Sorry state of affairs in Tihar Jail, murders happening in prison, says Supreme Court; seeks MHA reportThe apex court also expressed annoyance over the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) not filing an action plan and report on steps taken on the ...
10 Nov, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
28 Tihar prison officials suspended for being complicit with Unitech's jailed ex-promotersThe Delhi Police Crime Branch had on Tuesday registered a case after 32 officials of Tihar Jail were found to be complicit with the duo. Th...
14 Oct, 2021, 10.57 AM IST
SC directs full-fledged probe into collusion of Tihar jail officials with ex-Unitech promotersThe top court directed the Home Ministry to comply with Asthana's suggestions in the report on enhancing prison management and allowed a co...
06 Oct, 2021, 05.42 PM IST
MHA comes out with guidelines on entry of NGOs, filmmakers into prison for documentariesFor an Indian visitor to jail, the person must submit an application to the State or prison authorities at-least 30 days before the date of...
24 Jul, 2015, 07.25 PM IST
Ministry of Home Affairs seeks report from Tihar authorities on jailbreakThe duo have been identified as Faizan and Javed, both of them were lodged in the jail for burglaries.
29 Jun, 2015, 02.43 PM IST
Stricter norms for foreign journalists, researchers visiting Indian jailsThe Union home ministry has decided to delegate its powers to clear prison visits by foreign journalists/researchers, to the states and Uni...
04 Apr, 2015, 11.05 AM IST
Nirbhaya filmmaker Leslee Udwin allowed inside Tihar Jail without mandatory background checksAccording to home ministry sources, a set of guidelines was issued in December 2012 to regulate movement/visits of foreign visitors inside ...
06 Mar, 2015, 09.07 AM IST
British filmmaker Leslie Udwin misled home ministry and Tihar officials while seeking a nod to shoot inside the jailLeslie Udwin filmed half-a-dozen convicts in Tihar but only Mukesh Singh’s interview has made it to the documentary,” a home ministry offic...
06 Mar, 2015, 07.03 AM IST
Tihar issues legal notice to BBC, says shorter version shownThey also said that they were shown a "shorter" version of the documentary, following which they had suggested deletion of some controversi...
05 Mar, 2015, 10.45 PM IST
Nirbhaya case: Jailors in Tihar did not know about rape convict interview for 6 monthsUPA-led Home Ministry had given nod to filmmaker Udwin to shoot on rape convicts without realising she would be interviewing one of convict...
05 Mar, 2015, 03.50 AM IST
Giving permission within two days, Home Ministry was clueless that Nirbhaya case convict was to be interviewedPursual of the documents in question reveals the Ministry was clueless that Udwin would be interviewing the Nirbhaya case convicts.
04 Mar, 2015, 07.47 PM IST
Gang-rape convict’s interview: Police files FIR, government bans broadcastRajnath Singh also said that had the girl and her friend not tried to fight back, the gang would not have inflicted the savage beating.
04 Mar, 2015, 07.49 AM IST
December 16 gangrape case: Permission to interview rapist given by Home MinistryMukesh Singh gave his consent for the interview, the Tihar jail officials apparently did not go through the raw footage of the documentary.
03 Mar, 2015, 11.34 PM IST
Tihar jail security beefed upThe high-security prison, which already has a three-layer security apparatus, was today enhanced further after the inputs.
19 Dec, 2014, 01.18 AM IST
Delhi gang-rape: Prime accused Ram Singh kills himself in Tihar JailThe main accused in the Delhi gang-rape case, Ram Singh was found dead in Tihar Jail on Monday morning in mysterious circumstances.
12 Mar, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Government unlikely to give Afzal Guru's body to familyA senior Home Ministry official said a final decision in this regard will be taken soon and the Jammu and Kashmir government will be inform...
18 Feb, 2013, 03.37 PM IST
- Four Tihar officials suspended for bending rules for Kalmadi
Jitendra Pal and Krishan Kumar, both assistant superintendents, and Satbir, Head Warden of Jail Number 4 where Kalmadi is lodged in connect...
05 Jul, 2011, 11.13 AM IST