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Tihar`s needy inmates to get Rs 500 per month


Tihar Prisons authorities have launched a new scheme to provide Rs 500 per month as financial help t...

Custodial death: Notice to Delhi govt, Tihar jail


A division bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought the reply by...

JD-U, BJP MPs demand central university in Motihari


A delegation of JD-U and BJP MPs from Bihar on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Man drugged on train, robbed


An employee of a rice mill was drugged and robbed of Rs two lakh in a train.

Demand in LS for central `varsity at Motihari


A strong demand was on Friday made in the Lok Sabha for setting up a central university in Motihari ...

Raja turns 49, spends quiet birthday in Tihar


Former telecom minister A Raja, jailed in the 2G spectrum allocation case, observed his 49th birthda...

‘Art of begging’ taught in Bihar school


As part of school curriculum, children in a Bihar school are taught on how to beg and get sympathy f...

Maoist area commander held in Bihar


A CPI (Maoist) area commander wanted in various cases, including murder, was arrested from a hideout...

Laxman brought to Tihar jail


Laxman has been lodged in the same ward where sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief S...

Tihar Jail officer ensures security to tortured woman inmate


The Tihar Jail Superintendent told a Delhi court that a woman undertrial has been shifted to another...

Court summons jail official on inmate`s plea again


A Delhi court asked Tihar Jail superintendent to appear before it personally to respond to a woman p...

Mother-son die in fire


Victims were roasted alive when the fire broke out after an earthen lamp fell and soon engulfed seve...

Women prisoner alleges torture by warden in Tihar


Tihar Jail`s woman prisoner has accused the jail warden of torturing her with the help of HIV positi...

Nitish: Centre trying to divide Bihar over CUB


Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has alleged that Centre had earlier approved the proposal to set up CUB ...

Hardcore Naxalite arrested


Security forces arrested a naxalite with arms and ammunition from near Jhanda chowk in Bihar`s East ...

Nitish sticks to Motihari for central varsity


Talks of setting up Central University of Bihar in Gaya instead of Motihari is a conspiracy by the ...

Tihar to have its own Indian Idol


Inmates lodged in Tihar will strike a different note and get their own `Indian Idol` as a singing ...

Punjab militant gives slip to DP, 5 cops suspended


A Babbar Khalsa militant, who was undergoing sentence in an attempt to murder case, escaped from pol...

Katara: Docs` panel to examine convict’s visits


The Delhi High Court set up a board of Army doctors to examine medical records of the Nitish Katar...

Two inmates to work at Tihar Haat from this week


Tihar Prisons will now allow two convicts to work outside the jail premises from this week.

Corporates line-up at Tihar to buy Holi colours


From IT giants to top-notch five-star hotels, 24 companies have gone to Asia`s largest jail to pro...

Dawood aide`s plea against jail warden rejected


A complaint by Dawood Ibrahim`s alleged aide Khalil Ahmed, accusing a head warden Tihar jail of beat...

Poverty and crime linked, shows Tihar data


Poverty and crime are linked to each other, reveal statistics from Asia`s largest jail -- Tihar Pr...

New smart card system introduced in Tihar prisons


Tihar officials on Monday introduced a smart card system for its inmates.

Indo-Pak panel meets Pak prisoners in Amritsar


Members of India-Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners stressed on providing early consular acces...

142 Tihar inmates get jobs in jail`s placement dri


Out of 175 inmates interviewed by five visiting companies, 142 candidates were selected -- 13 of the...

Haldiram`s to conduct campus drive at Tihar


Next time you order `bhalla papdi chaat` at a Haldiram`s joint, your crispy dish may be prepared b...

R-Day: Special remission for 2,500 Tihar convicts


The Delhi government has remitted sentences of 2,500 inmates lodged in Tihar jail on the occasion of...

BJP MLA among six injured in road accident


BJP MLA Sachindra Singh and five others were injured after a jeep in which they were travelling ra...

Numbers soar in Tihar, 1500 more lodged in 2011


The number of prisoners in South Asia`s largest prison Tihar Jail has limbed to 12,000 with 1,500 mo...

`Accused brought late to court, state not liable`


Additional Sessions Judge Bimla Kumari made the observation while setting aside a magisterial court`...

Sukh Ram surrenders, sent to Tihar Jail


Ailing former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram Saturday surrendered in a Delhi court in a graft case and wa...

Tihar: 200 cases disposed off in 2011


Started a decade ago, 5,200 Tihar inmates have benefited from these courts till date.

Tihar Jail to get body scanner


Tihar Prisons will become the first jail in the country to install a full body scanner on its prem...

Undertrial dies in Motihari hospital


A hospitalised undertrial in judicial custody died of alleged cold attack at Sadar hospital here t...

A Raja, Kalmadi welcome New Year in Tihar Jail


Disgraced politicians A Raja and Suresh Kalmadi welcomed 2012 in Tihar Jail with a special lunch: pa...

Six cops among injured in Motihari brickbatting


The protesters also overturned and set on fire a vehicle of a Block Development Officer (BDO) and d...

Pak prisoners released from Tihar


Fifty-five Pakistani prisoners, who had been lodged in Tihar Jail since 2007 for illegally staying i...

Probe ordered into murder convict`s death in Tihar


Delhi Police has been directed by a local court to probe the unnatural death of a murder convict in ...
Kani reaches Chennai, says will prove innocence

Kani reaches Chennai, says will prove innocence


After spending over six months in Tihar Jail in Delhi, DMK MP Kanimozhi finally reached her home in ...

656 cases of smuggling, scuffle in Tihar


656 cases of prisoners smuggling prohibited objects, threatening the jail staff and scuffle involvin...

Six children burnt to death in Bihar


Six children were among eight members of a family that was burnt to death when their house caught fi...

HC notice to govt on lodging of juveniles in Tihar


The Delhi High Court sought the city govt`s stand on two pleas on juvenile delinquents.

Jessica’s killer walks out of Tihar on parole


Model Jessica Lall`s killer Manu Sharma, given parole to attend his brother`s marriage, walked out o...

Sukhram and Raja will be in same jail in Tihar


Former Telecom Minister Sukhram will be lodged in Tihar prisons` jail number 1 which also houses A...

Expose beneficiaries of cash-for-vote: Kulkarni


Kulkarni, the two former BJP MPs and Hindustani were released from Tihar jail Thursday evening after...

Kulkarni, 2 former BJP MPs walk out of Tihar jail


After spending over a month in Tihar jail, Sudheendra Kulkarni and 2 ex-BJP MPs Mahavir Singh Bhagor...

HC seeks info from Tihar Jail on undertrials


The Delhi High Court directed the Tihar jail authority to furnish information on the total number of...

Women inmates to take part in Tihar recruitment


For the first time, women inmates of Tihar Prisons will get a chance to participate in a recruitme...

`Distressed` Kanimozhi takes to meditation in jail


Denied bail in the 2G case, DMK MP M K Kanimozhi, who is lodged in Tihar prison since May, is now ...