Tihar Jail

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Cover photo of 'Age of Vice' by Deepti Kapoor. (Photo by arrangement)

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Age of Vice is about Ajay, a dalit from an Uttar Pradesh village who is trafficked at the age of eight to work as a servant in the mountains

30 Jul 2023 12:10 AM

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (C) sits in an aircraft departing from Kathmandu to France, on December 23, 2022. - French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on December 23 after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali prison. (Photo: AFP)

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Sobhraj first got in touch with me in 1997. He rang my office at Channel Four TV, UK, where I was a commissioning editor

31 Dec 2022 12:21 AM

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. (Photo: PTI)

Maharashtra mulls law against 'love jihad': Devendra Fadnavis

Devendra Fadnavis' statement came after a meeting with the father of Shraddha Walkar, who was killed by her boyfriend Aaftab Poonawala

09 Dec 2022 10:46 PM

The latest video that has emerged in a series of purported CCTV footage of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain inside the Tihar jail, shows house-keeping services being provided to the jail cell of Aam Aadmi Party leader. (Twitter/ANINews)

Latest video shows house-keeping service being provided in Satyendar Jain's cell

The purported footage that emerged according to the sources on Sunday morning was dated September 13, 15 and October 1

27 Nov 2022 10:33 AM

File photos of the four Nirbhaya gang rape case convicts (clockwise from top left) Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh.

Four Nirbhaya rape convicts hanged in Tihar jail

Supreme Court bench dismisses their final desperate bid in dramatic 2.30 am hearing

20 Mar 2020 7:27 AM

The Supreme Court, after hearing his bail application, ordered for setting up a medical board to access his health condition. (Photo: File | Representational)

SC grants four weeks parole to 1984 anti-Sikh riots convict

Sajjan Kumar, the other convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, is at present undergoing life imprisonment in Tihar jail.

15 Jan 2020 4:47 PM

Tihar to seek services of UP hangmen

Tihar authorities had written to the Uttar Pradesh prison authority, seeking services of a hangman.

09 Jan 2020 12:58 AM

The dummy execution will be conducted in Jail 3, the place where they will be executed on January 22. (Photo: Representational)

Tihar Jail to conduct dummy execution of Nirbhaya convicts before Jan 22

The hangman will be called from Uttar Pradesh Prison Department.

08 Jan 2020 9:45 AM

The court had also asked them to apprise it about the status related to their mercy, and curative petition. Advocate Seema Kushwaha, the counsel of Nitbhaya's parents, sought issuance of death warrant against them without any delay. (Photo: File | AFP)

Nirbhaya rape case: Tihar jail asks UP for 2 hangmen amid speculation of execution

The court is currently hearing a petition filed by the parents of the victim seeking the execution of all the convicts to be expedited.

12 Dec 2019 6:28 PM

Chidambaram's son Karti, while expressing happiness, said the Congress MP will attend the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament on Thursday. (Photo: ANI)

INX Media case: P Chidambaram walks out of Tihar jail after 106 days

A large number of Congress workers had reached the Tihar Jail to receive former Union Finance Minister Chidambaram.

04 Dec 2019 8:28 PM

"Classic case of @INCIndia 'Celebrating Corruption'!! So finally Chidambaram too joins the long list of “OOBC(Out On Bail Club)” in the Congress,' Sambit Patra tweeted. (Photo: File)

Classic case of Congress ‘celebrating corruption’: BJP on Chidambaram's bail

Taking a dig at the opposition party, the BJP went on to name leaders such as Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

04 Dec 2019 11:47 AM

“Phew. At last after 106 days,” tweeted Karti. (Photo: File)

‘After release from Tihar, dad to attend Parl tomorrow,’ says Karti Chidambaram

Congress also hailed the verdict and said 'truth finally prevails' though Tharoor rued delay in granting bail.

04 Dec 2019 11:11 AM

Chidambaram was first arrested by the CBI on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case and was granted bail by the top court on October 22. (Photo: File)

After 105 days in custody, SC grants bail to Chidambaram in INX media case

Granting bail, SC said Chidambaram should not tamper with evidence and not influence witnesses.

04 Dec 2019 10:44 AM

The Congress leader was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case but was granted bail by the Supreme Court two months later. (Photo: PTI | File)

INX Media case: SC to pronounce verdict on Chidambaram's bail plea shortly

A bench of justices R Banumathi, AS Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy will pronounce the verdict at 10.30 am.

04 Dec 2019 8:45 AM

Delhi’s gangster, Neeraj Bawana, ha sent a list of demands to superintendent which he says are essential for him to “pass time and maintain sanity” in the prison. (Photo: File)

'Want non-veg food, ipod: Delhi gangster Neeraj Bawana's demand to pass time in jail

The jail’s superintendent reportedly told Bawana that he can avail the prison’s in-house radio service to pass his time.

03 Dec 2019 2:57 PM

He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case on October 16 and is in judicial custody till November 27 under the order of a trial court. (Photo: FIle)

Party stands with us: Karti after Rahul, Priyanka visits dad Chidambaram in Tihar

The senior Congress leader was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case.

27 Nov 2019 10:02 AM

All convicts can plead for mercy from the President and seek commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment. (Photo: Representational)

Nirbhaya gangrape convicts to be executed soon: Tihar jail authorities

According to sources, convicts became restless after receiving the notices.

31 Oct 2019 2:59 PM

Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Ajay Chautala was released from Tihar Jail on Sunday after been granted furlough of 14 days. (Photo: ANI)

JJP chief Dushyant Chautala's father Ajay Chautala released from Tihar on furlough

The BJP on Friday had sealed an alliance in Haryana with Dushyant's JJP, which won 10 seats in the 90-member Haryana Assembly.

27 Oct 2019 10:03 AM

Shivakumar was arrested by the ED on September 3 in the money laundering case. He was lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody and had challenged the trial court's order denying him bail in the case. (Photo: File)

‘I’m back,’ says Shivakumar as he walks out of Tihar jail after bail

After court order was received, he was released following a medical check-up and other formalities at 9.15 pm, official added.

24 Oct 2019 9:10 AM

Sonia’s visit came days after former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy from the Janata Dal Secular met Shivakumar at Tihar. (Photo: File)

'We have to fight them': Sonia tells D K Shivakumar during her visit

Last month, Sonia was at Tihar to visit former minister P Chidambaram who was arrested by CBI in the INX Media case.

23 Oct 2019 9:47 AM

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