New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to put in place a proper mechanism to ensure that the Pakistani prisoners are deported back to their country in a time-bound manner after completing their sentences. A bench headed by Justice RM Lodha gave the direction while expressing concern over the delay in deporting prisoners who remained in the detention centres in the country despite completing their prison terms....
01:14 AM, May 04, 2012
Jodhpur: A top Rajasthan police official on Tuesday said it was not possible to put an end to use of mobile phones in prisons, but efforts were on to rope in service providers to curb their use by inmates. Reviewing the security arrangement in Jodhpur Central Jail in Jodhpur, Director General (Jail) Omendra Bhardwaj said curbing use of mobile phones in prisons remained a daunting task for officials and "it...
08:08 PM, Apr 24, 2012
London: A woman in Britain has been found keeping her 10-year-old son locked up in a coal-bunker for over a year for being naughty or stealing food from the kitchen. His room had a soiled mattress, a dirty sleeping bag and a urine-filled potty. The youngster slept in the padlocked outhouse every night and was imprisoned for hours at a time during the day if he misbehaved. While the woman,...
03:50 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Meerut: Violent clashes broke out between the inmates of the Meerut district jail and prison authorities on Wednesday. Gunfire was heard from inside the jail and eyewitnesses said they could see smoke billowing out from inside the premises. Five people including the deputy jailer have been injured in the clashes. Sources say tension began after a guard hit an undertrial after recovering a lighter from him. Following this, a group...
09:37 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Samastipur: In what seems to be a cruel twist of fate, a man returned home to his village in Bihar after languishing in a Pakistani jail for 35 years only to find that nothing is the same anymore. He even has no family left. Singheshwar Chaudhary has returned home only to find out that his wife, thinking him to be a dead man, married another man long ago. Singheshwar, who...
01:58 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Bannu: Dozens of Islamist militants stormed a prison in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday and freed nearly 400 inmates, including one on death row for trying to assassinate former president Pervez Musharraf, police officials said. Pakistan's Taliban movement, which is close to al Qaeda, said it was behind the brazen assault by militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles. A police official said most of those who escaped...
12:50 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan will release 34 Indian prisoners, including a fisherman suffering from cancer, this week as part of steps to normalise relations between the two countries. The prisoners, including 26 fishermen and eight others arrested on charges like illegally crossing the border, are expected to be repatriated via the Wagah border on April 13, Indian and Pakistani officials said on Wednesday. However, leading Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney has offered...
07:30 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: In what is being billed as a pioneering initiative, all 52 jails in Kerala will now go green with the state government undertaking a Rs 25.50 crore solar power project. The pilot project was launched by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at the central prison here on Wednesday. All jails will now use solar power extensively, rather than grid power, which is being used for lighting and pumping of water...
12:55 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its anguish at mentally challenged and deaf-mute foreign nationals, mostly Pakistanis, continuing to languish in Indian jails long after completing their sentences, and asked why the issue could "not be taken up at the highest level". An apex court bench of Justice R M Lodha and Justice H L Gokhale said that "such cases pain us" and wanted to know "what is...
08:28 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: Voicing deep concern over mentally unsound Pakistani nationals languishing in Indian jails even after completion of their sentences, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government why they should not be repatriated, saying such detention "pains us". A bench headed by Justice RM Lodha said such matters should be taken up on priority basis and at the highest level when the top authorities of the two nations meet....
12:23 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Director General (Prisons) Punjab, Shashi Kant, on Friday said that he would take strict action against all those police personnel who "stooped" to the level of touching the feet of Bibi Jagir Kaur, the former Punjab Cabinet Minister who on Friday, was charged with the murder of her daughter and sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment in Patiala jail. In an interview with Network 18 Editor-in-Chief...
10:01 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Islamabad: Leading rights activist Ansar Burney has asked the Pakistan government to immediately free three Indian prisoners who had either completed their jail terms or whose release has been ordered by court. Indian national Surjeet Singh alias Makhan Singh had completed his prison term on October 30, 2010 but he continues to be held in prison, Burney said in letters sent to President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza...
05:33 PM, Apr 02, 2012
Ahmednagar: Thirty-two Indians are languishing in Pakistani jails even though a Lahore court ordered their immediate release as they had all served their sentences. However, it is red tape that is standing in the way of their freedom. Aunabai Karale couldn't hold back her tears when she read letters from her husband Bhanudas, who went missing from Pune in January, 2010. But it was only in August, 2011 that his...
08:46 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Amritsar: Radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa on Sunday took a dig at Punjab government for allegedly extending VVIP treatment to former minister Jagir Kaur, who is in jail for conspiring in forcible abortion and abduction in the killing of her daughter 12 years ago. "Punjab government is violating constitution by extending VVIP treatment to Bibi Jagir Kaur lodged in Kapurthala jail, party's secretary for human rights Pritpal Singh said. Blaming...
04:12 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Lucknow: Facing as many as three incidents of jail riots in different parts of Uttar Pradesh in the last fortnight, state Jails Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiyya on Saturday inspected the Lucknow Jail and asked prison officials to "improve living conditions". On an unscheduled visit to the jail, Raja Bhaiyya went through the barracks and met the inmates. Prison official Duddhi Maurya told that the minister spent three...
08:06 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Mau: Violent clashes have broken out between inmates of Mau jail and prison authorities in Uttar Pradesh. The clashes broke out after inmates accused authorities of not providing immediate medical assistance to under trial Sayed Ur Rehman, who died earlier on Wednesday. 22-year-old Rehman, a rape accused, allegedly died due to lack of medical attention. District jailors Uday Raj Patel and Rakesh Singh have been badly injured and have been...
09:25 AM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: After a series of fatal accidents due to overspeeding in the city, Delhi Police is now mulling ways to jail those who drive their vehicles above the prescribed speed limit. "We will propose that those who drive at speeds which are excessive should be detained and their driving licences seized and suspended, based on photographic evidence by the courts, apart from fines etc. "Over speeding also has jail...
06:11 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Amid allegations of Indian indifference towards Sri Lankan Tamils, Indian prisoners serving long sentences in Colombo's main prison say they feel badly let down by Indian authorities. A spokesperson for the 30 Indian men and three women in the Wellikade Jail said that despite the existence of a bilateral pact, New Delhi was making no efforts to take them back so that they could serve their sentences in...
12:05 PM, Mar 15, 2012
