Prison
- Telangana
6,114 prisoners are lodged in Telangana’s jails: NCRB report
Hyderabad: According to prison statistics India 2020, issued on December 28 by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 6,114 convicts, including 372 women, were kept in various jails in Telangana, with an…
- World
Benzema handed suspended prison sentence in sex-tape trial
Paris [France]: France striker Karim Benzema on Wednesday was given a one-year suspended prison sentence after he was found guilty of blackmailing his former France international teammate Mathieu Valbuena. As per a report in Goal.com, Benzema has also…
- World
Israel strikes Gaza as Palestinians celebrate prison break
Tel Aviv: Israel launched airstrikes on what it said was a militant site in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday after Palestinians sent incendiary balloons into Israel in support of six Palestinian prisoners who…
- World
Fire kills 41 inmates at Indonesian prison
Jakarta: A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates, two of them foreigners serving drug sentences, and injuring 80 others. Televised footage…
- Middle East
Kuwait to deport two expats for driving without licences
Abu Dhabi: Kuwait government is going to deport two expatriates who have been arrested on Tuesday for driving vehicles without a licence, local media reported. The two violators were referred to the…
- World
George Floyd’s murder: Former US cop sentenced to 22.5 years in prison
Washington: Former US police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced on Friday to 270 months, or 22.5 years in prison, for the murder of African American George Floyd last year in Minneapolis, Minnesota state.…
- World
Widow says antivirus pioneer John McAfee was not suicidal
Sant Esteve Sesrovires: The widow of John McAfee, the British-American tycoon who died in a Spanish prison this week while awaiting extradition to the United States, said Friday that her husband was…
- India
COVID-19 scare: 21 UP convicts refuse parole, feel ‘safer’ in jail
Lucknow: Nearly 21 convicts in different jails in Uttar Pradesh have refused to take parole because they feel ‘safer’ inside the prison. UP DG Jails, Anand Kumar told reporters that 21 convicts in…
- World
62 freed from Taliban prison in Baghlan
Kabul: Afghan commandos have freed 62 people, including 36 security force members, from a Taliban prison in northern Baghlan province, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The operation was launched…
- Politics
Jailed SP leader Azam Khan tests positive for COVID-19
Sitapur: Jailed Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan have tested positive for COVID-19. The RT-PCR reports of 13 inmates, including Azam Khan, lodged in Sitapur jail, have…
- Crime and Accident
32-year-old man kills pregnant wife in Delhi, held
New Delhi: An eight-month pregnant woman was allegedly shot dead by her husband here on Tuesday, police said, adding the accused has been arrested. The incident took place in southeast Delhi’s Nizamuddin area.…
- World
28 people freed from Taliban prison in Afghanistan
Kabul: Six armed militants were killed and 28 people were freed from a Taliban detention centre after the Afghan army launched a special operation in Helmand province, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.…
- India
150-member team of UP Police heads for Punjab to bring back Mukhtar Ansari
Banda/Lucknow: A 150-member team of the Uttar Pradesh Police headed for Punjab on Monday to bring back jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is facing trial in over a dozen cases, even as his…
- News
Protesters face upto 20 yrs prison under new law
Nay Pyi Taw : Myanmar’s military has warned anti-coup protesters across the country that they could face up to 20 years in prison if they obstruct the armed forces. Long sentences and…
- Middle East
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist released from prison
Riyadh: Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights campaigners, was released on Wednesday after spending over 1,000 days in prison for what critics have called as politically-motivated charges. Hathloul…
