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Topic: jail

As videos emerge of prison revelry, Karnataka goes into damage control amid BJP’s ‘nightclub’ barbs

While Karnataka Home Affairs Minister G Parameshwara announces a slew of measures to limit inmates’ preferential treatment, BJP hits the streets & seeks NIA probe.

Inmate’s ‘birthday bash’ with cake, apple garland sparks fresh row for ‘high-security’ Bengaluru jail

Viral video purportedly shows murder accused history-sheeter cutting cake to applause from other inmates. Last yr, actor Darshan, accused of murder, was seen enjoying his time in the prison.

Only 144 availed funds allotted for poor prisoners in two yrs, Maharashtra tops list, says MHA

Home ministry had launched Support to Poor Prisoners scheme in 2023, providing cash bail of up to Rs 40,000 and penalty payment of up to Rs 25,000 to reduce jail overcrowding.

As CJI Gavai reiterates ‘bail is the rule’, a look at landmark ruling & the challenges it faces

CJI B.R. Gavai has called for a return to the landmark principle, calls for courts to reassert it even in stringent UAPA and PMLA cases.

Sardar Patel endured 2,300 days in jail with wit and will. ‘I can live on air for 3 months’

‘The one thing that makes me sad is that all the officers here are Indians… Had they been British, I would have taught them a lesson.’

Goa’s torture chamber is now a cultural hub. Aguad Jail’s dark past is the new go-to place

Aguad has many reminders of the price of freedom, such as the wall of plaques commemorating fallen fighters and the solitary cell of TB Cunha, the ‘Father of Goan Nationalism’.

In 9-yr-old custodial death case, Bhopal court orders murder FIR against 6 cops, jailer, doctor

Mohsin Radio was picked up by police from his house in Bhopal in June 2015 & died later that month in custody. Court heard 14 witnesses, of which 3 were policemen, 3 doctors.

Pakistan court sentences Imran Khan & Shah Mahmood Qureshi to 10 yrs in jail in cipher case

Former prime minister Imran Khan and his foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were jailed for flaunting secret documents and not returning them to the government.

Imran Khan’s lawyers to meet him in jail before filing appeal against graft conviction

The conviction, which Khan rejects as politically motivated, likely means he will be disqualified from running in a general election due by November.

Turkish ‘cult leader’ Adnan Oktar jailed for 8,658 years, women accused him of sex slavery

Oktar achieved international recognition for a show which featured a mix of religious discussions alongside women dancing to modern pop.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.