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Ranga-Billa Case: How the brutal murder of a brother and sister shocked the nation, inspired Raakh series and changed India’s criminal investigations foreverA brutal 1978 Delhi crime, the Ranga-Billa case, saw siblings Geeta and Sanjay Chopra tragically murdered after accepting a lift. Their dea...
700 inmates get job in hotel industry, 1200 more to get employed soon: Tihar prisons chiefReplying to a question over jail reforms during his tenure in Tihar, Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal said, "We have started skill...
Tihar jail security: SC says passing of buck between MHA, Delhi govt needs to be dealt withThe Enforcement Director had made a startling revelation in November last year that it had unearthed a "secret underground office" in Tihar...
SC asks Union home secy to carry out urgent clean-up of Tihar JailThe top court had earlier been aghast at the collusion between the officials in the jail and the promoters of Unitech who were jailed there.
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 ...
Nirbhaya case convict shifted to Tihar JailPawan Gupta is lodged in Jail No. 2 of Tihar, where two other convicts in the case - Mukesh Singh and Akshay are also lodged, while Vinay S...
Convict on death row in 2012 gang-rape case files mercy petition before PresidentA 23-year-old student was raped on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012 inside a running bus by six persons and severely assaulted...
Supreme Court forms panel to bring in jail reformsThe Supreme Court on Tuesday set up a panel headed by a retired judge of the court to usher in drastic prison reforms and decongest overcro...
Nirbhaya gangrape convict Vinay Sharma attempts suicide in Tihar JailSharma tried to hang himself from an iron grill of his cell using a cloth at around 9.30 PM last night. He was caught in the act by a Tamil...
4,18,536 prisoners lodged in different jails in the countryThere were a total of 4,18,536, inmates lodged in the jails in the country as against the capacity of 3,56,361 prisoners, by the end of Dec...
Tihar Jail: How organized gangs are operating freely in the high-security prison complexSources revealed that being a member of a gang was almost "mandatory" for inmates and those who chose to seclude themselves faced danger of...
Delhi High Court seeks Centre's, Delhi government's reply on under trial prisonersThe High Court has been dealing with two PILs relating to ensuring minimum human rights to inmates of Tihar Jail here.
Armed with English, Tihar inmates to compete for jobsAt Tihar, which has a placement cell of its own, the Teach India initiative has changed many lives ever since the English course was introd...
Recruitment drive in Tihar jail: Inmate offered Rs 35,000 per monthMost of the inmates who have landed jobs are on the verge of being released and will now join soon after the completion of their sentences,...
India is ahead of the world in prison reforms: Kiran Bedi"I visited more than 40 prisons around the world. The reforms which we have been able to do are not seen elsewhere," Bedi said.
Centre waives off bill for ITBP deployment to guard KasabCentre decides not to recover from Maharashtra government Rs 21 crore on account of deployment of ITBP to guard Kasab.
- Government plans life insurance for Tihar inmates
The govt has proposed to offer life insurance cover to 2,000 Tihar inmates who have been serving their prison terms after being convicted f...
- Goods worth nearly Rs 30 crore produced by Tihar jail inmates sold
Government has sold goods worth nearly Rs 30 crore produced by inmates of Tihar jail over the past four years.
- Tihar Jail inmates get life insurance cover
Inmates will be paying for the premium from the wages earned in jail by them. Those unable to make their payments will be helped by jail au...
- India Inc to conduct recruitment drive in Tihar jail
In a first, top executives of India Inc will conduct a recruitment drive in Tihar jail and pick 50 inmates to be employed in their business...