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  Beware! Offensive posts, fake news can land WhatsApp, Facebook group admins in jail

  April 21, 2017 12:05 IST

  If you ever fancied the role of a group administrator – on WhatsApp and Facebook that is – think again as you could now be liable for prosecution if any rumour or fake news is circulated on the group you administer.

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  FIR against Mohammad Shahabuddin for clicking selfie inside jail

  Politics | January 17, 2017 17:12 IST

  Mafia don-turned-politician and RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin was today booked for taking a selfie inside the Siwan prison that found its way on to the internet. “An FIR has been registered against Mohammad Shahabuddin and

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  I-T dept warns people depositing unaccounted cash, may face max 7 year jail

  November 20, 2016 17:59 IST

  The income tax department has decided to impose charges under the newly enforced Benami Transactions Act against people depositing their unaccounted old currency in someone else's bank account. The act carries a penalty, prosecution and

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  One prisoner dies every 26 hours in Uttar Pradesh: Report

  India | October 17, 2016 9:39 IST

  An RTI query has made a shocking revelation about the possible threat to the lives of convicts and under trials languishing in Uttar Pradesh jails.

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  No relief for Subrata Roy, SC cancels parole, sends Sahara chief back to jail

  September 23, 2016 11:57 IST

  Displeased over wrong statements on property status furnished by the group, the Supreme Court on Friday revoked Sahara chief Subrata Roy’s parole sending him back to Tihar Jail.

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  UP horror: Out of jail after four years for raping 8-yr-old, man rapes and chops off another minor

  India | September 20, 2016 12:45 IST

  a 10-year-old girl was gang raped and then brutally murdered with her hands and head chopped off.

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  Feel the jail! This Telangana prison offers 24-hour confinement for Rs 500

  India | August 26, 2016 18:27 IST

  Have you ever heard of a home stay in a prison to encourage tourism? Now, in what can be termed as a novel initiative, the old district jail at Sangareddy in Telangana’s Medak has opened

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  Indian origin US entrepreneur sentenced to one year prison term in domestic violence case

  World | August 13, 2016 14:57 IST

  Internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was sentenced to a year in jail for violating his probation in a domestic

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  From Kota jail to IIT: The inspirational journey of Piyush Goyal

  India | June 29, 2016 9:48 IST

  Piyush Goyal, an 18-year-old boy secured 453rd rank in the IIT entrance exam this year. But what makes him different from other engineering college aspirants is that he was preparing for it at the open jail in Kota.

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  RJD strongman Shahabuddin shifted to Bhagalpur jail

  India | May 19, 2016 14:45 IST

  Siwan/Patna: Acting on a security audit report of Siwan central jail, the Bihar government has shifted jailed former RJD MP Md Shahabuddin, whose associates are under the police scanner in the murder of journalist Rajdeo

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  Saudi women face jail, flogging for checking husband's phone

  World | May 14, 2016 19:59 IST

  Riyadh: Women in Saudi Arabia could be sent to jail and flogged if they check their husband’s telephone without his knowledge and consent. The matter was not covered in the Kingdom’s Islamic laws, but would

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  Hardik Patel not ill-treated in jail, his food not adulterated: Cops

  India | March 08, 2016 23:50 IST

  Ahmedabad: Police today "rejected" the charges made by incarcerated Patel quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel that he was being "ill-treated" by authorities in Lajpore jail in Surat and that the food being served to him

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  Abu Salem is having good time inside jail: official

  India | December 02, 2015 0:02 IST

  Mumbai: Gangster Abu Salem, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, is living a lavish life at the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai near here, according to the report submitted by a senior

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  Indian-origin man jailed for assaulting woman in Singapore

  World | September 09, 2015 10:19 IST

  Singapore: An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been jailed for eight months for physically assaulting his girlfriend and abusing a police officer, media said today.Sri Murugan Subramaniam, 44, who was unhappy with her girlfriend Radika

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  After issuing summons to Parrot, police puts 'goat' in jail

  Mouthful | August 24, 2015 23:54 IST

  Mumbai: Everyday we witness something or the other unusual happening around that amazes us and leaves us bewildered.In a recent, picture of a goat behind bars is going viral on social media in Maharashtra. However,

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  Bombay High Court to hear Salman Khan's appeal against conviction from July 30

  Bollywood | July 28, 2015 14:33 IST

  Mumbai:  The Bombay High Court today said it will hear the appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan against the five-year sentence awarded to him in the 2002 hit-and-run case from July 30 on a

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  After Nirbhaya documentary fiasco, govt bans entry of journalists, film makers into jails

  India | July 25, 2015 0:08 IST

  New Delhi: The government has banned the entry of journalists, NGO activists and filmmakers into jails for writing articles or taking interviews of inmates, except under special requests.The decision came after a series of incidents

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  Criminials upload Jodhpur jail inside pics on Facebook (see pics)

  India | June 11, 2015 13:12 IST

  New Delhi: The selfie bug, it seems, to have bitten the inmates of Jodhpur Jail in Rajasthan.In one of the bizarre incidents a group of inmates have posted selfies on social networking site Facebook from

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  Last message of Pakistani Christian Aftab Bahadur Masih hanged in Lahore today

  World | June 10, 2015 14:00 IST

  Pakistani Christian Aftab Bahadur Masih was hanged in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail early this morning despite several requests from rights groups and church leaders to stay the execution.Masih, 39, was on death row since he

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  Former Indian-American policeman jailed for 5-7 yrs for rape

  World | June 10, 2015 11:04 IST

  Washington:  A former Indian-American police officer in Massachusetts has been sentenced to five-to-seven years in jail after being found guilty of rape by a US jury.Rajat Sharda, 34, who was first Indian-American to join the