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...
16 Apr, 2024, 04.30 PM IST
Delhi prisons order shock batons, pepper spray to control brawls between inmatesThe announcement comes after the prison department received criticism over the killing of gangster Sunil Balyan, alias Tillu Tajpuriya, ins...
26 May, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
Weeks after Tillu Tajpuriya killing, 80 more jail officials in Delhi transferredEighty officials of Delhi Prisons, including five deputy superintendents, have been transferred within Tihar, Mandoli and Rohini jail compl...
26 May, 2023, 03.27 PM IST
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...
27 Jan, 2022, 07.32 PM IST
66 inmates, 48 staffers of three Delhi jails test positive for CovidAccording to data shared by the jail authorities, 66 inmates -- 42 in Tihar and 24 in Mandoli jail -- had tested positive for COVID-19 till...
11 Jan, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
52 jail inmates, 7 staffers under treatment for COVID in DelhiAccording to the data shared by officials, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi prisons till Tuesday stands at 59, including seven ...
13 Apr, 2021, 05.11 PM IST
Delhi prison department asks 3,600 staff to enrol for COVID-19 vaccine shot"We appreciate the dedication and hard work done by jail officials and security forces who all were at a high risk for catching COVID-19 du...
10 Jan, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
No cultural celebrations inside Delhi jails this Diwali owing to COVID-19 restrictionsThe Delhi Prisons comprises of Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli jails. Diwali, a festival of lights, will be celebrated on Saturday. "This year, d...
13 Nov, 2020, 07.41 PM IST
Delhi's COVID-19 tally nears 60,000-mark; Authorities start work on robust contact tracingIt was the third day on the trot that over 3,000 fresh cases have been reported. On Saturday, Delhi had witnessed 3,630 cases, the highest ...
21 Jun, 2020, 10.37 PM IST
COVID-19 outbreak in Jaipur jail worries authorities; thousands of prisoners released on bail or parole across IndiaThe release of prisoners as a precautionary measure from the last week of March followed a direction by the Supreme Court, and more jail in...
17 May, 2020, 06.30 PM IST
Smuggled mobile phones ringing in trouble at Tihar JailTotal 330 mobile phones have been recovered in the last one month in Tihar jail.
24 Aug, 2019, 12.22 PM IST
Delhi jails 'grossly' overcrowded, prisoners double than capacity: CAGThe report also brought to the notice the poor medical facilities in the jails in Delhi as over 93,224 patients had to be referred to outsi...
30 Jun, 2015, 11.22 PM IST