An accountability court on Monday sentenced former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to seven years jail term in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case, while acquitting him in the Flagship Investment reference. In a short verdict announced today, the court said there was concrete evidence against the former premier in the Al-Azizia reference, and[Read More…]
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Pakistan’s turmoil: Nawaz in jail while 130 killed in poll meeting
Just hours before the arrest of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a deadliest suicide bomber claimed at least 133 lives, including a top nationalist leader, amid a poll meeting in Baluchistan on Friday. Candidate Siraj Raisani, a politician running for provincial legislature, died along with more than 125 civilians when[Read More…]
‘Send Sanjay Dutt back to jail if we’ve broken any norms’: Maha Govt tells HC
The Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that Sanjay Dutt could be sent back to jail if they had *broken any norms in remitting the actor’s sentence in the 1993 blasts case. * A bench of justices RM Savant and Sadhana Jadhav, said that the court had[Read More…]
Sasikala’s VIP treatment exposure: DIG Roopa shifted to road safety and traffic
DIG D Roopa, the police officer who exposed corruption in Bengaluru central prison and brought out the Rs 2 crore alleged bribe by AIADMK chief, V K Sasikala to jail officials, has been shifted to road safety and traffic. She has now been posted as commissioner for Road Safety and[Read More…]
Among 200 others, Indrani Mukherjea booked for rioting in jail
Former media executive, Indrani Mukerjea, was booked for rioting, destruction of property and causing injury to prison staff in Mumbai’s Byculla jail. She was among 200-odd jail inmates who were held responsible for the same. The inmates were protesting against the death of Manjura Shetye, a 45-year-old woman prisoner, who[Read More…]
Jharkhand: 13 prisons to run on solar power plants
The Jharkhand government is going to run 13 jails on solar power as it will amount to considerable savings of power. The initiative will also include the central jail in Ranchi. The establishments recorded savings with solar power plants that take care of 35 percent of their total power needs.[Read More…]
Woman jailed for pushing minor into prostitution
No special facilities for Sasikala, says Karnataka jail dept
Karnataka jail department officials have denied reports on Wednesday that AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala has been enjoying special facilities in Parappana Agrahara prison in Bengaluru and is likely to be shifted to a jail in Tamil Nadu. In response to a set of queries raised by advocate M[Read More…]
Two minors get life term for murder under juvenile law
A sessions court in Jhabua on Tuesday sentenced two teenagers to life imprisonment for the murder of another teenager. Radhu Nana Palia, 16, was stabbed in Jhabua on December 5, 2016. He was allegedly killed for Rs500. Palia was rushed to a local hospital after the incident. Two minors, a[Read More…]
Kerala’s central prison inmates to soon run salon
MP jailbreak: 2 inmates escape Morena Jail; 4 cop suspended
At least two prisoners escaped from Morena Jail in MP on Monday. Four policemen have been suspended after initial probe. According to local media reports, the two prisoners have been identified as Omprakash Jaat (36) & Anil Dhanela (26) both of whom had been booked for murder, loot and rape.[Read More…]
Goodwill gesture! Indian fishermen released from Pakistan reach India
Pakistan government on Saturday released 218 Indian fishermen as a ‘goodwill gesture’ at the Wagah border. The team, headed by KR Patni, has been camping in Amritsar since January 5 to receive the freed fishermen and bringing them to Gujarat. “We have received the 218 fishermen early on Saturday morning[Read More…]