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Topic: Tihar Jail

SC orders probe after ED says Unitech ex-promoters were operating from inside Tihar

The court also directed that the Chandras be shifted from Tihar to Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail and Taloja jail.

Parole, furlough, remission: All give relief to convicts, but this is how they’re different

Supreme Court expressed concern over convicts languishing in jail despite being entitled to remission of sentences while hearing a case of a murder convict jumping furlough.

After high protein diet demand, Sushil Kumar now seeks TV for wrestling updates

Kumar is currently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody as the prime accused in the Sagar Dhankar murder case.

Former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala released from Tihar Jail

Chautala was serving a 10-year prison term in a teacher recruitment scam case. He was released under the Delhi government order to decongest jails in view of the Covid pandemic.

Out on Covid parole, 65% undertrials in Delhi absconding, many returned to crime

At least 180 inmates released on emergency parole went back to committing crime and were re-arrested in cases of robbery, snatching and theft.

Cases rise but over 87% inmates in Delhi’s prisons can’t get Covid shot. Age is the culprit

Currently, the Delhi government has only approved vaccination for jail inmates above the age of 45. Prison authorities have written to the AAP government to extend it to those between 18-44 years.

‘Least crowded’ Tihar’s women jail has highest number of Covid cases of all Delhi prisons

Jail no. 6, a female jail of Tihar prison, has 42 positive inmates. DG, prisons, Sandeep Goel says asymptomatic jail officials could have passed on the virus to the prisoners.

Jailed gangster Chhota Rajan tests positive for Covid, admitted to AIIMS

Rajendra Nikalje, alias Chhota Rajan, has been lodged in the Tihar prison in New Delhi since his arrest after deportation from Bali, Indonesia, in 2015.

Delhi Police questions terror convict lodged in Tihar jail on mobile phone recovery

According to the police, a group named 'Jaish-ul-Hind' used the phone to create a Telegram channel through which they claimed responsibility for the Ambani bomb scare.

Tehsin Akhtar, Bihar engineering student in Tihar suspected of sending Jaish-ul-Hind threats

‘Tech-savvy’ Indian Mujahideen operative, Tehsin Akhtar is known for his alleged involvement in a series of blasts in the country since 2010.

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English didn’t enslave India. It was the harbinger of a new creative consciousness: A Ranganathan

Rabindranath Tagore stood apart from his contemporaries by infusing poetry and universalism into Indian nationalism, opposing chauvinism and blind obedience, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.