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  Man gets 2 years in jail for illegal entry of Indians in US

  World | June 03, 2015 7:49 IST

  Washington: An American court  yesterday sentenced an Indian-origin man to 30 months in prison for facilitating illegal entry of Indians into the US.  The New Jersey court also ordered Sandip Kumar Patel to pay a

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  Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi walks free from Pak jail

  World | April 10, 2015 23:34 IST

  Lahore: LeT operations commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind, today walked free from a Pakistani jail after spending nearly six years in detention.Lakhvi was released from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, a day

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  Indian gets 30-month jail for helping to dispose of body

  World | April 09, 2015 12:38 IST

  Singapore: A 27-year-old Indian national in Singapore has been sentenced to 30 months in jail for helping compatriot dispose of his murdered wife's body and hiding evidence of the crime.Gursharan Singh yesterday admitted to helping

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  Ensure Lakhvi doesn't get out of jail: India tells Pakistan

  India | March 13, 2015 16:08 IST

  New Delhi: India on Friday asked the Pakistani authorities to ensure that 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi is not released from jail."All documents related to his involvement in the Mumbai attack case have not been

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  Sanjay Dutt's parole issue raised in Lok Sabha

  India | March 10, 2015 12:52 IST

  New Delhi: Sanjay Dutt's parole has always made headlines and now the issue has been raised in Lok Sabha.Rahul Shewale of Shiv Sena during Question Hour raised the issue of misuse of parole and cited

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  Lakhvi, 26/11 mastermind living a luxurious jail life

  World | March 01, 2015 19:06 IST

  Islamabad: LeT operations commander Zaki-ur- Rehman Lakhvi, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind, is living in relative luxury inside jail with access to internet, mobile phones and visitors despite Pakistan's protestations that it is cracking

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  Sreesanth was attacked with knife in jail: Family

  Cricket | February 27, 2015 13:59 IST

  Kochi: Former Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth was attacked with a knife while he was in jail after being arrested for his alleged involvement in IPL spot-fixing in 2013, his family said Friday.He is currently

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  Main accused in Pakistani prisoner's killing acquitted in JK

  India | January 31, 2015 9:44 IST

  Jammu: The main accused in the killing of a Pakistani prisoner in a Jammu jail in 2013, was acquitted today due to lack of evidence.The court of the Principal and Sessions Judge acquitted Vinod Kumar,

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  Sikh Americans urge Modi to release Sikhs languishing in jails

  World | January 12, 2015 17:41 IST

  Washington: The Sikh community in the US has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Sikhs languishing in Indian jails despite being eligible for parole.  In a memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister through

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  Sanjay Dutt surrenders to the Yerwada jail authority

  Bollywood | January 11, 2015 11:49 IST

  New Delhi: Sanjay Dutt has finally surrendered to the authority of Yerwada jail. After the cancellation of plea for extending his furlough, Dutt left his place earlier today and reached the jail around 5:30 pm.According

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  Sanjay Dutt's furlough extension request rejected, to go back to Yerwada jail today

  Bollywood | January 08, 2015 11:42 IST

  New Delhi: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who was out from Yerwada jail on a 14 day furlough is finally going back to the jail today. Sanjay Dutt who was granted two weeks' furlough by the

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  Sanjay Dutt applies for another furlough extension

  Bollywood | January 08, 2015 10:14 IST

  New Delhi: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who is already out from Yerwada jail on a 14 day furlough has applied for its extension. Sanjay Dutt was granted two weeks' furlough by the state prison authorities

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  33 break out of Venezuelan jail

  World | January 01, 2015 8:22 IST

  Caracas: Thirty-three suspects in custody at a police station in the capital municipality of Chacao escaped through a hole in the wall, Venezuelan authorities said Wednesday.Guards noticed the hole around 2:00 a.m. and soon realised

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  CBI helped some Ishrat case cops get bail: D G Vanzara

  India | December 19, 2014 23:28 IST

  Ahmedabad: Suspended IPS officer D G Vanzara, who is in jail in connection with the alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan and others, today alleged in a special court that some police officers who

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  Bharti Singh, Amit Tandon's hilarious performances for Tihar inmates

  Bollywood | December 19, 2014 7:52 IST

  New Delhi: It was an unusual day in Tihar Jail when laughter echoed from the prison, thanks to comedians Bharti Singh, Amit Tandon and Zakir Khan who performed live for the inmates as a part

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  China's Nobel peace laureate sends message from jail

  World | December 12, 2014 13:12 IST

  Beijing: Jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has told an overseas friend that he is relatively healthy but wants the world to pay more attention to other Chinese activists in a message that was

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  Nithari killings: Co-accused Pandher released from jail

  India | September 28, 2014 7:21 IST

  Ghaziabad: After spending almost eight years behind the bars, the co-accused in infamous Nithari serial killings, Moninder Singh Pandher, was yesterday released from Dasna prison here.He was grated bail on September 24 by the Allahabad

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  Spitting in Ganga could land you in jail for three days

  India | June 11, 2014 8:17 IST

  New Delhi: All those spitting or throwing garbage in river Ganga beware! The union water resources ministry is reportedly mulling over a proposal to make it a punishable offence including fine and imprisonment.As per the

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  Kejriwal writes open letter on landing in jail; AAP plans mass drive

  India | May 23, 2014 23:34 IST

  New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal today explained to his supporters the circumstances behind him being in jail even as his party launched a mass contact programme over the issue to strengthen its support base

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  Ousted President Hosni Mubarak sentenced to three years in jail

  World | May 21, 2014 15:50 IST

  Cairo: An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail for embezzlement of public funds designated for presidential palace maintenance, media reported.The Cairo Criminal Court, presided by Judge Ousama Shaheen,