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How an IITian-turned ‘guru’ built a following through YouTube and exploited women through Gandharva marriages in MathuraAbhishek Mishra, also known as Adikarta Narayan Das, a former IIT Roorkee student, now a self-styled spiritual leader in Mathura, has been ...
Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh out on 30-day parole, marks 16th release since convictionDera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, jailed for sexual assault, has received a 30-day parole. This is his sixteenth temporary re...
SC stays conviction, life term of Amit Jogi in NCP leader's murder caseThe Supreme Court has put a hold on the Chhattisgarh High Court's decision sentencing Amit Jogi to life imprisonment. Jogi, son of former c...
Pawan Khera says more proof coming in passport row involving Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's wifeCongress leader Pawan Khera has leveled serious allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma. K...
HC convicts Amit Jogi in two-decade-old murder case, orders surrenderAmit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi, has been convicted in the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi. The Chhattisgarh H...
Four men under trial in rape and POCSO Act cases escape from Kobra jail in ChhattisgarhFour prisoners, facing rape charges and booked under the POCSO Act, escaped from a jail in Chhattisgarh's Korba district. The escape occurr...
Stung by Chaitanya Baghel's arrest, Congress to carry out economic blockade in Chhattisgarh on Jul 22The Chhattisgarh Congress plans an economic blockade on July 22. This is to protest the arrest of Chaitanya Baghel. He is the son of former...
3,418 prisoners released from Chhattisgarh jails: OfficialThe Supreme Court in March directed all states and Union Territories to constitute high-level committees to consider releasing on parole or...
SIMI encounter: MP govt mulls electric fencing in all jailsEarlier, the state government had ordered a judicial probe into the sensational jail-break and the alleged encounter of eight SIMI undertri...
Trials through video to help government save Rs 100 crore a yearChhattisgarh HC had chosen the highest number of locations — 115 — for installation of video conferencing facilities, of which installation...
President Pranab Mukherjee approves Correctional Service medals for prison personnelPresident Pranab Mukherjee has approved the Correctional Service medals to the following prison personnel on the occasion of Republic Day, ...
Justice system works against tribals in BastarJails in Bastar region crowded beyond capacity due to excessive fake cases.
10 unnatural deaths occur in Indian jails every monthAt 5.9 unnatural deaths per 10,000 inmates, Delhi's jails clock more than twice the national rate of 2.8 per 10,000 inmates.
BJP has no heart for tribals: Rahul GandhiPlaying the pro-tribal card in Maoist-affected Bastar, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused BJP of having "no heart" for trib...
Swami Agnivesh for peace talks between government and MaoistsSwami Agnivesh today said a dialogue with the naxals would be more beneficial for the country instead of counter-violence
- SC allows Soni Sori to be shifted to Jagdalpur Central Jail
Sori, a tribal school teacher from Dantewada district, had made a plea to shift her to Jagdalpur jail.
- Activists like Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze write to PM demanding medical attention for Soni Sori
NAC members Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze and Harsh Mander, poet Meena Kandaswamy and film-maker Anand Patwardhan are amongst the signatories to th...
- Sen sees light after two yrs
Supreme Court granted bail to human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen who was lodged in Raipur central Jail for more than two years for his al...
- Indian prisons overcrowded by over one lakh
Prisons across the country are bursting at the seams having to lodge about 1.10 lakh convicts and undertrials more than their capacity, wit...
- Chattisgarh jailbreak due to state government negligence
Even as the Union home ministry went about the drill of seeking a detailed report on Sunday’s daring jailbreak from the Chhattisgarh govern...