Read a book and cut 4 days from jail sentence: Actor Madhavan shares a fascinating prison reform rule where inmates get second chancesA Brazilian prison reform initiative allows inmates to reduce sentences by reading and reflecting on books. Actor R Madhavan highlighted th...
15 Apr, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
Tihar Jail opens gaushala and digital bakery to aid inmate rehabilitation and stray cattleTihar Jail has opened a cowshed for stray cattle. Inmates from rural backgrounds may help care for the animals. This initiative aims to add...
20 Nov, 2025, 04.38 PM IST
60 psychologists, counsellors to be recruited for Punjab jails: Minister Harpal Singh CheemaPunjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema announced the recruitment of 60 psychologists and counselors for state jails. This initiative a...
28 Jul, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
Government working to find long-term solution to flood in Assam: Himanta Biswa SarmaCM Sarma visited three relief camps, spent time with the flood victims to take note of the rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures being...
07 Jul, 2024, 07.45 PM IST
Mizoram witnesses highest single day spike of COVID-19 casesThe Health and Family Welfare Department has initiated mass screening out of 1500 inmates’ samples of 989 samples were tested and 528 were ...
21 Jun, 2021, 11.04 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
Underworld don Arun Gawli tops exam on Gandhian thoughtWith a 92.5% score, Arun Gawli can boast of adding another feather to his trademark ‘Gandhi topi’ after topping an exam on Gandhian thought...
14 Aug, 2018, 10.53 AM IST
Gem and Jewellery Skill Council to train Tihar jail prisonersGJSCI`s Skill Conclave saw a number of presentations by experts on various topics related to Jewellery industry which was succeeded by a pa...
27 Mar, 2017, 06.32 PM IST
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...
09 Dec, 2015, 05.29 PM IST
Jayalalithaa's presence halts welfare work inside Bangalore central prisonGroups involved in helping the inmates are facing problems due to restrictions enforced by prison officials ever since Jayalalithaa was jai...
17 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
A ‘finishing school’ for inmates in Tihar JailTo ensure that every inmate gets a fair opportunity to apply for a transfer, info about their remaining jail term will be available at kios...
17 Jul, 2014, 01.04 PM IST
Tihar to organise campus placement drive for inmatesTihar jail will conduct a campus placement drive tomorrow in which 30 inmates will appear for interviews conducted by 24 companies.
08 Apr, 2013, 09.26 PM IST
Assam is like a volcano: Tarun GogoiAn irate mob blocked NH 31, at Beltoli, on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border, following the death of three people on Monday night.
08 Aug, 2012, 09.21 AM IST
- After 10 days of normalcy, violence erupts again in Assam
A powerful bomb exploded in the Goreswar area of Baska district of Bodoland on Sunday, injuring three persons.
06 Aug, 2012, 05.00 AM IST
- 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...
14 Nov, 2011, 03.15 PM IST
- Arms found from rehab centre in Kandhamal
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik will be visiting Kandhamal district on Thursday at a time when the police seems to have found linkage between...
01 Oct, 2009, 06.47 AM IST
- Maoists' linkage with minority community leaders in Kandhamal suspected
Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik will visit Kandhamal on Thursday at a time when the police seems to have found linkage of the arms recovered from ...
30 Sep, 2009, 08.37 PM IST