Porn blogger in China gets jail term

Last Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 22:40

A man in China who blogged about his sexual experiences with prostitutes has been jailed for a year.

Malcolm Speed backs Oz 10-yr jail term law for fixers

Last Updated: Friday, June 10, 2011, 00:00

Former ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed has backed the multi-sport crackdown on match fixing in Australia.

LiLo poised to avoid jail term in necklace theft case

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 16:33

It has emerged that Lindsay Lohan is poised to avoid jail entirely in necklace theft case, despite her 120-day sentence.

Troubled star Lindsay Lohan prepared to accept jail term

Last Updated: Monday, April 25, 2011, 12:23

Lindsay Lohan is "angry" about the 120-day jail sentence, but is willing to accept her punishment and serve out her time, says the actress`s producer friend Nathan Folks.

No special treatment for five corporate honchos

Last Updated: Thursday, April 21, 2011, 19:40

Five top honchos of telecom firms, who were sent to Tihar jail yesterday in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam, spent their night like others prisoner as they were not provided any special treatment.

Food adulteration case: Court upholds trader`s jail term

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 13:18

A city court has upheld a year-long jail term to a grocer, caught selling adulterated `arhar dal` by mixing a banned colouring agent `metanil yellow`, known for its brain damaging potentials.

Man gets 7 year jail term for raping brother`s wife

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 19:35

A man has been sentenced by a Delhi court to seven years in jail for raping his brother`s wife and threatening her with dire consequences to her as well as her daughter in case she told anybody about the crime.

"Bomb extortionist" sentenced to seven years jail term

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 16:31

A man who tried to extort USD 45,630 from a French retail giant Carrefour in a south-west Chinese town with a bomb threat has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Court lets off rapist love-bird with 5-month jail term

Last Updated: Friday, February 25, 2011, 21:14

Observing that "love-end can be tragic, but court cannot make it cruel", a city court sentenced a 26-year-old youth to 5 months in jail for raping his minor girlfriend, but freed him by setting off sentence against his detention.

Cuba seeks 20-year jail term for detained American

Last Updated: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 09:26

Alan Gross has been jailed without charge since 2009 on suspicion of spying.

British ex-MP starts jail term for expenses fraud

Last Updated: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 15:46

David Chaytor admitted fiddling his expenses by forging tenancy documents.

Fast Track court confirms 5-year jail to former VC of Periyar University

Last Updated: Saturday, November 27, 2010, 13:35

A fast track court here has upheld a trial court order sentencing former Vice Chancellor of Periyar University Sethupathy Ramalingam to five years of rigorous imprisonment.