The Supreme Court constituted a three-member committee headed by its former judge, Justice Amitava Roy to look into the aspect of jail reforms across the country and suggest measures to deal with them.
Raghunandan Yandamuri was given death penalty in 2014 for kidnapping and killing a 61-year-old elderly Indian woman and her 10-month grand-daughter. It was seen as part of a botched kidnapping-for-ransom plot.
Jailed AIADMK leader CK Sasikala has joined the ranks of ‘ordinary’ prisoners at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Jail.
New Delhi: India and Pakistan today exchanged for the 25th consecutive year a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral agreement that bars them from attacking each other's atomic facilities."India and Pakistan today exchanged,
New Delhi: Two days after escaping from the high-security Tihar prisons, the second undertrial was on Tuesday arrested from Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh by Delhi Police.Jawed, who had escaped from Tihar prisons along with
Islamabad: Anti-terrorism courts (ATC) in Pakistan issued death warrants on Tuesday for four prisoners, media reported.The warrants were issued for Malik Ashraf and Tahir, who were to be hanged on March 17 and 18 respectively,
Islamabad: India has handed over to the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi a list of 386 Pakistanis detained in Indian jails.However, according to the record of Pakistani prisoners maintained by the Pakistan foreign ministry
Dozens of California state prison inmates have been staging a hunger strike for more than seven weeks, prompting a federal judge last week to approve a request to force-feed them if necessary.Officials with the California
Attari border post: Over 350 Indian prisoners, released from Pakistan jails, were repatriated today through the Attari-Wagah land border crossing.A total of 362 Indian nationals, including eight juveniles, were repatriated after Emergency Travel Certificates were
New Delhi, Aug 10: Nadeem, a murder accused, was found dead this morning inside the high-security Tihar Jail, with injuries on his body and neck, his tongue cut and blood from his nostrils.Family members alleged
Amritsar, July 30: At least 22 Pakistani nationals, including 19 fishermen, were released on Tuesday by Indian authorities and allowed to go home from the Attari-Wagah border.The Pakistani fishermen had been arrested for crossing into
Abu Dhabi, July 9: The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered releasing 973 prisoners, serving different jail terms, on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan.Sheikh Khalifa
Haflong (Assam), July 1: A prisoner in Haflong central jail attempted to commit suicide by consuming phenyl. According to jail sources, the murder-accused Arjun Munda is being treated at the Haflong Civil Hospital after he
Lahore, Jun 28: Zakir Mumtaz, an Indian prisoner died of a suspected heart attack in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore on Thursday, official sources said.Zakir Mumtaz, believed to be a resident of a village near Amritsar, was
New delhi, May 3: Pak authorities must be answerable to all its citizens who feel ashamed by this incident and Ind authorities to all those who feel abandoned. It was anguish remark by Actor-singer-director Farhan
Jaipur, Jun 21: A decision on the mercy petition of 80-year-old Pakistani prisoner Khalil Chishty is likely to take some time with the Rajasthan Governor today seeking more information on the case.Governor Shivraj Patil held
Ravindra Salvi, 36, a prisoner at Yerawada open jail in Maharashtra would have been relesed by January had he been loyal, but now he will be out of jail only after three years. Reason: He
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