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tihar news

Rajpal Yadav begins shoot for Welcome to the Jungle after release from jail

Rajpal Yadav had surrendered to the Tihar jail authorities in connection with a series of cheque-bounce cases.
Published on Feb 23, 2026 02:42 pm IST

A flop film in 2010, 9 cr cheque bounce case: Why Rajpal Yadav is in trouble

The high court last week directed Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav to surrender. (Representative photo)
Updated on Feb 11, 2026 03:02 pm IST

Tihar jail officials directed to frisk doctors separately from inmates

Tihar jail officials directed to frisk doctors separately from inmates
Published on Oct 16, 2025 06:06 pm IST

Ex-chief of Delhi Police SBK Singh appointed DG (Prisons)

SBK Singh. (ANI)
Published on Aug 24, 2025 03:14 am IST

Delhi HC seek NIA’s stand on MP Rashid’s plea challenging terror funding charges

The high court also called for the trial court record in the matter and listed the plea for further hearing on October 6.
Published on Jul 31, 2025 12:48 pm IST

Tihar jail prisoner dies by suicide inside jail

Karmakar was under trial, while Saquib was convicted for his involvement in the 2002 and 2003 Mumbai blasts.
Published on Jul 15, 2025 02:00 pm IST

HT Interview: I see a renewed resolve in AAP workers: Manish Sisodia

Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia during his interview at his house in New Delhi on Monday. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 13, 2024 06:08 am IST

Tihar prisoners get around mobile phone jammers by using 5G, say officials

Tihar inmates are able to use the latest mobile phones to bypass the jammers installed there. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jun 10, 2024 08:14 am IST

Will surrender on June 2, going to save country: Delhi CM

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 01, 2024 05:12 am IST

Baramulla: In jail since 2019, Engineer Rashid declares assets increased, liabilities reduced in five years

Baramulla: In jail since 2019, Engineer Rashid declares assets increased, liabilities reduced in five years
Updated on May 18, 2024 04:35 pm IST

Arvind Kejriwal moves Delhi court for insulin in Tihar jail, hearing underway

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI/File)
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 02:43 pm IST

25 crime lords, 160 gangs: Why Delhi jails are a security nightmare

Relatives of Tillu Tajpuria, a jailed gangster and an accused in the 2021 Rohini court shootout case, outside the mortuary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, in New Delhi, Tuesday. (PTI Photo)
Updated on May 03, 2023 04:49 am IST

Supreme Court declines hearing ‘urgent’ plea to shift conman Sukesh from Tihar

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekar was first arrested by Delhi Police in 2017 for allegedly duping an AIADMK leader of 2 crore on the pretext of helping the politician retain the party’s two leaves symbol by bribing Election Commission officers. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 04:36 am IST

In the time of Covid-19, Tihar allows virtual meetings between prisoners, families

None of the prisoners have met their family members since the visits were cancelled in March. Earlier, prisoners were allowed to meet their members twice a week. They would also meet during court hearings. (HT archive)
Updated on Aug 22, 2020 11:17 am IST

Inmate kills another ‘for revenge’ in Tihar

The 21-year-old attacked Mehtab, 27, with a sharp metal strip and stabbed him in the neck multiple times.
Updated on Jul 01, 2020 05:55 am IST

Munna Bajrangi murder case: CBI may bring key accused Sunil Rathi to Sitapur jail from Tihar

Bajrangi, a gangster from eastern Uttar Pradesh, was lodged in jail since 2009 in connection for the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in Mohamadabad in Ghazipur district.
Updated on May 08, 2020 11:18 pm IST

December 16 killers hanged to death before daybreak

New Delhi, India - March 20, 2020: Asha Devi, mother of the 2012 Delhi gang rape victim celebrates with her neighbours after the four convicts were hanged today, at Dwarka, in New Delhi, India, on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Photo by Vipin Kumar / Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 21, 2020 06:07 am IST

As Tihar preps for 5.30 am execution, 4 death row convicts in silent mode

2012 Delhi gang rape convicts Mukesh Singh, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma.
Updated on Mar 19, 2020 04:32 pm IST

Pawan Gupta’s mercy plea rejected, Tihar moves court seeking fresh death warrant

Tihar to move court for fresh execution warrant after President rejects Pawan Gupta’s mercy plea.
Updated on Mar 04, 2020 10:09 pm IST

Delhi Dec 16 gang rape convict was ‘illegally tortured’ in Tihar, facing trauma says lawyer to SC

Vinay Sharma filed the petition in the top court against the President’s decision to reject his mercy plea.
Updated on Feb 13, 2020 02:18 pm IST

Sacks of sand test noose as Tihar prepares to hang December 16 convicts

A Delhi court had issued a death warrant for the execution of the four convicts – Mukesh Singh, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Akshay Thakur and Vinay Sharma – to be held on January 22.
Updated on Aug 24, 2020 07:39 am IST

Bhim Army chief Azad should be treated at AIIMS too, orders court; raps Tihar

Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad raises slogans during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Jama Masjid on December 20, 2019.
Updated on Jan 09, 2020 05:05 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Delhi court directs Tihar to give immediate medical treatment to Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and all the latest news

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is in judicial custody till January 18.
Updated on Jan 08, 2020 04:50 pm IST

Tihar leads way in cutting out plastic in jail

The prisoners have also started stitching jute folders to replace the plastic ones used in Tihar’s administrative office.
Updated on Dec 06, 2019 05:40 am IST

News updates from Hindustan Times at 9 pm: ‘Happy to breathe air of freedom’, says Chidambaram on exiting Tihar and all the latest news at this hour

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram waves at party workers and supporters after he was released from Tihar jail in New Delhi, Wednesday night, Dec. 4, 2019.
Published on Dec 04, 2019 08:54 pm IST

Epic catharsis: Mahmood Farooqui on staging the Ramleela in Tihar jail

The popular digital Ramlila at Kavi Nagar ground, Ghaziabad on October 02, 2019.
Updated on Oct 18, 2019 08:00 pm IST

‘What’s the hurry’: Court allows ED to question, arrest Chidambaram if needed

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram after being produced in the Rouse Avenue Court in connection with the INX Media corruption case, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Updated on Oct 16, 2019 06:02 am IST

Chidambaram, lodged in Tihar, referred to AIIMS after stomach ache complaint: Report

P Chidambaram. (ANI photo)
Updated on Oct 05, 2019 06:41 pm IST

In Karti Chidambaram’s birthday wish to his father, a dig at PM Modi

The former Union finance minister, who was born in 1945 in Kanadukathan of Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district, will be under judicial custody till September 19.
Updated on Sept 16, 2019 10:16 am IST