Jail
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Former Indian-American policeman jailed for 5-7 yrs for rape
World | Jun 10, 2015, 11:04 AM ISTWashington: 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
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Man gets 2 years in jail for illegal entry of Indians in US
World | Jun 03, 2015, 07:49 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Apr 10, 2015, 11:34 PM ISTLahore: 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 | Apr 09, 2015, 12:38 PM ISTSingapore: 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 | Mar 13, 2015, 04:08 PM ISTNew 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 | Mar 10, 2015, 12:52 PM ISTNew 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 | Mar 01, 2015, 07:06 PM ISTIslamabad: 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 | Feb 27, 2015, 01:59 PM ISTKochi: 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 | Jan 31, 2015, 09:44 AM ISTJammu: 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 | Jan 12, 2015, 05:41 PM ISTWashington: 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 | Jan 11, 2015, 11:49 AM ISTNew 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 | Jan 08, 2015, 11:42 AM ISTNew 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 | Jan 08, 2015, 10:14 AM ISTNew 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 | Jan 01, 2015, 08:22 AM ISTCaracas: 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 | Dec 19, 2014, 11:28 PM ISTAhmedabad: 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 | Dec 19, 2014, 07:52 AM ISTNew 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 | Dec 12, 2014, 01:12 PM ISTBeijing: 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 | Sep 28, 2014, 07:21 AM ISTGhaziabad: 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 | Jun 11, 2014, 08:17 AM ISTNew 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, 11:34 PM ISTNew 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