Raigarh (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Raigarh Sessions Court on Saturday sentenced Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Anup Kumar Sai to life imprisonment in connection with the 2016 double murder case of a woman and her 14-year-old daughter.
Patna (Bihar)[India], March 30 (ANI): The Bihar Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which empowers the state government to impose penalties for certain categories of offences instead of direct imprisonment.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], March 29 (ANI): A special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) court on Monday held Jharkhand's former education minister and senior Congress MLA Bandhu Tirkey guilty in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment.
Beijing [China], March 23 (ANI): A Uyghur woman has been sentenced to 20-year imprisonment for speaking to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to China's Xinjiang region in 2012, said a media report citing the woman's husband.
Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): A Uyghur farmer, sentenced to eight-year imprisonment for saving his wife from forced abortion, died in jail in 2020, said a media report citing another Uyghur in the know of the development and local police officials.
London [UK], March 12 (ANI): A 31-year-old British Pakistani man Muhammad Gohir Khan, charged for conspiring to kill Netherlands-based blogger and activist, Ahmad Waqass Goraya was sentenced to life in prison at the Kingston-upon-Thames court on Friday.
Beijing [China], March 12 (ANI): A Uyghur educator, honoured previously by the government for outstanding works, is serving seven-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang region for violating Chinese policy by instructing students in Uyghur language, said a media report citing one of his former
Beijing [China], March 10 (ANI): A Uyghur professor and translator has been sentenced to 10-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang for "separatism" and "promoting Western culture", said a media report citing a village official and the convicted man's former Uyghur classmate.
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Beijing [China], March 5 (ANI): A retired Uyghur postal worker in China's Xinjiang region, released from an internment camp due to health issues, was rearrested in 2020 and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for participating in "illegal religious activities", said a media report.
Morigaon (Assam) [India], February 22 (ANI): A POCSO court in Assam's Morigaon district has sentenced a 23-year-old married person to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping and impregnating his own minor sister.
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Bihar BJP president and Lok Sabha MP Sanjay Jaiswal on Monday lauded the decision of a CBI court to sentence RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav to five years of imprisonment in a fodder scam case and said the people of Bihar never liked or sympathized with a "