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Senior Police Officer Sandeep Goel, Who Served As Tihar Prisons Chief, Suspended
Senior IPS officer and former director general of Tihar Prisons Sandeep Goel has been suspended by the Union Home Ministry for alleged dereliction of duties, officials said here on Thursday.
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With Song And Dance, Inmates Compete For "Tihar Idol" In Quest For Reform
On a rainy July morning, Sumit Kumar, a murder convict in Delhi's Tihar Jail, one of the country's largest, finishes his tea and rushes to begin his dance session in preparation for the latest season of a reality show that over the last few years has become a regular feature of the prison.
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Shahabuddin Brought To Delhi, Lodged In Jail 2 Of Tihar Prison
Controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin, brought to Delhi by train early this morning, has been lodged in jail number two of Tihar prisons amid foolproof security.
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Don't Call Me Jailor, Says Tihar Jail's First Woman In-charge Anju Mangla
Anju Mangla, the first female superintendent of a men's prison in the high-profile Tihar jail in New Delhi, dislikes being called "Jailor" as she feels it creates the image of a "harsh" person.
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One Inmate Killed As Fight Breaks Out On Tihar Jail Van
An under-trial man was killed in a fight that broke out between two inmates on a prison van on its way to Delhi's Tihar jail, police said on Saturday.
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Delhi Government Transfers Tihar's 26 Women Nurses After Molestation Complaint
The Delhi government has transferred 26 women nurses posted at Tihar prisons hospital following a complaint by a doctor that she was molested by an inmate, a move that has not gone down well with the nurses.
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After Complaint, Nirbhaya Gangrape Convict Shifted From Cell in Tihar
One of the four men sentenced to death for the horrific rape and murder of a student in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012, Vinay Kumar has been shifted to another prison where CCTV cameras are installed for surveillance, jail authorities told a Delhi Court today, the convict had claimed that he was being regularly assaulted by inmates earlier ...
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2 Burglars Pulls Off Near-Impossible Jail Break
Two small-time burglars pulled off a near-impossible jailbreak from the high-security Tihar prisons here during which they scaled three 13-feet high walls and drilled a hole in the fourth one which was two-feet wide.
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Escape From Tihar: They Scaled 3 Walls and Dug Tunnel, 1 Caught
Two prisoners dug a 10-foot tunnel under a wall in the dead of night to escape from Delhi's Tihar jail, one of the country's most high security prisons.
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Tihar Jail Inmates With Good Conduct to be Trained in Organic Farming
Life convicts in Tihar prison with proven good conduct will now be trained in growing organic fruits and vegetables in the complex, an initiative which will engage them in a meaningful manner.
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Tihar Inmates to Get Life Insurance Cover Under Jan Dhan Yojna
Inmates of Delhi's high-security Tihar jail will soon get life and accidental insurance cover as the prison administration, in collaboration with Indian Bank, has decided to get their accounts opened under the Jan Dhan Yojna.
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Subrata Roy to sleep on floor at Tihar, eat jail food
Sahara chief Subrata Roy, who was sent in judicial custody for a week in Delhi by the Supreme Court today, will be kept in high-security Tihar prison where he will sleep on the floor and eat jail food like an ordinary prisoner.
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Senior Police Officer Sandeep Goel, Who Served As Tihar Prisons Chief, Suspended
Senior IPS officer and former director general of Tihar Prisons Sandeep Goel has been suspended by the Union Home Ministry for alleged dereliction of duties, officials said here on Thursday.
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With Song And Dance, Inmates Compete For "Tihar Idol" In Quest For Reform
On a rainy July morning, Sumit Kumar, a murder convict in Delhi's Tihar Jail, one of the country's largest, finishes his tea and rushes to begin his dance session in preparation for the latest season of a reality show that over the last few years has become a regular feature of the prison.
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Shahabuddin Brought To Delhi, Lodged In Jail 2 Of Tihar Prison
Controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin, brought to Delhi by train early this morning, has been lodged in jail number two of Tihar prisons amid foolproof security.
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Don't Call Me Jailor, Says Tihar Jail's First Woman In-charge Anju Mangla
Anju Mangla, the first female superintendent of a men's prison in the high-profile Tihar jail in New Delhi, dislikes being called "Jailor" as she feels it creates the image of a "harsh" person.
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One Inmate Killed As Fight Breaks Out On Tihar Jail Van
An under-trial man was killed in a fight that broke out between two inmates on a prison van on its way to Delhi's Tihar jail, police said on Saturday.
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Delhi Government Transfers Tihar's 26 Women Nurses After Molestation Complaint
The Delhi government has transferred 26 women nurses posted at Tihar prisons hospital following a complaint by a doctor that she was molested by an inmate, a move that has not gone down well with the nurses.
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After Complaint, Nirbhaya Gangrape Convict Shifted From Cell in Tihar
One of the four men sentenced to death for the horrific rape and murder of a student in a moving bus in Delhi in December 2012, Vinay Kumar has been shifted to another prison where CCTV cameras are installed for surveillance, jail authorities told a Delhi Court today, the convict had claimed that he was being regularly assaulted by inmates earlier ...
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2 Burglars Pulls Off Near-Impossible Jail Break
Two small-time burglars pulled off a near-impossible jailbreak from the high-security Tihar prisons here during which they scaled three 13-feet high walls and drilled a hole in the fourth one which was two-feet wide.
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Escape From Tihar: They Scaled 3 Walls and Dug Tunnel, 1 Caught
Two prisoners dug a 10-foot tunnel under a wall in the dead of night to escape from Delhi's Tihar jail, one of the country's most high security prisons.
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Tihar Jail Inmates With Good Conduct to be Trained in Organic Farming
Life convicts in Tihar prison with proven good conduct will now be trained in growing organic fruits and vegetables in the complex, an initiative which will engage them in a meaningful manner.
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Tihar Inmates to Get Life Insurance Cover Under Jan Dhan Yojna
Inmates of Delhi's high-security Tihar jail will soon get life and accidental insurance cover as the prison administration, in collaboration with Indian Bank, has decided to get their accounts opened under the Jan Dhan Yojna.
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Subrata Roy to sleep on floor at Tihar, eat jail food
Sahara chief Subrata Roy, who was sent in judicial custody for a week in Delhi by the Supreme Court today, will be kept in high-security Tihar prison where he will sleep on the floor and eat jail food like an ordinary prisoner.
