Abu Salem jailed for seven years in fake passport case

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 11:41

A special CBI court awarded seven-year imprisonment to extradited gangster Abu Salem in a 2001 fake passport case.

Indian-origin rapist jailed for 18 years in Australia

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 21:59

A 31-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced by a Australian court to 18 years of imprisonment for sexually abusing three wheel-chair borne women in his care.

Himachal Pradesh`s prisoners to run mobile canteens

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 19:47

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh flagged off three mobile canteens from the state capital that will be operated by inmates of the state`s jails.

Senate weighs Guantanamo prison`s fate

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 11:28

The US Senate will vote later on Tuesday on defense legislation that would ease restrictions on transferring detainees from Guantanamo, a major first step toward closing the controversial war-on-terror prison.

Open jail for rebels inaugurated in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 21:27

As a part rehabilitation of misguided people including Naxalites, an open jail was inaugurated in Jharkhand`s Hazaribagh district.

Missing Pussy Riot singer `found in Siberian jail hospital`

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 13:14

Pussy Riot band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who was sent to a Siberian prison, is in hospital.

Egypt`s Morsi meets defence team in prison

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 00:14

Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is meeting on Tuesday with a team of lawyers for the first time since he was imprisoned after his July 3 ouster, his son said.

Militants attack Somalia prison; 3 guards killed

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 09:47

A government official says that about 20 armed Islamic extremists attacked a prison in northern Somalia in an attempt to free prisoners.

Mohammed Morsi`s family meets him in prison

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 23:01

The wife and two sons of Egypt`s ousted president Mohammed Morsi have visited him for the first time in prison since he was toppled by the military in July.

US judge eases communication between Guantanamo inmates, lawyers

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 13:05

The military judge in the September 11 trial ordered the US government to hand over correspondence on Guantanamo prison conditions and lifted restrictions on lawyers` communications with detainees.

Egypt`s ousted president Morsi in prison hospital

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 00:34

Security officials say Egypt`s ousted President Mohammed Morsi spent his first night in a civilian penitentiary in a hospital room after he complained he wasn`t feeling well.

Madras HC orders medical treatment for undertrial

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 17:37

Madras High Court on Wednesday directed authorities to provide medical treatment to an undertrial, who has been kept in a separate prison bloc after he allegedly misbehaved with other inmates.