‘Jail Bharo’ protest held by all-party trade union JAC

‘Jail Bharo’ protest held by all-party trade union JAC

All Party Trade Unions JAC leaders taking out a rally demanding withdrawal of ESMA, imposed by the State government on agitating Anganwadi workers, as part of their ‘Jail Bharo’ programme, in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The All Party Trade Unions JAC of Visakhapatnam district has demanded the withdrawal of the Essential … Read more

Granted bail a year ago, alleged Naxalite still locked in Mumbai jail. Know why

Granted bail a year ago, alleged Naxalite still locked in Mumbai jail. Know why

The Bombay High Court has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to file a reply to a request for bail condition relaxation made by alleged Naxal operative Satyanarayan Rani (73), who had been granted bail by the court in July 2022 but has not been able to come out even after a year. Advocate Yug … Read more

'Big, serious conspiracy': Jharkhand High Court on accused's shootout inside jail

'Big, serious conspiracy': Jharkhand High Court on accused's shootout inside jail

The Jharkhand High Court said on Tuesday that the murder of the notorious shooter Aman Singh inside Dhanbad Jail indicates a “big and serious conspiracy”. The court directed the state government to file a detailed report in connection with the case. Singh, one of the accused in the Dhanbad deputy mayor murder case, was shot … Read more

Kodi Suni’s relatives allege he was beaten up in Viyyur jail

Kodi Suni’s relatives allege he was beaten up in  Viyyur jail

Relatives of Kodi Suni, a convict in the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case, alleged that he was beaten up in the high security prison in Viyyur. According to his relatives, jail workers attacked Suni, who was sleeping in his cell. Suni was admitted to Thrissur Medical College on Monday afternoon. The police have registered a case … Read more

Three years jail for T.N. ex-Special DGP Rajesh Das for sexually harassing woman IPS officer on duty

Three years jail for T.N. ex-Special DGP Rajesh Das for sexually harassing  woman IPS officer on duty

Former Special DGP Rajesh Das appearing before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Villupuram on June 16, 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement A local court in Villupuram on Friday, June 16, 2023 convicted Tamil Nadu ex-Special Director General of Police Rajesh Das in the case relating to the sexual harassment of a woman Superintendent of Police … Read more

AAP’s Satyendar Jain collapses in Tihar Jail, hospitalised

AAP’s Satyendar Jain collapses in Tihar Jail, hospitalised

Jailed AAP leader and Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain who has been arrested in connection with a money laundering case, was on Thursday, May 25, 2023, admitted to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital here after he collapsed in Tihar … Read more

India repatriates 22 Pakistani prisoners after completion of jail terms

India repatriates 22 Pakistani prisoners after completion of jail terms

22 Pakistan nationals imprisoned in India were repatriated via the Attari-Wagah border, on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Government has repatriated 22 Pakistani prisoners, who had completed their sentences, via the Attari-Wagah border, officials said. They were handed over to the Pakistani Rangers at the border’s Joint Check Post (JCP) by Border Security … Read more

Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting minor

Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting minor

Additional District and Sessions Court (PoCSO) in Kalaburagi has sentenced S.K. Salim, a resident of Sonia Gandhi Colony in Kalaburagi, to 20 years imprisonment for repeatedly raping a minor girl on the promise of marrying her. As per details shared by Shantaveer B. Tuppad, public prosecutor in the case, the accused lured the girl on … Read more

‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh arrested from Punjab’s Moga; to be sent to Assam’s Dibrugarh jail

‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh arrested from Punjab’s Moga; to be sent to Assam’s Dibrugarh jail

Pro-Khalistani leader and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh who has been booked under National Security Act has been arrested from Punjab’s Moga, police said on April 23. Amritpal’s arrest comes a month after the police launched a massive crackdown against him and his outfit ‘Waris … Read more

‘Aware of reports on Rahul Gandhi’s jail sentence’: Spokesperson for U.N. chief

‘Aware of reports on Rahul Gandhi’s jail sentence’: Spokesperson for U.N. chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations is aware of the reports about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s two-year jail sentence and that his party plans to appeal the verdict, a spokesperson for the U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has said. Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesman for the U.N. Secretary-General, was responding … Read more