In just over a decade, the Karnataka government has formed five committees to recommend measures to tighten security at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison — four under the Congress regime and one under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime. The latest was formed on Monday (November 10, 2025) led by R. Hitendra, Additional Director General … Read more
Getty Images A palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of the murder of 10 patients and the attempted murder of 27 others. Prosecutors alleged that the man, who has not been publicly named, injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives in an effort … Read more
Former Minister and YSRCP leader Jogi Ramesh and his brother Jogi Ramu were shifted to the Nellore Central Prison on Monday. Following the court’s order granting judicial remand till November 12 in the spurious liquor case, the Excise police shifted Jogi Ramesh (Accused No. 18) and his brother (Accused No. 19) to the jail. Published … Read more
After being released, Azam Khan left for Rampur immediately and refrained talking to the media persons. Photo: X/@ANIDigital Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government Mohammad Azam Khan was released from Sitapur jail on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) after spending 23 months behind bars in connection with multiple criminal … Read more
Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (August 26, 2025) offered a grieving death row convict the facility to virtually participate in the 13th day rituals and prayers for his departed mother, rather than allow him to make the journey from a Surat jail to the “Naxalite” … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 23, 2025) spared a convict, who married the victim, from undergoing a jail term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, citing systemic failures and the need to ensure justice for the adolescent girl and her child. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal … Read more
A resident of Gauraye village in the Kaushambi district, Lakhan, born on January 4 1921, according to his jail records, was arrested in 1977. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A 104-year-old man who spent 43 years in jail on charges of murder and attempted murder was released from Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi district jail after … Read more
BLA from Karnataka Gali Janardan Reddy. File | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in Hyderabad on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) awarded seven-year imprisonment to four persons, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Karnataka Gali Janardan Reddy, and his relative B.V. Srinivas Reddy, managing director, Obulapuram Mining Corporation … Read more
The Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge for CBI Cases on Friday convicted and sentenced three men, including two former branch managers of a nationalised bank, to one to three years of imprisonment and slapped a fine of ₹52 lakh in connection with a bank fraud case amounting to ₹12.63 crore. The … Read more
Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for leaking online highly classified military documents, including records related to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Teixeira, 22, was sentenced by US District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston after pleading guilty to perpetrating what US prosecutors call “one of the … Read more