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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicJail time

Topic: Jail time

Bangladesh tribunal hands down 6-month jail sentence to Hasina over ‘licence to kill’ audio clip

A reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal has deemed her statement contemptuous, as well as a deliberate attempt to undermine the judicial process.

SC-appointed panel on jail reforms slams solitary confinement of death row convicts — ‘most egregious’

Panel has submitted 5 reports on jail administration, one being related to condition of death row inmates. It says to confine them in solitary cells breaches a 1978 SC judgment.

Drink driving may now cost you Rs 10,000 & parents of minor drivers could face jail term

The union cabinet cleared the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill Monday, and is set to introduce it in Lok Sabha in the ongoing Parliament session.

The jail time of all the 2G accused before their acquittal

A list of the key politicians, bureaucrats, executives and corporate leaders who were accused in the case and the time they spent in prison.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.