
Hyderabad: Another high-flying businessman-politician YS Jaganmohan Reddy, said to be the richest MP, has landed in Chanchalguda Central Jail. The son of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Jagan, as he is popularly known, was allotted prisoner number 6,093 after he was sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the disproportionate assets case. Jagan, who declared assets of Rs...

11:11 AM, May 29, 2012

Rajesh Talwar and his wife Nupur will be tried for the murder of their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. ...

09:16 PM, May 24, 2012

New Delhi: Tihar Prisons will conduct its fifth campus placement on Friday for its inmates with companies involved in packing services and footwear set to participate in the selection process. As many as 14 companies including Agarwal Packers and Movers, Relaxo footwear, Frontline Group, ABC constructions, Adecco Consultant, Ashwords Network and Jyoti Portfolio Limited will select candidates from 24 convicts. In four successful campus placements conducted last year and in...

08:10 PM, May 24, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: A few inmates of the Poojapura Central Prison in Thiruvanathapuram have been making their way into the community's hearts through their stomachs. They make chapattis and chicken curry and sell it to eager citizens for Rs 25. Superintendent of the Central Prison B Pradeep said, "This was started as a welfare program and was a great success. About 25,000 chapattis and 2,000 chicken curries are sold daily. And there...

10:46 AM, May 22, 2012

New York: Indian student Dharun Ravi was on Monday sentenced to 30 days in jail by a New Jersey judge on hate crime charges for using a webcam to spy on a homosexual roommate who later committed suicide. Judge Glenn Berman pronounced the sentence against the 20-year-old former Rutgers University student for bias intimidation and invasion of privacy charges for the 2010 episode involving his roommate Tyler Clementi. Ravi had...

11:02 PM, May 21, 2012

Ghaziabad: On the fourth death anniversary of her daughter Aarushi, Nupur Talwar observed fast and performed pujas in prison on Thursday. Nupur, inmate number 70 of barrack 13 at Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad, kept a half day fast. "Nupur asked for permission from the prison authorities to keep the fast and perform some rituals. She was granted the permission for a half day fast and reciting Hanuman Chalisa and Bhagwad...

10:14 PM, May 17, 2012

After spending over a year in jail, former Telecom Minister A Raja, an accused in the 2G scam case, is finally out on bail. ...

11:06 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, on Tuesday evening walked out of the Tihar Jail, hours after being granted bail by the court of special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge O P Saini in New Delhi. The 49-year-old DMK leader was granted bail on a surety of Rs 25 lakh after spending 15 months in jail. Raja was the...

07:27 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: Two words - bail granted and the celebrations began. Special Judge OP Saini's order was greeted with spontaneous applause by A Raja's supporters inside and outside the court. Going by the celebrations, it seems more like the former Telecom Minister has been acquitted rather than been granted bail. So it's important to note, that while these celebrations will continue, so will the trial on a day-to-day basis. DMK...

06:53 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: On, February 2, 2011, the first arrest in the Rs 30,000 crore 2G scam was made as former telecom minister A Raja was arrested. Fifteen months and 13 days later, the main accused, A Raja, is all set to walk out of jail after he was granted bail on Tuesday. This was the first time that the former telecom minister sought bail from the 2g court, even though...

09:48 AM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: A trial court on Monday adjourned the hearing in the twin murder case of teenager Aarushi Talwar and domestic help Hemraj till May 16. The court adjourned the proceedings after delivering a judicial order to hand over a CD and other related documents, which the accused demanded. Aarushi's parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are accused in the case. May 16 will mark four years since the murders of...

11:03 AM, May 14, 2012

New Delhi: To tackle overcrowding in prisons across the country, the National Human Rights Commission has suggested holding of night courts in jails for trial of petty offences. NHRC Chairperson KG Balakrishnan said various strategies could be employed to bring down the prison population like ensuring that police does not make any arrest indiscriminately and also providing legal aid to the poor. He said the number of undertrial prisoners is...

09:40 AM, May 13, 2012

New Delhi: The trial in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case will begin from May 11 with the Ghaziabad court on Wednesday transferred the case to the sessions court. The court also rejected dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar's counsel's contention that the documents provided by the CBI weren't enough. Sources said that the basic contention of the Talwars was over five phone numbers related to the case. Talwars' counsel gave the...

12:41 PM, May 09, 2012

New Delhi: Murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's mother Nupur Talwar is writing a book titled 'Mystery behind Aarushi's death - story by an unfortunate mother' inside the Dasna Jail. The jailor of Dasna Jail said that she wanted to bring out the real story. Dasna Jail Superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma said, "Nupur Talwar is busy writing a book on the mystery behind her daughter's death. She wants to bring the truth...

10:29 AM, May 09, 2012

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Monday deferred the hearing to May 25 on a plea by CBI challenging the special CBI court's order extending the bail of Rajesh Talwar in connection with the murder of his daughter Arushi and domestic help Hemraj. Justice BK Narain deferred the hearing as notices issued earlier by the Court was not served on Rajesh. On April 3, the Allahabad High Court had issued...

09:09 PM, May 07, 2012