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  Peter Mukerjea wants to write an autobiography, seeks permission to use a laptop in prison

  India | December 09, 2016 22:41 IST

  Former media baron Peter Mukerjea, who was arrested in Sheena Bora murder case with his wife Indrani, on Friday filed an application in the CBI court in Mumbai seeking permission to use a laptop in

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  In India on ‘soul searching mission’ after 2-yr jail term, Rajat Gupta gets hero’s welcome from Indian CEO friends

  November 15, 2016 20:11 IST

  Homecoming of former global managing director of McKinsey and Co and Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta has called for a toast from his other CEO friends in India. After serving his two-year jail term

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  In a US city, father sentenced to 1,503 years in prison for raping teenage daughter

  World | October 23, 2016 13:10 IST

  In an unusually long prison sentence, a man in Fresno city of California in the United States has been sentenced to 1,503 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter over a four-year period.

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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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  Then and now: What Chhagan Bhujbal and Indrani Mukherjea tell us about Indian prisons

  India | April 25, 2016 20:16 IST

  New Delhi: While the decision by authorities to admit firebrand NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal to St George Hospital has been mired in controversies – he only complained of toothache but was later found to need

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  Tihar inmate killed in fight inside moving prison van, second incident in 6 months

  India | January 02, 2016 17:22 IST

  New Delhi: A prison inmate was killed allegedly in a fight which broke out between two groups inside a jail van heading from Saket court to Tihar jail today.The incident occurred this afternoon when the

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  Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment in prison, show records

  World | December 22, 2015 22:18 IST

  Berlin:Historical documents show Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment, including plentiful supplies of beer, during his time in Landsberg prison.Historians have long been fascinated by the Nazi leader's time in Landsberg, where he and several followers

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  Tihar life convicts with good conduct to go green

  India | June 28, 2015 13:25 IST

  New Delhi:Life convicts in Tihar prison with proven good conduct will now be trained in growing organic fruits and vegetables in the complex, an initiative which will engage them in a meaningful manner.There are around

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  American woman to spend 24 years in prison for pushing Indian man to death

  World | May 21, 2015 10:56 IST

  New York: A 33-year-old American woman has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for pushing an Indian man to death in front of a subway train in an attack apparently motivated by religious animus.Erika

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  Sanjay Dutt to spend 4 extra days in prison: Maharashtra Home Minister

  Bollywood | February 19, 2015 11:41 IST

  Mumbai:  Four more days of imprisonment would be added to actor Sanjay Dutt's prison term, as he spent extra days out jail when his furlough period ended and a decision on extension of his furlough

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  Indian-origin portfolio manager wins delay of prison term

  World | November 05, 2014 11:58 IST

  New York: An Indian-origin portfolio manager, sentenced to nine years on insider trading charges, won his bid to delay his surrender to prison next week until an appellate panel decides on his motion to remain

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  Brazil judge sentences Pele's son to 33 years

  Football | June 03, 2014 13:03 IST

  SAO PAULO :  A Brazilian judge sentenced the son of soccer legend Pele to 33 years in prison after finding him guilty of laundering money for a drug gang.   Judge Suzana Pereira said Monday that

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  Insider trading: Rajat Gupta starts prison term on June 17

  April 18, 2014 16:21 IST

  New York: Rajat Gupta, India-born former director of Goldman Sachs Group, convicted in 2012 for insider trading, has agreed to surrender to prison authorities on June 17 to begin a two-year sentence.US District Judge Jed

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  US woman gets 20 years in prison in breast feeding overdose

  World | April 04, 2014 23:17 IST

  Spartanburg, South Carolina: A judge sentenced a woman to 20 years in prison Friday for killing her 6-week-old daughter with what prosecutors say was an overdose of morphine delivered through her breast milk.Stephanie Greene, 39,

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  Bayern Munich president sentenced to prison

  Football | March 13, 2014 19:43 IST

  MUNICH : Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has been found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced to 3 years, 6 months in prison.The 62-year-old Hoeness, one of the most powerful figures in German soccer, was

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  Egypt activists get 3 years in prison for protest

  World | December 22, 2013 19:13 IST

  Cairo: Three of Egypt's most prominent secular activists from the 2011 revolution against Hosni Mubarak were convicted Sunday of holding a rally without authorization and attacking police officers, receiving a three-year prison term in the

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  40 inmates escape from prison in Libya

  World | December 01, 2013 11:36 IST

  Tripoli: About 40 inmates have fled their prison with the aid of some gunmen in the southern Libyan city of Sabha, media reported Saturday.The inmates escaped at dawn Friday after the prison came under attack

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  Mahatma Gandhi's prison 'charkha' to be auctioned in UK

  World | October 21, 2013 18:15 IST

  London:  One of Mahatma Gandhi's most prized possessions, the ‘charkha' he used in Yerwada Jail, will go under the hammer at a prestigious British auction house on November 5 with the minimum bid set at

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  Mubarak to be placed under house arrest if freed: PM

  World | August 22, 2013 6:41 IST

  Cairo: Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi yesterday ordered to place Hosni Mubarak under mandatory house arrest, as the former president is expected to be released from jail following a court order.According to Egyptian state TV,

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  Over 25 inmates flee Indonesian prison

  World | August 18, 2013 21:57 IST

  Jakarta: Around 25 to 30 inmates escaped from a crowded prison in Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Sunday following a riot.The inmates, who were at the Labuhan Ruku prison, located over 120 km from North Sumatra