The safe keepers: Inside India's booming locker economyIndia’s locker economy is booming amid rising gold prices and household wealth. While banks remain the preferred repository, private vault ...
07 Jun, 2026, 08.41 AM IST
Sathankulam custodial deaths: Nine police personnel sentenced to death by courtNine police officers received the death penalty for the brutal custodial torture and murder of P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix in Sathankula...
07 Apr, 2026, 12.21 PM IST
RBI streamlines norms for claims settlement related to deceased bank customersThe RBI has issued revised norms mandating banks to settle claims on deceased customers’ accounts and lockers within 15 days, with compensa...
26 Sep, 2025, 08.33 PM IST
Banks must settle a/cs, lockers and articles in safe custody of deceased customer within 15 days of claim: RBIThese proposals are aimed at standardising the claims processes across the banking sector, maintaining uniformity and compensating the cust...
07 Aug, 2025, 09.27 PM IST
Rs 5 lakh payout for kin of jail inmates who die of unnatural causes in custody in MaharashtraThe Maharashtra government has approved a policy to compensate the families of jail inmates who die in custody due to unnatural causes. A c...
15 Apr, 2025, 06.34 PM IST
Delhi government proposes Rs 7.5 lakh compensation for families of prisoners who die in custodyThe Delhi government has proposed a compensation of Rs 7.5 lakh for families of prisoners who die due to unnatural causes in custody. The p...
06 Sep, 2024, 05.13 PM IST
J&K admin orders probe into death of three civiliansThe families of the victims alleged that the deceased and some other people were picked up by the army from their homes in Topa Peer villag...
24 Dec, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
Govt should review AFSPA from time to time if situation improves: NHRC Chairperson Justice Arun MishraThe two day’s camp sitting and public open hearing of the Commission from 15th to 16th December, 2021 was held in Guwahati in respect of th...
17 Dec, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Erendro a habitual trouble maker, deserves no compensation: ManipurIn the late evening affidavit, the N Biren Singh government said it withdrew the May 17 order invoking National Security Act against Erendr...
16 Aug, 2021, 11.03 AM IST
Families of Telangana rape case accused move SCFamilies of the four Telangana rape accused who were killed by Telangana police in an encounter, moved the Supreme Court seeking a probe in...
20 Dec, 2019, 07.44 AM IST
16 High Courts initiated suo motu PILs on custodial deaths: Supreme CourtThe top court had on September 15 observed that custodial death was a crime and such incidents indicate the "apparent disdain" of the state...
27 Dec, 2017, 03.14 PM IST
Supreme Court passes slew of directions on prison reforms across IndiaThe bench asked the Secretary General of the apex court to sent the copy of its verdict to the Registrar General of every high court within...
15 Sep, 2017, 01.49 PM IST
Delhi assembly passes bill proposing amendments in CrPCDelhi Assembly today passed a Bill proposing amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure, setting up another flashpoint with the Centre.
23 Nov, 2015, 08.12 PM IST
HC directs MACT to release over 500 attached busesThe attached vehicles be released on condition that the corporations first deposit 25 per cent of the respective compensation amounts in th...
29 Apr, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee offers job to kin of custodial death victimAnnouncing a Homeguard's job for one member, Banerjee said a compensation of Rs 2L was also extended to victim's family from CM's relief fu...
29 Sep, 2014, 10.51 PM IST
Australia says no to compensation for Indian-origin surgeon Jayant PatelIndian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, convicted for the death of an elderly patient in Australia and sentenced to two years in jail.
07 Feb, 2014, 07.16 PM IST
UP move to grant relief to Khalid Mujahid's kin challenged in HCA social activist has moved Allahabad High Court challenging UP govt's decision of granting Rs 6 lakh compensation to the kin of Khalid Muj...
28 May, 2013, 06.34 PM IST