Ajmer Jail

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy in Ajmer, the police said. A Special POCSO Court in Ajmer on Thursday heard the case.

Six years after his arrest for involvement in three bombings, Swami Aseemanand will soon walk out a free man. A Hyderabad court has granted bail to Aseemanand in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case that killed over a dozen people in the Telangana capital on the condition that does not step out of the city without the court's permission.

Swami Aseemanand, accused in three of the worst terror cases around a decade ago, has been acquitted in one of them - the Ajmer Dargah blast of 2007, in which three people had died and 15 were injured. The 65-year-old had caused political ripples in 2014, when his alleged interview to a news magazine, Caravan, had upset the group and the BJP. His l...

A hot-air balloon ride landed two young women tourists in a Rajasthan jail on Tuesday. Literally. There was, however, no arrest.

IPS officer Ajay Singh, who is facing corruption charges, will soon be shifted to Jaipur central jail from Ajmer due to security reasons, officials said today.

Dr Khalil Chishty, an 80-year-old Pakistani virologist who has spent many years at a prison in Ajmer, has been allowed by the Supreme Court to travel to his home in Karachi.

Just hours after Pakistani scientist Dr Khalil Chishty walked out of the Ajmer Jail after being granted bail by the Supreme Court, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered the immediate release of an Indian fisherman.

Dr Khalil Chishty, a Pakistani scientist who has been fighting a legal battle in India for two decades is finally a free man today. He walked out of the Ajmer Jail at 4:30 pm, after his brother Jameel Chishty furnished two bail bonds of Rs 50,000 each and a personal surety of Rs 1 lakh. The 80 year old doctor from Pakistan entered the Ajmer Jail l...

Dr Khalil Chishty, a Pakistani scientist who has spent many years at a prison in Ajmer is likely to walk out of jail today. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court order for Dr Chishty's bail has reached Ajmer, but will first have to be presented in the Ajmer sessions court.

The Supreme Court will today hear a bail petition by Khalil Chishty, who is lodged at the Ajmer Central Jail in connection with a murder case. Dr Chishty is an 80-year-old Pakistani virologist and has been in jail for years.

24-year-old Swapandeep Kaur hardly has any memories of her father, having met him last as a toddler. But Sarabjit Singh's daughter still hopes to see him - her father has been languishing in a jail in Pakistan for the last 22 years and is on death row.

The wife and other family members of Pakistani doctor Khalil Chishty, who is undergoing life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail in a murder case, met him in prison on Saturday.

The family of ailing Pakistani prisoner Dr Khalil Chishty has come to India all the way from Karachi to plead for his release. The 78-year old virologist, who is critically ill, is serving life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail. His mercy plea has been given clearance by the Rajasthan Chief Minister, but he has still not been released.

The mercy plea of Mohammad Khalil Chishty, an 80-year-old Pakistani citizen serving life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail, has been given clearance by the Rajasthan home department, sources in the department said on Friday.

A decision on the mercy petition of Pakistani prisoner Dr Khalil Chishty is bound to be delayed for some more time now.Rajasthan Governor Shivraj Patil has sought more information on the case.The move has left the family deeply disappointed."We have a humble request to the Government of India and all those who will decide his case: Please release h...

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy in Ajmer, the police said. A Special POCSO Court in Ajmer on Thursday heard the case.

Six years after his arrest for involvement in three bombings, Swami Aseemanand will soon walk out a free man. A Hyderabad court has granted bail to Aseemanand in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case that killed over a dozen people in the Telangana capital on the condition that does not step out of the city without the court's permission.

Swami Aseemanand, accused in three of the worst terror cases around a decade ago, has been acquitted in one of them - the Ajmer Dargah blast of 2007, in which three people had died and 15 were injured. The 65-year-old had caused political ripples in 2014, when his alleged interview to a news magazine, Caravan, had upset the group and the BJP. His l...

A hot-air balloon ride landed two young women tourists in a Rajasthan jail on Tuesday. Literally. There was, however, no arrest.

IPS officer Ajay Singh, who is facing corruption charges, will soon be shifted to Jaipur central jail from Ajmer due to security reasons, officials said today.

Dr Khalil Chishty, an 80-year-old Pakistani virologist who has spent many years at a prison in Ajmer, has been allowed by the Supreme Court to travel to his home in Karachi.

Just hours after Pakistani scientist Dr Khalil Chishty walked out of the Ajmer Jail after being granted bail by the Supreme Court, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered the immediate release of an Indian fisherman.

Dr Khalil Chishty, a Pakistani scientist who has been fighting a legal battle in India for two decades is finally a free man today. He walked out of the Ajmer Jail at 4:30 pm, after his brother Jameel Chishty furnished two bail bonds of Rs 50,000 each and a personal surety of Rs 1 lakh. The 80 year old doctor from Pakistan entered the Ajmer Jail l...

Dr Khalil Chishty, a Pakistani scientist who has spent many years at a prison in Ajmer is likely to walk out of jail today. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court order for Dr Chishty's bail has reached Ajmer, but will first have to be presented in the Ajmer sessions court.

The Supreme Court will today hear a bail petition by Khalil Chishty, who is lodged at the Ajmer Central Jail in connection with a murder case. Dr Chishty is an 80-year-old Pakistani virologist and has been in jail for years.

24-year-old Swapandeep Kaur hardly has any memories of her father, having met him last as a toddler. But Sarabjit Singh's daughter still hopes to see him - her father has been languishing in a jail in Pakistan for the last 22 years and is on death row.

The wife and other family members of Pakistani doctor Khalil Chishty, who is undergoing life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail in a murder case, met him in prison on Saturday.

The family of ailing Pakistani prisoner Dr Khalil Chishty has come to India all the way from Karachi to plead for his release. The 78-year old virologist, who is critically ill, is serving life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail. His mercy plea has been given clearance by the Rajasthan Chief Minister, but he has still not been released.

The mercy plea of Mohammad Khalil Chishty, an 80-year-old Pakistani citizen serving life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail, has been given clearance by the Rajasthan home department, sources in the department said on Friday.

A decision on the mercy petition of Pakistani prisoner Dr Khalil Chishty is bound to be delayed for some more time now.Rajasthan Governor Shivraj Patil has sought more information on the case.The move has left the family deeply disappointed."We have a humble request to the Government of India and all those who will decide his case: Please release h...