Punjab Police on Thursday said it has uncovered a well-organised drug smuggling racket operating from within Sangrur Jail, leading to multiple arrests, including a senior jail official and seizure of contraband, firearms, and cash.
In a unique initiative to boost the physical and mental health of the prisoners, the Jail Premier League was organised in Mathura jail on the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The bench, comprising Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, advised the petitioner to approach the Delhi Government or any other relevant authority responsible for the administration of Tihar Jail.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested a key Khalistani operative Kashmir Singh Galwaddi associated with foreign-based Babbar Khalsa terrorists Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda and one of the hardened criminals who had escaped during the Nabha jail break in 2016.
In the ongoing crackdown on Afghan migrants, Pakistan released 104 Afghan migrants from its jails, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriates of the Interim Government of Afghanistan confirmed on Monday, Khama Press reported.
Kannur City Police Commissioner, IPS P Nidhin Raj, said an investigation is currently underway following the seizure of mobile phones from Kannur Central Jail. He confirmed that some information about the smuggling of phones into the prison has been received.
Taking to the social media platform X, BYC revealed that the activist was in critical condition following the assault. Despite his worsening health, he was briefly taken to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Quetta without receiving proper medical treatment and was then returned to Huda Jail i
On World Press Freedom Day, concerns over media independence in Bangladesh have resurfaced, with journalist Golam Rahman, Editor of Ajker Patrika, a Bengali daily newspaper of Bangladesh, voicing alarm over growing censorship and lack of transparency in the country's media.
The National Human Rights (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report highlighting the non-availability of infrastructure and manpower to provide for the prisoners to pursue education in the Kerala jails, as per a press release.
Superintendent of Police (SP, Shahdol), ShriRamji Shrivastava told ANI, "A 17-year-old girl lodged a police complaint in which she said that she was moving on a city road here in Shahdol at around 2 am on May 1, during which she met a man travelling in a four-wheeler. She took a lift from hi
Delhi's Patiala House Court has recently granted bail to a gangster accused in a case of murder of rival gangster Prince Tewatia in Tihar Jail in April 2023 as 'Ground of arrest not communicated'.