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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- UK could make migrants wait up to 20 years before becoming settled - making it one of the longest waits in worldThe UK government plans to significantly increase the time migrants must wait for permanent residency, doubling the standard period to ten ...13 Apr, 2026, 10.26 AM IST
- Word of the Day: RecrudescenceRecrudescence is a word that encapsulates the inevitability of return, whether in health, history or human emotion. It serves as a reminder...10 Apr, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
- The Most Unsettling Workplace Phrase Isn’t a Layoff, It’s This OneThe phrase "we're still structuring the team" is a common but unhelpful placeholder during organizational change. While leaders use it for ...25 Mar, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
- The real reason why Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will be released early from prison; here’s when he gets out as he appeals federal sentenceHip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs's federal prison release date has been moved up to April 25, 2028, approximately six weeks earlier than pr...03 Mar, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
- Jen Shah’s 6.5-year prison sentence reduced, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum to be finally released on THIS date, where will she go after release? here’s what we know so farJen Shah, a star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, will be released from federal custody earlier than her original sentencing date....22 Nov, 2025, 12.24 AM IST
- Prolonging criminal case for unreasonable period a type of suffering: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that prolonged criminal cases inflict mental suffering, akin to incarceration, on the accused. This observation...27 Aug, 2025, 06.28 PM IST
- Two 'Wolf Pack' rapists use Spanish law change to trim sentencesA Spanish court has reduced the sentences of two men convicted in the 2016 'Wolf Pack' gang rape, due to a loophole in a new sexual crimes ...27 Feb, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
- UK plans to release prisoners early to tackle overcrowdingBritain's new government, under the leadership of justice minister Shabana Mahmood, has announced plans to address prison overcrowding by i...15 Jul, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
- Naroda case: Gujarat HC awards 10-year rigorous imprisonment to three convictsA division bench of justices Harsha Devani and A S Supehia awarded 10 years' rigorous imprisonment to the three convicts in the case -- P J...25 Jun, 2018, 03.38 PM IST
- Kuwait releases 22 Indian prisoners; commutes sentences of 97The Emir of Kuwait has freed 22 Indian prisoners and commuted the sentences of 97 others lodged in the Arab country's jails.02 Oct, 2017, 12.58 AM IST
- Yusuf Mohsin Nulwalla moves SC for reduction of five year jail termThe bench kept Nulwalla's plea seeking reduction of the five-year jail term to three years pending and asked him to file a curative petitio...28 Aug, 2015, 04.33 PM IST
- Supreme Court on Mumbai Blasts: Planters were bows that archer controlledShah had said that most planters had expressed remorse, were poor, didn't have criminal antecedents and were young when the blasts occurred.30 Jul, 2015, 10.40 AM IST
- US court reduces Ghulam Nabi Fai's sentence on government petitionA federal court reduced sentence of Kashmiri separatist & alleged ISI agent Ghulam Nabi Fai by 15% after US Government moved a petition for...23 Nov, 2013, 12.12 PM IST
- Jail term reduction on ground of long trial not justifiable: SCThe agony faced by a person because of long trial cannot be a reason for a court to take a lenient view while punishing the accused.21 Apr, 2013, 10.45 AM IST
- CBI moves SC for enhanced punishment to Ansals:Uphaar tragedyThe Supreme Court on Thursday admitted the CBI's appeal challenging the Delhi High Court's decision to reduce the sentence imposed on real ...09 Apr, 2009, 08.00 PM IST
- 1-month jail for drunken drivingA court here on Wednesday enhanced the jail term for drunken driving but fixed a fine of Re 1 for the offence.27 Dec, 2007, 12.34 AM IST
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