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Hyderabad’s new 'feel the jail experience' lets people live like prisoners for 24 hours: Eat jail food and sleep in prison cellsHyderabad has launched the Telangana Prisons Museum and 'Jail Anubhavam' program, offering citizens a simulated prison experience. This ini...
Reports again raise spectre of 'demolition' of Patna's Sultan Palace, spark outcryThe Bihar Cabinet has greenlit plans for a luxurious five-star heritage hotel at the Sultan Palace, a remarkable edifice constructed in 192...
Either jail or 'jahannum' for terrorists: Union minister Nityanand Rai on J-K terror attacksAccording to the minister, security forces have killed about 900 terrorists in the region after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. "Mod...
Andaman & Nicobar Islands Cellular Jail gets immersive tech upgradeThe revamped show at the Cellular Jail is an upgrade to the existing, conventional sound and light show which comprised lighting effects on...
Govt plans cow circuit to boost tourismThe board has identified states like Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Goa for this circuit.
Soon, you may get to pay and stay in Kerala prison if proposal receives government nodA report in PTI said that Kerala Prison Department plans to open the portals of one of its Central jails for tourists to stay there for a f...
After Lalu's arrest, RJD has set up a jail tourism cell: Sushil Kumar ModiBihar Deputy CM's caustic remark comes in the backdrop of two separate jail visits, out of which one was to meet the RJD chief lodged in Ra...
Drinking in open in Goa can now land you in jailPolice in the tourist state have asked its personnel to arrest people who are found drinking in public places.
With Netherlands having more cells than convicts, jail tourism could be the answerThere are instances of penitentiaries being turned into hotels, museums — like the Cellular Jail in the Andamans and Alcatraz in San Franci...
Last year, Alcatraz Jail was ranked America’s top landmarkOfficials who launched ‘Feel the Jail’ should investigate why no one has yet availed of the delights of Sangareddy District Central Jail.
Pay Rs 500 and get a warm welcome and a day's stay at Sangareddy jailThe inmates will be provided with a prison uniform made of khadi, a steel meal plate and glass, a mug besides washing soap, bathing soap, b...
Coastal circuit project in Goa gets Centres nodGoa Tourism's coastal circuit project under the 'Swadesh Darshan Scheme' has been approved by the Centre and soon funds will be allocated.
Varanasi jail inmate bags IGNOU gold medalAjeet Kumar Saroj, a culpable homicide convict was escorted to Banaras Hindu University where he was awarded his diploma at the 28th convoc...
'Jail tourism' may just boost anti-graft spiritPrison tourism has been trending for a while now, with many countries converting defunct penitentiaries into profitable hotels offering ‘so...
Lalu Prasad Yadav violates jail manual, faces threat: PoliceLalu Prasad, sentenced to five years in jail in a fodder scam case, faces security threats as he leads a life of comfort as a prisoner, Jha...
Lalu Prasad Yadav will bounce back: RJD leadersRJD leaders, who continue to call on party supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in jail following his conviction in a fodder scam case, have claimed t...
- Women inmates to take part in Tihar campus recruitment drive
"It is the third such exercise. In the earlier two campus placements conducted this year, 95 inmates were absorbed," Deputy Inspector Gener...