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Sunday, April 12, 2026
TopicDelhi prisons

Topic: Delhi prisons

Drop in inmates, additions but Indian prisons 120% full, Delhi jails most overcrowded at 200%—NCRB data

Lowest occupancy in Telangana prisons at 73% and undertrials make up 73.5% of all prisoners, shows Prison Statistics India 2023 report.

Chased, cornered, stabbed repeatedly — gory CCTV shows how Tajpuriya was killed in high-security Tihar ward

Three men are seen stabbing Tillu Tajpuriya with makeshift weapons inside Jail No. 8 of Tihar prison complex, while a fourth is seen threatening gangster’s aides rushing to his rescue.

Tillu Tajpuriya’s killing 2nd within a month in Tihar, the Delhi jail with history of gangster killings

Last month, Gangster Prince Tewatia was killed with at least 8 stab wounds in Tihar, which has gained a reputation as a place where extortion rackets & hits are orchestrated by inmates.

Covid centres, constant watch, doctors on duty — how crammed Delhi prisons are tackling 3rd wave 

Compulsory tests, quarantine for all new inmates, new oxygen plant installed in Tihar. A total of 99 prison inmates & 88 staffers have tested positive for Covid-19 in the third wave.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.