Bengaluru court denies actor Darshan's jail transfer plea, allows limited prison concessionsA Bengaluru court denied actor Darshan's plea to move to Ballari jail in the Renukaswamy murder case. The court cited no valid reasons for ...
09 Sep, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
Why the Menendez Brothers were denied parole: Reasons, timeline, and what legal options remainLyle Menendez and Erik Menendez, convicted in the infamous 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, appeared in sepa...
24 Aug, 2025, 06.59 PM IST
No bail for Erik Menendez even after 35 years. Here's everything about the case on which Netflix has even made movie aboutErik Menendez was denied parole after commissioners cited disciplinary violations, including drug use and gang ties, despite family pleas a...
22 Aug, 2025, 07.45 AM IST
Tamil Nadu's Vellore jail officers charged with forcing detainees to perform household tasksFourteen officers from Vellore jail in Tamil Nadu, including DIG R. Rajalakshmi, have been charged with forcing detainees to perform househ...
09 Sep, 2024, 01.31 PM IST
Kannada actor Darshan, now in Ballari jail, lands in sunglasses controversy; cop suspendedDarshan Thogudeepa, accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, sparked controversy after being transferred from Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara...
30 Aug, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
Civil rights groups decry effort to punish US federal inmates for social media useCivil liberties advocates are facing a Monday deadline to push the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to back away from the proposed change, i...
02 Apr, 2024, 08.01 AM 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
Russian court starts trial of opposition leader Alexei Navalny that could keep him locked up for decadesRussian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, who is currently serving a nine-year sentence for fraud and contempt of court in a maximum-secur...
19 Jun, 2023, 03.30 PM IST
Russian court starts trial of opposition leader Navalny that could keep him locked up for decadesRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing a new trial on charges that could extend his prison time by several decades. He is curre...
19 Jun, 2023, 03.22 PM IST
Former Bank of China chairman investigated by graft agencyLiu Liange, who also is a former party secretary of the bank, is suspected of "serious disciplinary violations," China Central Television s...
31 Mar, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
Bihar judge claims suspended for quick delivery of justice, SC issues notice to state governmentA bench of Justices U U Lalit and S R Bhat issued notices, including to the state of Bihar, on the plea filed by Shashi Kant Rai, an additi...
29 Jul, 2022, 05.01 PM IST
Chinese tycoon and Xi Jinping critic jailed for 18 years for corruption, briberyRen Zhiqiang -- once among the ruling Communist Party's inner circle -- disappeared from the public eye in March, shortly after penning an ...
22 Sep, 2020, 10.43 AM IST
Siddaramaiah orders probe into special treatment to VK SasikalaDeputy Inspector of General (Prisons) D Roopa had alleged that a special kitchen had been set up in the jail for Sasikala in violation of p...
13 Jul, 2017, 04.51 PM IST
O Panneerselvam camp stakes claim to AIADMK symbolThe OPS faction said Dinakaran's conviction in a Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) case has also been brought to the notice of ECI.
15 Mar, 2017, 08.04 PM IST
JNU row: Kanhaiya Kumar goes to Supreme Court, seeks bailJNU students union chief Kanhaiya Kumar says he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in a sedition case; Supreme Court to hear his p...
19 Feb, 2016, 06.28 AM IST
China's ex deputy security minister Li Dongsheng jailed for graftLi Dongsheng had ties to Zhou Yongkang, ex-security czar jailed for life in June in one of China's biggest ever corruption scandals.
12 Jan, 2016, 12.13 PM IST
- Bo Xilai expelled from China's ruling CPC ahead of November 8 Congress
Ahead of a generational leadership change in China's ruling CPC at its key Congress on November 8, the party today expelled disgraced leade...
28 Sep, 2012, 05.56 PM IST