24 prisoners freed, 1,000 get remission in Delhi

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 18:29

A total of 24 prisoners were freed from Tihar Central Jail here and 1,000 others, except those convicted for rape, smuggling, and drugs offences, got remission in their sentences ranging from 15 days to two months on the occasion of the Republic Day, an official said.

Bangladesh executes Islamist leader Abdul Quader Molla, violence erupts on streets

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 03:33

Violence broke out in Bangladesh after Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla was executed on Thursday night for genocide during the country`s 1971 liberation war.

Family in jail to meet Mollah

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 21:26

The family members of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and war criminal Abdul Qader Mollah, who is facing the gallows, arrived Thursday in the Dhaka Central Jail to meet him.

J&K DG prisons reviewed Srinagar Central Jail security

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 17:08

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of prisons has reviewed security of the Central Jail here.

One injured in inmates` clash in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 15:39

A prisoner was seriously injured today after four undertrials travelling with him in a police van allegedly attacked him, police said.

Pak national released from Guwahati Central Jail after 14 yrs

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 15:26

An arrested Pakistani national has been released from the Guwahati Central Jail after 14 years and sent back to his home country after the Gauhati high Court acquitted him of the charges levelled against him.

Aarushi case: Talwars may be shifted to Agra Central Jail

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 16:36

Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, may soon be shifted to Agra Central Jail from Dasna Jail here.

New central jail set up in Tripura

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 13:06

A jail with an inmate capacity of 975, arguably northeastern India`s biggest jail was inaugurated on Friday by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar at Bishalgarh in western Tripura`s Sipahijala district.

Lalu violates jail manual, faces threat: Police

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 16:33

RJD president and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, sentenced to five years in jail in a fodder scam case, faces security threats as he leads a life of comfort as a prisoner, Jharkhand Police has said.

Prisoner kills inmate, injures another in Nashik jail

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 13:04

A prisoner, accused in a murder case, was killed by another inmate over a minor quarrel at the central jail here in wee hours today, prison authorities said.