Jail
- Telangana
Telangana HC seeks report on undertrial prisoners languishing in jail due to poverty
Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Friday asked for a report from the Telangana State Legal Services on the condition of undertrial prisoners languishing in jail due to poverty, on Friday. The two-judge…
- India
India among top 10 countries to jail academics in 2021, says report
Hyderabad: A report has revealed that India is among the top 10 countries that have “unjustly” jailed writers, academics, and public intellectuals in connection with their writing, their work, or related advocacy.…
- Television News
Lock Upp’s Mandana Karimi on her hometown Iran, ‘Do not want to be in a country that…’
Mumbai: Actress and model Mandana Karimi is currently inside Ekta Kapoor’s ongoing OTT reality show ‘Lock Upp’ that is being hosted by Kangana Ranaut. Mandana entered the show as a wild card…
- India
Digvijaya Singh sentenced to one year jail in decade-old case, gets bail
Bhopal: The district court in Indore on Saturday convicted veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh and six others in an 11-year-old case, and sentenced them to one-year imprisonment. The court…
- World
New UK bill to send tech CEOs faster to jail if fail to comply
London: In a significant move, the UK government on Thursday said that its revised online safety law will speed up the process against tech CEOs to send them to jail if their…
- India
Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets Z-plus security
New Delhi: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been provided Z-plus security cover during his 21-day release on furlough from a Haryana jail, officials said on Tuesday. He has…
- Offbeat
Saudi Arabia: Sending red heart emoji can land people in jail for 5 years
Riyadh: In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) sending ‘red heart’ emojis on WhatsApp can land a user in jail, local media reported. According to Saudi law, if the sender is found guilty,…
- India
Yati Narsinghanand out of jail on bail, gets heroic welcome
Haridwar: The head priest of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad Yati Narsinghanand was released from jail on bail on Thursday, February 17. He spent around a month behind the bars.…
- India
Social distancing not feasible in jails, says representation in Delhi HC
New Delhi: A Delhi lawyer has approached the Delhi High Court against overcrowding in jails in the country, contending that prisons in the national capital having 80 per cent more inmates than…
- Andhra Pradesh
Kadapa Jail superintendent transferred after TDP alleges conspiracy
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday transferred Kadapa Jail Superintendent Varuna Reddy to Ongole Jail. Ongole Jail Superintendent Prakash has been appointed the Superintendent of Kadapa Jail. Varuna Reddy was appointed…
- Middle East
About 4,000 Indians in Gulf countries’ prisons, most in Saudi
About 4,000 Indians are languishing in the prisons of Gulf countries, with Saudi Arabia having the highest number, local media from the gulf country reported on Saturday. The highest number of convicts…
- India
Tihar inmate alleges sodomy
New Delhi: An inmate lodged at the high-security Tihar Jail in the national capital has alleged that he was sodomised by fellow prisoners, official sources said on Saturday. Confirming the incident, Director…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Cop jailed for 20 years for raping mentally challenged woman
Tumakuru : A local court in Karnataka on Monday handed over a 20-year rigorous imprisonment sentence along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh to an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of police for raping…
- Pakistan
Pakistani YouTuber jailed for justifying lynching of Sri Lankan
Lahore: On December 3 last year, a mob of over 800 men, including supporters of hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), attacked a garment factory in Sialkot district, some 100 km from…
- Middle East
Death toll of airstrikes on Houthi-controlled Jail in Yemen reaches 77
Sanaa: The Houthi group announced that the death toll in an airstrike launched by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on a temporary prison controlled by the militia in Yemen has increased to 77.A statement…
