Hyderabad: After the introduction of telephone facility at the Cherlapally Central Prison in Hyderabad evoked a good response among jail inmates, the Andhra Pradesh Department of Prisons has decided to extend the service to other central jails in the state. The move is aimed at bringing down the smuggling of cell phones into jails. It would enable prisoners to communicate with their family members in an official way, for which,...
10:25 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Jaipur: Murder convict TB Thapa always wanted to be a painter. At the age of 35, he finally realised his dream, albeit at the most unlikeliest of places - the Jaipur Central Jail. "This is like meditation... It takes away from the stress and confinement of being in jail," he says with a glint in his eye. Like Thapa, Madhusudan, another convict, too picked up the brush and palette and...
08:12 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Bangalore: A hundred and seventy four children from various schools and colleges, under one roof. Some of them are good dancers, some are good at sports and some are even gold medalists in Karate at a national level. But this is not a temporary gathering. They live here. And there is one common factor that seamlessly binds all of them together - they all are children of prisoners. V Mani,...
09:15 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Hyderabad: A prisoner was killed and five others injured in an attack by a fellow prisoner with a pair of scissors in Cherlapally Central Prison near Hyderabad in the wee hours of Wednesday. The prisoner, Dasari Narasimhulu (45) from Nizamabad, has been jailed for attempt to murder in 2008. He is about to be released in three months. His behavior is unpredictable all the time, according to KL Srinivasa Rao,...
01:54 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Punjab: Surjeet Singh is now a free man but his fight for justice is far from over. The recently released prisoner who was held in Pakistan for 31 years is upset with the Indian government for disowning him. He says he will move court to prove that he was spying for the Indian Army. His life now is a blur of meetings with family, friends and well-wishers. In the few...
07:35 AM, Jul 01, 2012
New Delhi: As celebrations continued over Surjeet Singh's return from Pakistan to India, efforts picked up to bring back another Indian prisoner from Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh. However, Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney admitted that the government there is under pressure from religious extremists who are against Sarabjit's release. Sarabjit's family is running from pillar to post to expedite his release. On Thursday, the family met External Affairs Minister SM...
07:40 AM, Jun 29, 2012
Chandigarh: Almost 31 years after the search to find him was given up, an elated Surjeet Singh on Thursday crossed the Wagah border from Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore and stepped on Indian soil. His return came just a day after the hopes of the family of another prisoner Sarabjit Singh of seeing him were dashed after it was clarified by Pakistan that it was Surjeet and not Sarabjit who...
10:44 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Wagah border: Surjeet Singh, the Indian prisoner who returned from Pakistan on Thursday says he is very happy to be back. He says he is happy to see his "Punjabi brothers in turban". However, he was a bit apprehensive about telling why he went to Pakistan. When pressed further, he confessed that he went to the neighbouring country to spy for India, adding that no one asked for him when...
06:48 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Surjeet was arrested by Pakistan for spying in 1981. He was given the death penalty in 1989, which was later commuted to a life term. ...
04:56 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Wagah (Pakistan): He may have been officially released from jail on Thursday morning but when Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh alighted from the prison van at the Wagah border on the Pakistan side, he was handcuffed and the iron chain was attached to the belt of a Pakistani police officer. Dressed in a white kurta-pyjama and black turban and carrying two bags, Surjeet, 69, slowly alighted from the prison van with...
12:34 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Surjeet Singh, who was released by Pakistan after 31 years on Thursday, revealed that Pakistan media was against another Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's release. "Sarabjit is in a good condition there. I used to keep meeting him. A major problem for Sarabjit has been the Pakistan media, which always goes against him. I will try my best to get Sarabjit freed. I will meet ministers, will do anything...
12:13 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Surjeet Singh, who was released by Pakistan after languishing in jail for 31 years, crosses over to India at around 11.35 am after completing immigration formalities at the Wagah border on Thursday. After arriving in India, Surjeet Singh revealed that Pakistan media was against another Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's release. "Sarabjit is in a good condition there. I used to keep meeting him. A major problem for Sarabjit...
11:49 AM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who was released from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail after three decades on Thursday, has reached the Wagah border on the Pakistan side on his way back home. After he emerged from the jail, Surjeet Singh said he was looking forward to meeting his family. "During my imprisonment I often remembered my family and children. Today I am very happy. I will go to the...
11:06 AM, Jun 28, 2012
Islamabad: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who was released from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail after three decades Thursday, said that prisoners on both sides of the border should be released. Addressing reporters outside the jail in Punjabi, Surjeet said he had been arrested on charges of spying and would not return to Pakistan because he might be accused of the crime again. The 69-year-old, who spent over 30 years in Pakistani...
10:55 AM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s, has been released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore in Pakistan on Thursday. Pakistani policemen are now escorting the 69-year old to the Wagah border, where he will be handed over to Indian authorities. Indian officials said a team present at Wagah to receive over 300 fishermen being...
09:02 AM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s, is set to return home on Thursday after 31 long years. Pakistani policemen will escort the 69-year old to the Wagah border, where he will be handed over to Indian authorities. Surjeet Singh will be released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore at 10 am on Thursday, a...
07:50 AM, Jun 28, 2012
Hours after announcing that Sarabjit Singh would be released, Islamabad confirmed that it's not him, but another Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who is being sent home. ...
11:09 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Hope crashed once again for Sarabjit Singh's family but the unexpected twist brought joy to Surjeet Singh's relatives. ...
10:56 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Lahore: Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh, who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s, will be freed from a prison in the eastern Pakistani city and handed over to Indian authorities on Thursday, an official said on Wednesday. Singh, 69, will be released from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore at 10 am on Thursday, a senior official of the prison department of Punjab...
10:33 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: There was a cruel twist of fate for Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and his family. Hours after announcing that he would be released, Islamabad confirmed that it's not him, but another Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who is being sent home. The confusion that was created over Sarabjit Singh's released seems more of a communication error. CNN-IBN traces how the Sarabjit-Surjeet story developed through Tuesday evening right...
06:38 PM, Jun 27, 2012
