, will spend one more day in Nepal’s prison as the immigration authorities on Thursday expressed their inability to arrange accommodation for the…
- India
Ex-Tihar jail DG Sandeep Goel suspended in conman Sukesh case
New Delhi: Former Tihar Jail Director General Sandeep Goel has been placed under suspension in connection with conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar matter. An inquiry had been initiated by the Central government into the…
- India
Nepal’s SC orders release of Charles Sobhraj after 19 years in jail
Kathmandu: Nepals Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered to release serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who is also known as the ‘bikini killer’ or ‘serpent killer’. Hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Sobhraj,…
- India
RLD MLA sentenced to jail for 15 days for violating prohibitory orders during 2017 polls
Muzaffarnagar: A special court here on Wednesday sentenced RLD MLA from Purqazi assembly constituency Anil Kumar to imprisonment for 15 days for violation of the model code of conduct for elections. Prosecution…
- India
Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping minor in UP
Lucknow: A local court in Lucknow has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district that took place…
- World
Indian-origin man gets jail for attacking Singapore official
Singapore: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 11 years and nine months’ in prison in Singapore with nine strokes of the cane for attacking an enforcement officer with a sickle two…
- World
Indian-American surgeon gets 5-years jail for accepting bribes
New York: An Indian-American neurosurgeon has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for accepting approximately $3.3 million in bribes for performing spinal surgeries. Lokesh S. Tantuwaya, 55, of San Diego,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 27-year-old man lands in jail for celebrating birthday on main road
Hyderabad: A 27-year-old man who wanted to celebrate his birthday in grand fashion has landed in jail for five days. On November 13, the man Majeed Ali Khan, a resident of Dargah…