NMCG ensuring pristine flow of Ganga in Varanasi

Every day lakhs of pilgrims and visitors come to the city to take a holy dip into the pious river, Ganga. For them,...

Belarusian court sentences Nobel laureate to 10 yrs in prison

Bialiatski was detained in August 2011 and sentenced in November to 4.5 years in a maximum security penal colony for...

UP: Old prisoners to be granted early release

In a sensitive move, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday sought a report for the release of very old prisoners...

Delhi LG constitutes Committee in unauthorised prison telephony

In the wake of illegal and unauthorised telephone communication inside the jails in the national capital, Delhi...

Pakistan shows no interest in rescuing 'Lady Al Qaeda', Aafia

Addressing the press conference along with Aafia Siddiqui's sister, Fauzia Siddiqui, Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith...

Deputy jailor arrested over UP MLA's Wife's illegal jail visit

The development came days after jailed Gangster Mukhtar Ansari's son MLA Abbas Ansari's wife Nikhat Bano was...

Pakistani brothers repartriated from Guantanamo after 2 decades

Mohammed Ahmed Ghulam Rabbani (53) and his brother Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbani (55), were held by the US police over...

Son of Army jawan urges President, PM to bring his father back

Son of an Army jawan who went missing after the India-Pakistan war in 1965 and was reported to be lodged in Lahore...

Harvey Weinstein's lawyers to appeal latest rape conviction

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to an additional 16 years in prison on Thursday, but his lawyers will continue to...

IGIMS Patna doctors retrieve mobile phone from prisoner's stomach

Dr Manish Mandal, Medical Superintendent, IGIMS stated that this was the first time a gadget of this size was...

UP: Herbal gulal made by prisoners under Skill Development

Under the initiative of the Yogi government, the prisoners detained in jail are also becoming self-reliant. Prisons...

R Kelly sentenced to 20 years in federal child porn case

R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a Chicago federal courtroom on Thursday following his...