Tihar Jail
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Chidambaram spends first night at Tihar jail, served 'chai-biscuits' for breakfast
India | September 06, 2019 9:22 ISTJail no.7, ward no.2 and cell no. 15 of Tihar Jail is where Chidambaram is lodged till September 19. The Congress leader is being treated like any other under-trial at the Tihar, with no special privileges except those allowed by the court.
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Tihar Jail currently has 17,400 inmates, including 14,000 undertrials: Officials
India | September 06, 2019 8:57 ISTFormer Union minister P Chidambaram is the latest inmate of the Tihar jail, known to be the largest in Asia with 16 prisons. Currently, it houses 17,400 inmates, including around 14,000 undertrials, officials said.
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Chidambaram to eat 'dal-roti' in plastic utensils in Tihar jail, spend birthday locked up
India | September 05, 2019 21:02 ISTFormer Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was on Thursday lodged in the capital's Tihar Jail where he will not find it easy to adjust to the stifling barracks which will be a far cry from his days in North Block.
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Western toilet and separate cell on Chidambaram request-list for Tihar Jail
India | September 05, 2019 20:58 ISTFormer finance minister and senior Congress leader, P Chidambaram was today sent to Tihar Jail where he will be under judicial custody until September 19 in the INX Media Case. Chidambaram will be spending 14 days in Delhi's Tihar Jail. Chidambaram has Z-category security protection.
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Delhi: Tihar Jail inmate caught with mobile phone, swallows device
India | August 25, 2019 12:04 ISTIn a bizarre recovery, a mobile phone has been found from the stomach of a prisoner lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
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Food served to Chhota Rajan is checked by doctors, tasted by cook: A sneak into underworld don's Tihar luxury
India | August 20, 2019 17:30 ISTRajan is also not allowed to go outside the ward premises. "Only for sometime in the day is Rajan allowed to take a stroll in a veranda, adjacent to his cell," a source said.
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Sethia Saheb: From London-based billionaire to the world's biggest bankrupt
India | August 13, 2019 11:24 ISTRajendra Singh Sethia has been called as biggest bankrupt in British history. An inmate of Tihar jail, Sethia is also accused of helping Charles Sobhraj escape prison. This is 'Sethia Saheb's' story.
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Women inmates at Tihar jail hear spooky screams at midnight, claim of spotting a female ghost
India | August 02, 2019 16:24 ISTThe women inmates inside Tihar jail have claimed they have spotted a ghost of a woman. The Tihar jail inmates have also said they hear spooky sounds of a woman screaming inside the jail, as soon as the clock strikes 2 at night. Some say the spirit of a woman who committed suicide inside the Tihar jail haunts other inmates, who have now demanded a probe into the complete situation.
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Jailed gang rape accused seeks admission in Delhi University, gets rejected on low scores
India | July 11, 2019 12:46 ISTAccording to DU authorities, two constables of Delhi Police have approached them on different occasions to seek admission for the man who scored 40 per cent marks in his 12th standard.
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India's first semi-open jail for women to be inaugurated on June 20
India | June 17, 2019 17:57 ISTMale inmates have had a functional semi-open and open jail for quite some time.
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Mandoli prison in Delhi gets its first Ayurvedic dispensary, senior citizen barrack
India | May 30, 2019 7:23 ISTThe prison staff and the inmates will receive proper counselling regarding food habits and diseases. Also, a doctor and a pharmacist will be available on three alternate days of a week at Central Jail No 14, Mandoli
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'Treated like monkey in zoo': Christian Michel claims he lost 16 kgs in Tihar
India | May 09, 2019 21:48 ISTA Delhi court on Thursday summoned Tihar Jail authorities after Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, accused jail officials of serving him boiled food which he said had made him lose 16 kg.
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We are humans, not cattle: Asaduddin Owaisi on Tihar inmate Om tattoo row
India | April 20, 2019 13:10 ISTAsaduddin Owaisi alleged that “more innovative ways” are being developed to humiliate Muslims
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Yasin Malik shifted to Delhi's Tihar Jail after NIA court issues production warrant against him
India | April 10, 2019 8:20 ISTOn March 7, Malik had been booked under the harsh Public Safety Act (PSA) and was shifted to Jammu.
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DCW issues notice to Tihar Jail on pending execution of convicts of Nirbhaya case
India | September 10, 2018 20:47 ISTIn May last year, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence to four men convicted of the savage rape and murder of the 23-year-old paramedic student, terming it as an attack "most brutal, barbaric and diabolical".
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Baba Ramdev conducts yoga session in Tihar jail
News | June 20, 2018 17:18 ISTAhead of the International Yoga Day, Baba Ramdev conducted a yoga session with nearly 11,000 inmates of Tihar jail on Sunday.
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Jessica murder case: Will Manu Sharma walk free? Delhi LG to decide today; Sabrina's 'forgiveness' to play no role
India | April 24, 2018 11:47 ISTThe meeting comes a month after Jessica’s sister Sabrina Lal wrote to Tihar jail authorities that she had “forgiven” her killer Manu Sharma and had no “objection” if he was released from the jail.
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Baba Ram Rahim wants to move to Delhi's Tihar jail
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Habib Faisal: Qaidi Band questions how we take freedom for granted
Bollywood | July 19, 2017 17:39 ISTFilmmaker Habib Faisal, popular for his films like Do Dooni Chaar and Ishaqzaade, said that he was unsure about the direction Qaidi Band until he came across the sad state of undertrials in India.
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In jail, octogenarian OP Chautala clears class XII examination with first division
India | May 17, 2017 17:19 ISTFormer Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala (82) could not pursue his education during his younger days as he shouldered the responsibility of his family and fields as his father Devi Lal kept busy building career in politics
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