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  Sanjay Dutt sent to Arthur Road jail to serve 42 more months of imprisonment

  Bollywood | May 17, 2013 8:00 IST

  Mumbai, May 16 :  It was back to jail for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt who Thursday surrendered before a special court to complete his prison term in the 1993 Mumbai bombings case, adding one more

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  Pakistani man, two others get ten years of jail for spying

  India | April 09, 2013 9:51 IST

  Bhopal, Apr 9: A Pakistani national and his two Indian associates have been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a local court Monday on charge of spying for the neighbouring country.The court also imposed

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  Rajasthan HC sends Jaipur journalist to 6 months jail in defamation case

  India | January 24, 2013 15:53 IST

  Jodhpur, Jan 23: A journalist of a Jaipur-based newspaper was today sentenced to six months imprisonment in a defamation case by the Rajasthan High Court, which also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 each on

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  UP ex-chief secretary Neera Yadav gets 3-year jail for Noida plot scam

  India | November 20, 2012 22:32 IST

  Ghaziabad, Nov 20 : Former Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Neera Yadav, who served as Noida chairperson, and another Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer were given three years' jail by a CBI special court here for

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  Ajmal Kasab down with fever in jail

  India | November 04, 2012 20:16 IST

  Mumbai, Nov 4 : Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab is suffering from fever and undergoing treatment in the high security Arthur Road jail here, police said today.“Kasab is being treated for fever

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  Bill proposes 3-year jail term for teachers who hit kids

  India | October 29, 2012 19:55 IST

  New Delhi,Oct 29,2012: Resorting to corporal punishment in class or forcing students to purchase books, uniforms and other stationery from a particular shop could land one up to three years in jail, according to a

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  Former Italian PM Berlusconi sentenced to 4 years jail for tax evasion

  World | October 26, 2012 22:41 IST

  Milan, Oct 26: A court in Milan Friday convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi of tax fraud and sentenced the media mogul to four years in prison, his first prison sentence in years of criminal probes.

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  Mumbai engineer Bhavesh Parmar returns from Pak after 5 yrs in jail

  India | October 25, 2012 20:18 IST

  Attari (Amritsar), Oct 25: A Mumbai-based software engineer, who claimed to have inadvertently crossed to Pakistan in 2007 by Samjhauta Express while he was suffering from depression and was jailed there for five years, was

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  Pak court allows Sarabjit Singh to meet his lawyer in jail

  World | October 08, 2012 21:58 IST

  Lahore, Oct 8:  Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh was today allowed by a Pakistani court to meet his lawyer in jail and rejected objections raised by authoritiesregarding such meetings.Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar

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  Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi accepts bail, says he respects judiciary

  National | September 11, 2012 23:24 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 11: Hours after refusing to take the bail granted by the Bombay High Court, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested on the charges of mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, on Tuesday evening said that

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  Govt proposes 7 years jail for school teachers who beat students

  India | September 10, 2012 10:11 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 10 : The ministry of women and child development has proposed imprisonment of up to seven years for teachers indulging in corporal punishment in schools. In a cabinet note prepared to amend

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  Gopal Kanda admitted to Tihar jail hospital

  National | August 31, 2012 10:15 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 30 : Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who was admitted to jail hospital Thursday for high blood pressure, is stable but still hospitalised, police said.Kanda's condition is now stable but he

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  Employing children under 14 can land you in jail

  India | August 29, 2012 10:12 IST

  New Delhi, Aug. 29: The cabinet  on Tuesday  approved an amendment bill which will impose  blanket ban on  use of any child under the age of 14 years in any form of employment. The amenment

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  Protests in US as Pussy Riot members are jailed in Russia

  Hollywood | August 18, 2012 15:01 IST

  New York/Washington, Aug 18 : Supporters of Russian punk band Pussy Riot protested in New York and Washington on Friday  as a Moscow judge sentenced three of its members to two years in prison on

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  Balkrishna released from jail

  India | August 17, 2012 20:35 IST

  Dehra Dun, Aug 17: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna, who spent nearly a month behind bars in a fake document case, was today released from Suddhowala jail here, a day after being granted bail by

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  Nupur Talwar spends another sleepless night in jail

  India | May 03, 2012 8:34 IST

  Ghaziabad, May 3: Dentist Nupur Talwar, an accused in the Aarushi-Hemraj twin murder case, spent another sleepless night in her barrack in Dasna jail on Wednesday.The jailor said, she appeared to be perturbed after the

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  Pak Scientist Chisti To Be Released On Wednesday

  India | April 10, 2012 20:42 IST

  Ajmer, Apr 10: 80-year-old ailing Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khalil Chisti, who was granted bail by Supreme Court yesterday in a two-decade-old murder case, is likely to be released from jail here tomorrow.Chisti, who is serving

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  Officials Touch Bibi Jagir's Feet In Jail, Cong Seeks Their Sacking

  India | March 31, 2012 20:12 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 31: Video footage showed senior Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur, convicted in her daughter's abduction case, is getting VIP treatment in Kapurthala jail with prison officials touching her feet. Forced to resign as

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  Would Rather Face Jail Than Death Sentence, Says Pak PM

  World | March 15, 2012 20:28 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 15: Virtually rejecting Pakistan Supreme Court's directive to reopen graft cases against the President, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said he would rather go to jail for committing contempt of court than

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  'Kill Bill' Actor Michael Madsen Jailed In Malibu

  Hollywood | March 10, 2012 13:02 IST

  Malibu, Mar 10: Authorities say Michael Madsen has been arrested for investigation of cruelty to a child after a fight with his teenage son.A Los Angeles County sheriff's statement says Madsen was arrested Friday afternoon