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Delhi Schools To Get 10,000 Tihar-Made Desks Amid Furniture Shortage
- Wednesday December 3, 2025
- Education | Reported by Ishika Verma
Officials said the Tihar Jail Factory's carpentry and fabrication units will handle production, providing "meaningful employment and skill-development opportunities" to inmates as part of the prison's ongoing vocational programmes.
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Inside Adiala Jail, Pakistan's Own Tihar, That Now Holds Imran Khan
- Thursday November 27, 2025
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
Government officials have dismissed speculation surrounding the former Pak prime minister's alleged death in custody. Yet the episode has once again turned national attention toward the long-feared Central Jail Rawalpindi, also known as Adiala Jail.
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Cigarettes, Marijuana Stuffed Inside Banana Stems Found In Karnataka Prison
- Saturday November 22, 2025
- India News | Reported by Deepak Bopanna, Edited by Harshit Sabarwal
The central prison in Karnataka's Shivamogga saw a crackdown on narcotics on Friday. Officials seized 123 grams of marijuana and dozens of cigarettes.
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www.ndtv.com
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ISIS Recruiter, Rapist, Criminals Seen Using Phones, Watching TV Inside Bengaluru Jail
- Sunday November 9, 2025
- India News | Reported by Deepak Bopanna, Edited by Manjiri Chitre
Allegations of major security lapses and preferential treatment at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central jail have surfaced after videos showed notorious inmates, including an ISIS recruiter, using mobile phones and watching television.
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www.ndtv.com
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Deportation Of Indian-Origin Man, Wrongfully Jailed For 43 Years, Halted By US Courts
- Tuesday November 4, 2025
- World News | Edited by Sanstuti Nath
Two US courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport Subramanyam Vedam, the 64-year-old Indian-origin man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned earlier this year.
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www.ndtv.com
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Maharashtra Jail Official Transferred Amid Forced Conversion Charges
- Wednesday October 15, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Maharashtra prison department on Wednesday transferred Beed district jail superintendent Petrus Gaikwad to Nagpur with immediate effect, following allegations of forcible religious conversion and ill-treatment of inmates.
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www.ndtv.com
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Amid Unrest, 5 Nepal Jail Escapees Caught While Attempting To Enter India
- Wednesday September 10, 2025
- India News | Asian News International
In a swift action, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) apprehended five prisoners who had escaped from a jail in Nepal and were attempting to cross into India, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Video: Prisoners Attack Jail Official With Hammer, Escape; Rearrested
- Sunday September 7, 2025
- India News | Reported by Uma Sudhir
Two remand prisoners who staged a dramatic escape from Chodavaram Sub-Jail in Anakapalli district were re-arrested within 24 hours following a swift operation by the local police.
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www.ndtv.com
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UK Team Assesses Tihar Jail As India Seeks To Bring Back Fugitives: Sources
- Saturday September 6, 2025
- India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Manjiri Chitre
A team of Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) visited Delhi's Tihar Jail to assess the prison conditions earlier this year.
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www.ndtv.com
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Prisoner Escapes From Chhattisgarh Jail, Exposes Lapses In Security
- Friday August 22, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
The escape of a prisoner from Raipur Central Jail has triggered panic within the jail administration and exposed glaring lapses in its security arrangements.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jeffrey Epstein's Ex-Girlfriend Moved To Texas Prison After Trump Official Meeting
- Saturday August 2, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved from a prison in Florida to a minimum security facility in Texas, the Bureau of Prisons said Friday, triggering an angry reaction from some of their victims.
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www.ndtv.com
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196 Imran Khan Supporters Sentenced To 10 Years Each Over 2023 Riots In Pakistan
- Thursday July 31, 2025
- World News | Associated Press
A court in eastern Pakistan on Thursday sentenced an opposition leader and nearly 200 supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 10 years in prison each over the 2023 riots that erupted over Khan's arrest, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tihar Jail Prisoner Dies By Suicide
- Tuesday July 15, 2025
- Delhi News | Asian News International
A prisoner in Tihar Jail's hospital died by suicide by hanging himself from a window, informed the Tihar Jail officials in the early hours of Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Our Lips Were Sealed But...": Ex Tihar Official Recalls 1975 Emergency Days
- Wednesday June 25, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
"Our lips were sealed but our conscience wasn't," said a retired Tihar Jail official, claiming that during the 1975 Emergency, probe agencies covertly deployed officers inside the prison to monitor staff and political detainees.
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www.ndtv.com
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Ukraine And Russia Exchange Prisoner In Latest Swap
- Thursday June 19, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swaps under an agreement struck in Istanbul.
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www.ndtv.com
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Delhi Schools To Get 10,000 Tihar-Made Desks Amid Furniture Shortage
- Wednesday December 3, 2025
- Education | Reported by Ishika Verma
Officials said the Tihar Jail Factory's carpentry and fabrication units will handle production, providing "meaningful employment and skill-development opportunities" to inmates as part of the prison's ongoing vocational programmes.
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www.ndtv.com/education
-
Inside Adiala Jail, Pakistan's Own Tihar, That Now Holds Imran Khan
- Thursday November 27, 2025
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
Government officials have dismissed speculation surrounding the former Pak prime minister's alleged death in custody. Yet the episode has once again turned national attention toward the long-feared Central Jail Rawalpindi, also known as Adiala Jail.
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www.ndtv.com
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Cigarettes, Marijuana Stuffed Inside Banana Stems Found In Karnataka Prison
- Saturday November 22, 2025
- India News | Reported by Deepak Bopanna, Edited by Harshit Sabarwal
The central prison in Karnataka's Shivamogga saw a crackdown on narcotics on Friday. Officials seized 123 grams of marijuana and dozens of cigarettes.
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www.ndtv.com
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ISIS Recruiter, Rapist, Criminals Seen Using Phones, Watching TV Inside Bengaluru Jail
- Sunday November 9, 2025
- India News | Reported by Deepak Bopanna, Edited by Manjiri Chitre
Allegations of major security lapses and preferential treatment at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central jail have surfaced after videos showed notorious inmates, including an ISIS recruiter, using mobile phones and watching television.
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www.ndtv.com
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Deportation Of Indian-Origin Man, Wrongfully Jailed For 43 Years, Halted By US Courts
- Tuesday November 4, 2025
- World News | Edited by Sanstuti Nath
Two US courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport Subramanyam Vedam, the 64-year-old Indian-origin man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned earlier this year.
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www.ndtv.com
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Maharashtra Jail Official Transferred Amid Forced Conversion Charges
- Wednesday October 15, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Maharashtra prison department on Wednesday transferred Beed district jail superintendent Petrus Gaikwad to Nagpur with immediate effect, following allegations of forcible religious conversion and ill-treatment of inmates.
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www.ndtv.com
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Amid Unrest, 5 Nepal Jail Escapees Caught While Attempting To Enter India
- Wednesday September 10, 2025
- India News | Asian News International
In a swift action, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) apprehended five prisoners who had escaped from a jail in Nepal and were attempting to cross into India, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Video: Prisoners Attack Jail Official With Hammer, Escape; Rearrested
- Sunday September 7, 2025
- India News | Reported by Uma Sudhir
Two remand prisoners who staged a dramatic escape from Chodavaram Sub-Jail in Anakapalli district were re-arrested within 24 hours following a swift operation by the local police.
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www.ndtv.com
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UK Team Assesses Tihar Jail As India Seeks To Bring Back Fugitives: Sources
- Saturday September 6, 2025
- India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Manjiri Chitre
A team of Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) visited Delhi's Tihar Jail to assess the prison conditions earlier this year.
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www.ndtv.com
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Prisoner Escapes From Chhattisgarh Jail, Exposes Lapses In Security
- Friday August 22, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
The escape of a prisoner from Raipur Central Jail has triggered panic within the jail administration and exposed glaring lapses in its security arrangements.
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www.ndtv.com
-
Jeffrey Epstein's Ex-Girlfriend Moved To Texas Prison After Trump Official Meeting
- Saturday August 2, 2025
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved from a prison in Florida to a minimum security facility in Texas, the Bureau of Prisons said Friday, triggering an angry reaction from some of their victims.
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www.ndtv.com
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196 Imran Khan Supporters Sentenced To 10 Years Each Over 2023 Riots In Pakistan
- Thursday July 31, 2025
- World News | Associated Press
A court in eastern Pakistan on Thursday sentenced an opposition leader and nearly 200 supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 10 years in prison each over the 2023 riots that erupted over Khan's arrest, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tihar Jail Prisoner Dies By Suicide
- Tuesday July 15, 2025
- Delhi News | Asian News International
A prisoner in Tihar Jail's hospital died by suicide by hanging himself from a window, informed the Tihar Jail officials in the early hours of Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Our Lips Were Sealed But...": Ex Tihar Official Recalls 1975 Emergency Days
- Wednesday June 25, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
"Our lips were sealed but our conscience wasn't," said a retired Tihar Jail official, claiming that during the 1975 Emergency, probe agencies covertly deployed officers inside the prison to monitor staff and political detainees.
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www.ndtv.com
-
Ukraine And Russia Exchange Prisoner In Latest Swap
- Thursday June 19, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swaps under an agreement struck in Istanbul.
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www.ndtv.com