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43-year-old under-trial prisoner of Tihar Jail dies of Covid-19

This is the third death of coronavirus-infected prison inmates in Delhi since the pandemic began last year.(HT Archive)

Published on Apr 27, 2021, 10:37 PM IST

17 test positive in Tihar in a day, officials scamper to create isolation spaces

Last year, after the pandemic broke out, nearly 6,000 prisoners were released on special parole to ensure social distancing inside the jail.

Updated on Apr 15, 2021, 4:36 AM IST

Tihar on high alert after 52 inmates test positive for Covid-19

Security personnel guard gate No. 3 of Tihar Jail.

Updated on Apr 13, 2021, 10:39 AM IST

19 Tihar prisoners hospitalised after testing Covid positive, jail on high alert

Last year, when the pandemic broke out, nearly 6,000 prisoners were released on special parole to ensure social distancing in jail.

Updated on Apr 8, 2021, 11:30 AM IST

Covid-19 vaccination centre set up inside Delhi's Tihar Jail

According to jail officials, around 70 to 80 inmates of Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli jails have been vaccinated so far.

Updated on Mar 28, 2021, 1:28 PM IST

Somnath Bharti sent to Tihar after court upholds conviction in AIIMS case

Bharti was sentenced to two years in jail for assaulting the AIIMS security staff in a case registered in 2016, on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021.

Updated on Mar 24, 2021, 1:29 AM IST

Tihar has no jammers that can block 4G signals

Central intelligence agencies had discovered a chat on phone app Telegram, through which a terror group that called themselves Jaish-ul-Hind had claimed responsibility for planting the explosives laden car outside Ambani’s house.

Updated on Mar 15, 2021, 7:17 AM IST

Mobile phone found inside terror convicts' cell at Tihar Jail; probe ordered

An inside view of the Tihar Jail. (File photo)

Published on Mar 12, 2021, 3:32 PM IST

Antilia bomb threat: Jaish-ul-Hind's Telegram channel made in Tihar, say police

Police personnel stand guard at Mukesh Ambani's residence, a day after explosives were found in an abandoned car in its vicinity, in Mumbai on February 26.

Updated on Mar 12, 2021, 10:55 AM IST

Umar Khalid says medical treatment denied in Tihar jail for toothache

Former JNU student Umar Khalid participating in a protest called Not In My Name against the killing of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh at jantar mantar in New Delhi in 2017.

Published on Dec 16, 2020, 7:38 PM IST

N-E Delhi riots: HC orders shifting Tanha to Lajpat Nagar guest house for exams

Delhi high court

Updated on Dec 4, 2020, 3:39 AM IST

Tihar undertrial stabbed to death after argument over watching TV

Police said the man was stabbed multiple times with an improvised sharp weapon.

Updated on Dec 1, 2020, 12:55 AM IST

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar summoned by CBI again in disproportionate assets case

On September 3 last year, Shivakumar was arrested by the ED in a money laundering case and was lodged in Tihar Jail and was finally released on bail on October 24.

Updated on Nov 21, 2020, 10:10 PM IST

Delhi riots: Student-activist Gulfisha Fatima granted bail

Student-activist Gulfisha Fatima has been granted bail but remains lodged in Tihar jail.

Updated on Nov 21, 2020, 9:54 PM IST

Let Umar Khalid step out of jail cell: Court

The court had asked the Tihar jail no 2 superintendent to appear before it on Friday.

Updated on Oct 24, 2020, 1:06 AM IST

Drugs smuggled in over boundary wall, sold in Tihar jail

In the videos, the prisoners alleged that some jail officers were also involved in Dogra’s murder.

Updated on Oct 23, 2020, 1:48 AM IST

NHRC study recommends protecting rape accused from ‘false cases’ till found guilty

Representational Image.

Updated on Oct 27, 2020, 11:26 AM IST

Delhi riots: Provide adequate security to Umar Khalid, court directs jail authorities

The accused former JNU student Umar Khalid is in judicial custody till October 22 in the UAPA case.

Published on Oct 19, 2020, 9:39 PM IST

Umar Khalid sent to Tihar till October 22

Delhi Police’ has alleged that Khalid hatched a conspiracy to orchestrate riots in Delhi. He has denied the charge.

Updated on Sep 24, 2020, 11:33 PM IST

‘One-fourth jails in India report Covid-19 cases, many ‘highly’ congested’: Report

File photo: An inside view of Tihar Jail in Delhi.

Updated on Sep 16, 2020, 8:32 PM IST

‘Not a small case’: SC rejects Sajjan Kumar’s bail plea in 1984 riots case

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde said that this was not an ordinary case, brushing aside concerns raised by Kumar’s lawyer regarding his health

Updated on Sep 5, 2020, 7:24 AM IST

Tihar inmates likely to receive virtual visitors from next week

Police personnel seen at Tihar Village in New Delhi, India.

Updated on Jul 28, 2020, 7:31 AM IST

38-year-old jailed on Thursday takes his life in Tihar jail

38-year-old jailed on Thursday takes his life in Tihar jail

Published on Jul 19, 2020, 3:50 AM IST

Tihar jail inmate dies of suicide

Jail officials said he died of suicide on Friday

Updated on Jul 18, 2020, 2:53 PM IST

‘Accusations in police affidavit unwarranted: Delhi HC on Delhi riots case

The Delhi High Court on June 12 had restrained the city police from giving out any press notes to the media. photo:pradeep gaur/mint

Updated on Jul 10, 2020, 1:45 AM IST

SC grants interim bail to Unitech promoter Chandra

Chandra’s father is in ICU of MAX hospital while his mother, who is a gynecologist, is also hospitalised. Chandra had sought interim bail citing the health condition of his parents.

Published on Jul 8, 2020, 4:17 AM IST

Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal’s plea cites jail violence

Pujari said Narwal, who was arrested in March for her alleged role in the Delhi riots and has been charged under the UAPA, informed him about the violence via video conferencing.

Updated on Jun 25, 2020, 4:43 AM IST

Prisoners freed to decongest Tihar return to crime

Prison expert, Sunil Gupta, who was a law officer in Tihar for over three decades, said releasing prisoners who had barely spent a week behind bars back to the society had threatened the city’s law and order.

Updated on Jun 11, 2020, 5:58 AM IST

ED files chargesheet against Chidambaram, Karti in INX Media case

ED has alleged earlier during court hearings that “for FIPB approval, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea (then owners of INX) met P Chidambaram so that there was no hold up or delay in their application.

Updated on Jun 3, 2020, 5:48 AM IST

Jessica Lal’s murderer Manu Sharma walks out of Tihar jail

Siddharth Vashisht, better known as Manu Sharma, convicted for rmurder of model Jessica Lal in 1999 was released from Tihar jail on Monday.

Updated on Jun 2, 2020, 7:51 PM IST

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