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
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: Former telecom minister A Raja and ex-telecom secretary Siddharth Behura will be summoned to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 2G scam. "We have decided to call Raja and Behura. While the date for Raja's appearance is not yet decided, Behura will be summoned on April 11," JPC Chairman PC Chacko said on Wednesday after the committee's meeting. Since Behura is lodged in Tihar jail,...
09:27 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court is expected to hear Nitish Katara's mother's complaint against convicts Vikas and Vishal Yadav on Friday. Katara's mother Neelam Katara had earlier claimed they have been enjoying preferential treatment at Tihar Jail. CNN-IBN had reported that both the accused had made 151 medical outings in four years. The Delhi High Court on February 1 asked Tihar Jail authorities to produce medical records of Vikas Yadav...
09:31 AM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna has reversed a decision of commuting life sentence of a convict in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and asked Delhi's Sentence Review Board to give it a relook following protests by a section of Sikh community. The decision to send the case again to State Review Board was taken following opposition by a section of Sikh community to the decision to commute life sentence...
07:06 AM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: A total of 73.5 percent inmates of Tihar Jail are undergoing trial, which is much above the national average of 66.4 percent undertrials in Indian jails, an official said Tuesday. The jail is now compiling a report of undertrial prisoners who have been granted bail but are unable to furnish sureties. "Out of the 11,598 prisoners lodged in Tihar Jail, 8,911 inmates are undertrials, including 410 women. A...
09:17 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi government has remitted sentences of 2,500 inmates lodged in Tihar jail on the occasion of 63rd Republic Day. This special remission has been granted to convicts who have served for less than a year to more than 10 years. "This remission has been granted only to inmates who belong to Delhi. It includes 2,500 convicts this time. Many things are considered before granting convicts such remissions...
07:36 AM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: Former Commonwealth Games OC Chief Suresh Kalmadi has decided to 'step aside' as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President. Kalmadi, who has not resigned officially, said that he would not represent the IOA. In a letter to IOA Acting President VK Malhotra, Kalmadi said he will step aside as the IOA President. "I will not be able to represent the IOA. I will not be taking part in...
02:19 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Sukhram in a 1996 telecom case. The court also upheld the conviction of two others, Runu Ghosh and P C Rama Rao in the scam. The criminal conspiracy charge against Sukhram has been withdrawn. A trial court had earlier sentenced Sukhram and Rama Rao to 3 years and Runu Ghosh to 2 years imprisonment for defrauding the exchequer...
03:06 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Anna Hazare on Sunday directly blamed Home Minister P Chidambaram for his arrest on August 16 when he was to launch his fast and claimed that there was a plan to bundle him out of the capital as was done to Yoga guru Ramdev. Hazare, who was arrested on the morning of August 16 and sent to 7-day judicial custody for trying to defy prohibitory orders, said he...
02:27 AM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP and M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi is expected to reach Chennai on Saturday. She left for Chennai on Saturday morning. This will be Kanimozhi's first visit to the state since she was granted bail and released from jail in the 2G spectrum scam case. DMK workers are planning to host a grand welcome for DMK Chief M Karunanidhi's daughter. An elated Karunanidhi said on Monday that the...
07:36 AM, Dec 03, 2011
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