Epstein files reveal ongoing ties with this one wealth managerDespite the allegations surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, Bank of America wealth adviser Paul V. Morris maintained connections with Epstein for ...
28 May, 2026, 07.22 PM IST
SC questions its own verdict denying bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel ImamThe Supreme Court has voiced strong concerns regarding the denial of bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. Judges highlighted th...
19 May, 2026, 01.20 AM IST
2005 'fake' encounter of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh: High Court upholds acquittal of 22 personsThe Bombay High Court has upheld the acquittal of 22 individuals in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case. Appeals filed ...
07 May, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
Donald Trump's DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crimeTop US law enforcement agencies like the FBI and DEA have seen thousands of staff cuts. This reduction impacts crime-fighting capabilities....
23 Apr, 2026, 04.21 PM IST
Will Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs be released today from prison? Latest updates and what we knowSean 'Diddy' Combs' legal team is fighting for his immediate release, arguing that controversial tapes central to his conviction depict con...
09 Apr, 2026, 10.58 PM IST
Trump wants to turn Alcatraz into a 'State-of-the-Art' Prison: Here's why it's so famousDonald Trump has requested $152 million in a White House budget proposal to reopen the former Alcatraz jail, aiming to transform it into a ...
04 Apr, 2026, 09.17 PM IST
Diddy in hot water again: Prison release date pushed back over rule violationsSean “P. Diddy” Combs set to stay sentenced longer than anticipated, with his release date extended from May 8, 2028, to June 4, 2028. The ...
13 Nov, 2025, 09.58 PM IST
MHA asks states, UTs to utilise Central fund to help poor prisoners obtain bailThe Ministry of Home Affairs has urged states and union territories to utilize the 'Support to Poor Prisoners Scheme' to aid inmates unable...
04 Jun, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
NCRB to upgrade prison securityThe ministry asked states and UTs to designate a sub agency at the state level which will coordinate with the NCRB for implementing the 'mo...
03 Nov, 2022, 11.05 PM IST
Centre notifies Identification Act, poised to give cops access to biometric dataThe rules have made it mandatory for the National Crime Records Bureau to draw up a standard operating procedure to specify equipment and d...
20 Sep, 2022, 12.24 AM IST
70 pc of foreign prisoners in India under-trials: Govt dataThe recently released annual 'Prison Statistics India 2020' of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows there were 4,926 foreigners l...
09 Feb, 2022, 03.22 PM IST
India's 27.37 per cent prison inmates 'illiterate', over 5,600 techies: Govt dataThe data on education of prison inmates showed that the maximum number of 1,98,872 (or 41.55 per cent) prisoners are educated below class 1...
14 Feb, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
3.15 lakh or 65.90% prison inmates from SC, ST, OBC categories: Govt dataOf the total 4,78,600 prison inmates in the country, 3,15,409 or 65.90 per cent belong to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Ot...
10 Feb, 2021, 05.13 PM IST
US Government to execute first woman since 1953Lisa Montgomery, who in 2004 was convicted of strangling a Missouri woman who was eight months pregnant, is expected to receive the lethal ...
18 Oct, 2020, 07.25 AM IST
Indian jails remained overcrowded and under-staffed in 2019: NCRB dataOn the other hand, the prisons were under-staffed with a sanctioned strength of 87,599, while the actual strength was 60,787 as on December...
30 Aug, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
Union home ministry asks prisons to screen foreign inmates, use videoconferencing for kinMore than 466,084 persons are lodged in 1,318 prisons across India, according to the 2018 report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB...
11 Apr, 2020, 08.07 AM IST
Prisons across the country make Rs 200 crore of goods a yearThe value of goods produced by jail inmates was Rs 201.8 crore, according to a report by NCRB, which is a 33 per cent jump from Rs 151.8 cr...
01 Nov, 2016, 11.52 PM IST