Dennis Hastert death reason: What has caused death of longest-serving Republican speaker of the US House of Representatives?Dennis Hastert's reputation collapsed years after he left Congress when a federal investigation into suspicious bank withdrawals exposed pa...
05 Oct, 2026, 09.00 PM IST
A senator's fall from grace ends in a grim federal lockupFormer Senator Bob Menendez has begun his 11-year prison sentence for political corruption at a federal facility in Pennsylvania. Convicted...
17 Jun, 2025, 09.43 PM IST
‘Hannibal the Cannibal’ on hunger strike. Normally ‘polite’ and world's most isolated prisoner is furious. Why?Robert Maudsley, known as “Hannibal the Cannibal,” holds the record for longest solitary confinement. After his gaming console and TV were ...
10 Mar, 2025, 08.43 AM IST
Is Donald Trump going to Rikers Island jail? From Tupac Shakur to Berkowitz, famous criminals served thereFrom Tupac to Lil Wayne, Rikers Island jail is a complex where some notorious as well as famous personalities have landed while serving the...
02 Jun, 2024, 12.53 AM IST
Uzbek court sentences 23 over contaminated cough syrup deathsA court in Uzbekistan sentenced 23 people to prison terms over the deaths of 68 children linked to contaminated cough syrups produced by In...
26 Feb, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
Kremlin critic Navalny convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prisonRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prison, with the new charges relating...
04 Aug, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for U.S. Capitol attackRhodes' sentencing comes just weeks after former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy alongsid...
26 May, 2023, 12.45 PM IST
Charles Bronson will not be released from prison after losing his parole bidCharles Bronson is one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners. He was named one of the country's most dangerous offenders.
30 Mar, 2023, 07.13 PM IST
Boris Becker released from prison, to be deported from UKBoris Becker, legendary tennis player, was recently freed from prison after serving time for his 2017 bankruptcy.
15 Dec, 2022, 08.05 PM IST
Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin sentenced to 8 years in prison for spreading 'fake' information about Russia-Ukraine war, claim reportsIlya Yashin was arrested in the Ukrainian town of Bucha after he made public accusations of war crimes committed by the Russian government.
10 Dec, 2022, 12.12 AM IST
Who is Charles Brosnan? Know about Britain’s most notorious criminal and why he is in prison?Charles Bronson, Britain's most notorious criminal, is scheduled to have a public parole hearing in 2023. He was given a longer sentence af...
10 Nov, 2022, 12.20 AM IST
Saudi woman activist Salma Al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years in prison for using TwitterSalma al-Shehab is a Ph.D. student at the University of Leeds in Britain. Shehab had openly tweeted about Saudi women's rights in the other...
18 Aug, 2022, 07.45 PM IST
New Zealand judge sentences mosque shooter to life in prison, no parole, for "wicked crimes"Brenton Tarrant, a 29-year-old Australian, admitted to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a t...
27 Aug, 2020, 09.07 AM IST
Rajiv Gandhi case convict Nalini Sriharan approaches NCW for releaseNalini's husband Sriharan, alias Murugan, is also serving life sentence in the case.
23 Oct, 2016, 06.48 PM IST
Three in four death row convicts from vulnerable sections: ReportThe ‘Death Penalty India Report’, released in Delhi on Friday, does not allege direct discrimination against prisoners from such background.
07 May, 2016, 04.11 PM IST
Indian-American fails to avoid jail in insider trading caseSAC had last year pleaded guilty to insider trading and agreed to pay $1.8 billion to settle the criminal and civil charges against it.
13 Nov, 2014, 12.49 PM IST
- Rajaratnam begins 11-year sentence at Massachusetts prison
Raj Rajaratnam, the one time billionaire hedge fund founder convicted in the biggest insider trading case in the US, has reported to a fede...
06 Dec, 2011, 09.36 PM IST