Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisonedAsylum seekers deported from the United States are being held against their will in Equatorial Guinea. The Trump administration struck a de...
28 May, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja gets 6-month jail term for criminal contemptThe Delhi High Court has sentenced YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja to six months in jail for criminal contempt. He was found to have scandalised th...
20 May, 2026, 12.18 PM IST
Fit certificate a must: Bengal govt issues new guidelines for animal slaughterThe West Bengal government has introduced new rules for animal slaughter. Animals must now have a 'fit certificate' from authorities before...
14 May, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Myanmar cuts Aung San Suu Kyi sentence, frees former presidentMyanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her sentence reduced. This comes as part of an amnesty granted by the new president. Suu K...
17 Apr, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
NCP leader murder case: Chhattisgarh HC sentences Amit Jogi to life imprisonment, calls him 'mastermind'Amit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, receives life imprisonment from the High Court for the 2003 murder of NCP l...
06 Apr, 2026, 04.10 PM IST
Export rule-breaking: A good many offences could soon see punishments reducedNew Jan Vishwas Bill: The proposed amendments reflect a broader policy push towards reducing criminal liability for business-related offenc...
30 Mar, 2026, 12.06 PM IST
No jail for first-time traffic, pollution offences? Government proposes shift to finesThe Jan Vishwas Bill aims to decriminalize minor offenses. Jail terms for first-time road safety and pollution violations will be replaced ...
29 Mar, 2026, 11.02 AM IST
Relaxation in jail term on ITR filing offence in Budget 2026: Pay fine or 2 years jail instead of 7 years if ITR not filed and tax is above Rs 50 lakhBudget 2026 significantly softens penalties for income tax defaults. The jail term for failing to file ITR with tax exceeding Rs 50 lakh is...
03 Feb, 2026, 02.24 PM IST
BJP MLA Adesh Chauhan sentenced to six months imprisonment, gets bailA special CBI court in Dehradun has sentenced BJP MLA Adesh Chauhan and his niece to six months imprisonment in a 16-year-old case. The cas...
27 May, 2025, 07.03 AM IST
6 months jail term if found without face mask in public places: Nilgiris district CollectorThe district with many tourist places, including this picturesque headquarters town popularly known as Ooty, has been attracting visitors s...
11 Mar, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
Pakistan: An anti-terrorism court jails Hafiz Saeed's 3 aides in terror financing caseSaeed's brother-in-law Hafiz Abdur Rehman Makki, JuD spokesperson Yahya Mujahid and Zafar Iqbal were handed down the six-month imprisonment...
23 Jan, 2021, 04.12 PM IST
Supreme Court warns Justice Karnan for sending his lawyer repeatedlyJustice Karnan had moved the apex court seeking recall of the order holding him guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to a six-mon...
15 May, 2017, 08.38 PM IST
Police hunt for Justice Karnan with no luckKarnan had yesterday moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of its order holding him guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to a si...
12 May, 2017, 09.22 PM IST
BJP legislator demands parole for Fransisco Miccky PachecoLobo said "Every legislator needs to be present in the House so that issues related to his constituency can be discussed on the floor of th...
27 Jul, 2015, 03.44 PM IST
New Motor Bill: Steep penalties, 7-year jail for child death in certain circumstances proposedSeeking to come down heavily on traffic offenders, government today proposed steep penalties of up to Rs 3 lakh along with a mini 7-year im...
13 Sep, 2014, 10.28 PM IST
Former Congress MP gets six-month imprisonment for misbehaving with police officerFormer Congress MP Prem Chand Guddu was today sentenced to six months imprisonment for misbehaving with a police officer in 2004.
19 Aug, 2014, 03.51 PM IST
Indian sentenced to prison for threatening to bomb US co Z-Medica CorporationA 56-year old Indian man, who had called himself a "terrorist", has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for threatening to bomb a Con...
15 Dec, 2012, 02.41 AM IST