News for 'Tihar'

How ridiculous can ED be?: Kejriwal on 'sugar' charge

How ridiculous can ED be?: Kejriwal on 'sugar' charge

Rediff.com19 Apr 2024

Referring to the ED's claim about the politician eating mangoes, sweets, aalo-poori etc regularly, he said these were provided to him only a few times.

Tihar jail seeks IIM-A's help for better branding of products

Tihar jail seeks IIM-A's help for better branding of products

Rediff.com24 Oct 2011

A team from IIM-Ahmedabad will study the branded products of Tihar Jail and suggest ways to improve marketing of these items, Tihar Jail Director General Neeraj Kumar said.

SC rejects CBI submission on Kejriwal's bail plea

SC rejects CBI submission on Kejriwal's bail plea

Rediff.com13 Sep 2024

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, however, said there can be no straitjacket formula which enumerates that every case concerning the consideration of bail should depend upon the filing of a charge sheet.

AAP workers clash with cops outside Tihar jail

AAP workers clash with cops outside Tihar jail

Rediff.com21 May 2014

The situation outside Tihar jail, where Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal was sent on Wednesday, turned chaotic after his party workers clashed with police in the evening.

I won't have to return to jail if...: Kejriwal at Delhi roadshow

I won't have to return to jail if...: Kejriwal at Delhi roadshow

Rediff.com12 May 2024

The AAP national convenor is out on an interim bail till June 1. He has to surrender on June 2.

24/7 security cover, CCTV cameras for Kanhaiya Kumar in Tihar jail

24/7 security cover, CCTV cameras for Kanhaiya Kumar in Tihar jail

Rediff.com18 Feb 2016

Two Tamil Nadu Special Police personnel have been deputed to keep a round-the-clock watch over him and ensure his safety.

Maliwal case: Bibhav charged with destroying evidence

Maliwal case: Bibhav charged with destroying evidence

Rediff.com10 Jun 2024

The Delhi Police has added the Indian Penal Code section for 'disappearing evidence and giving false information' against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in Aam Aadmi Party MP Swati Maliwal's assault case, an official said on Monday.

Kejriwal holds first roadshow after his release from jail

Kejriwal holds first roadshow after his release from jail

Rediff.com11 May 2024

Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party will not form the government on June 4 and said if the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) comes to power, the direction and fate of the country will change.

Kejriwal shouldn't quit as Delhi CM, AAP MLAs urge Sunita

Kejriwal shouldn't quit as Delhi CM, AAP MLAs urge Sunita

Rediff.com3 Apr 2024

Of the AAP's 62 MLAs in Delhi, 55 including all the ministers were present during the meeting.

Tihar jailbreak: Fake cop held

Tihar jailbreak: Fake cop held

Rediff.com29 Feb 2004

Sandeep Thakur whisked Sher Singh Rana out of the high security jail by posing as a constable of the Delhi police.

Tihar inmates on hunger strike over new rule on meeting kin

Tihar inmates on hunger strike over new rule on meeting kin

Rediff.com12 Feb 2014

More than 50 inmates of Tihar Jail have gone on a hunger strike against a recent guideline by prison authorities which allows them to meet their relatives only once a week instead of the two times which was the norm before.

Home ministry office in Delhi gets hoax bomb threat

Home ministry office in Delhi gets hoax bomb threat

Rediff.com22 May 2024

It was written in the email that the "building will explode as bomb is planted", a police officer said and added that the IP address and other details of the mail are being checked.

Why Delhi court denied interim bail to Kejriwal

Why Delhi court denied interim bail to Kejriwal

Rediff.com6 Jun 2024

The extensive campaigning tours and related events undertaken by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal indicate that he does not appear to be suffering from any serious or 'life threatening' ailment, a Delhi court has held while denying him interim bail.

Kejriwal willfully eating less, refusing insulin: Delhi LG

Kejriwal willfully eating less, refusing insulin: Delhi LG

Rediff.com20 Jul 2024

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has alleged that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody, may deliberately not be taking medical diet and medicines prescribed to him, according to a Raj Niwas communication.

India Inc on hiring drive at Tihar jail

India Inc on hiring drive at Tihar jail

Rediff.com4 Feb 2011

The potential employees are prisoners in Tihar jail, who have received vocational and professional training while serving their terms.

Tihar jail asked to give computers to CWG scam accused

Tihar jail asked to give computers to CWG scam accused

Rediff.com22 Sep 2011

The Tihar jail authorities were directed on Thursday by a Delhi court to provide dedicated computers to sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi and seven others, arrested for allegedly committing irregularities in a games-related contract to a Swiss firm, to read their case documents.

Excise scam: Delhi court sends Kejriwal to 3-day CBI custody

Excise scam: Delhi court sends Kejriwal to 3-day CBI custody

Rediff.com26 Jun 2024

A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to formally arrest Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the alleged excise scam.

Fake degree case: Tomar sent to Tihar jail

Fake degree case: Tomar sent to Tihar jail

Rediff.com21 Jun 2015

Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar was sent to Tihar jail by a Delhi court on Sunday in the alleged fake degree case after police said that it does not require his custody for now.

AAP launches 'jail ka jawab vote se' campaign

AAP launches 'jail ka jawab vote se' campaign

Rediff.com8 Apr 2024

As part of the campaign, AAP RS MP Sandeep Pathak said, AAP leaders and workers will visit the four Lok Sabha constituencies from where it has fielded candidates.

Advani, Jaitley visit cash-for-votes accused Kulkarni in Tihar

Advani, Jaitley visit cash-for-votes accused Kulkarni in Tihar

Rediff.com28 Sep 2011

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L K Advani and Arun Jaitley on Wednesday visited Tihar jail to meet Sudheendra Kulkarni and former party members of Parliament lodged at the jail in connection with the cash-for-vote scam.

PHOTOS: VVIPs who were sent to Tihar Jail

PHOTOS: VVIPs who were sent to Tihar Jail

Rediff.com7 Sep 2011

Rediff.com takes you through the high profile guests at the New Delhi's Tihar Jail

Stalemate ENDS: Hazare to leave Tihar Jail at 3 pm

Stalemate ENDS: Hazare to leave Tihar Jail at 3 pm

Rediff.com18 Aug 2011

In a late night breakthrough in the deadlock between Anna Hazare and Delhi police over the duration of his anti-corruption protest, the Gandhian accepted the offer for 14 days of hunger strike beginning on Thursday at the Ramlila Maidan.

Yasin Malik death penalty: HC judge recuses himself

Yasin Malik death penalty: HC judge recuses himself

Rediff.com11 Jul 2024

The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief, who is currently serving a life term in the case, was virtually present for the the court proceedings from the Tihar jail in Delhi.

In Tihar, prisoners are turning in-house reformers

In Tihar, prisoners are turning in-house reformers

Rediff.com4 Sep 2005

Tihar, with its hard-to-manage prison population, had always posed a formidable challenge to authorities until a ray of hope was sighted while Kiran Bedi was at the helm of affairs.

In PHOTOS: The VVIP guests of Tihar Jail

In PHOTOS: The VVIP guests of Tihar Jail

Rediff.com28 Sep 2011

Rediff.com takes you through the high profile guests at the New Delhi's Tihar Jail

Can Kejriwal Reconnect With Delhi Voters?

Can Kejriwal Reconnect With Delhi Voters?

Rediff.com24 Sep 2024

As leaders in both the BJP and Congress concede, neither has within their parties a leader to match Arvind Kejriwal's charisma in Delhi.

Cells at Tihar to remain open for 12 hours daily

Cells at Tihar to remain open for 12 hours daily

Rediff.com19 Jul 2011

Tihar Prisons authorities have now decided to keep the cells unlocked for 12 hours in a day and carry out a monthly check of the special diet given to sick prisoners.

Emotional Karunanidhi meets Kani again at Tihar

Emotional Karunanidhi meets Kani again at Tihar

Rediff.com21 Jun 2011

For the second time in one month, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday arrived at Tihar Jail to pay a visit to his daughter Kanimozhi.

Ram Singh's death the third suicide in Tihar in 15 mths

Ram Singh's death the third suicide in Tihar in 15 mths

Rediff.com11 Mar 2013

Delhi gangrape accused Ram Singh's alleged suicide in the high security Tihar jail, which houses over 12,000 prisoners, is the third such incident in the last 15 months.

CBI to produce Kejriwal in court today, arrest likely; AAP cries foul

CBI to produce Kejriwal in court today, arrest likely; AAP cries foul

Rediff.com26 Jun 2024

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday examined Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail and recorded his statement related to the excise policy case.

Hyd blasts: 2 IM operatives brought from Tihar

Hyd blasts: 2 IM operatives brought from Tihar

Rediff.com1 Mar 2013

As investigators struggled for a breakthrough eight days after the twin blasts, two suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives, who had allegedly recced the area of the attack, were brought here from Delhi's Tihar jail on Friday and grilled by the National Investigation Agency sleuths.

Delhi police in tizzy as over 100 hospitals, malls get bomb threat

Delhi police in tizzy as over 100 hospitals, malls get bomb threat

Rediff.com20 Aug 2024

Security agencies searched over 100 hospitals and malls in the national capital after they received bomb threat emails on Tuesday. However, it turned out to be a hoax as nothing suspicious was found, officials said.

Kejriwal resigns, Atishi set to be next Delhi CM

Kejriwal resigns, Atishi set to be next Delhi CM

Rediff.com17 Sep 2024

The Aam Aadmi Party led by its chief minister designate Atishi staked claim to form a new government in Delhi on Tuesday shortly after Arvind Kejriwal resigned from the post, an effort seen as a bold gambit to seize the initiative ahead of assembly elections due in five months.

Govt orders probe into Tihar deaths

Govt orders probe into Tihar deaths

Rediff.com13 Jun 2007

Man Singh (58), a head warden, died on Tuesday night at his quarters inside the jail. He had been under treatment for tuberculosis for the last several years, prison officials said.

Katara case: Mother moves HC against Tihar's decision

Katara case: Mother moves HC against Tihar's decision

Rediff.com20 Mar 2013

Neelam Katara on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court against the Tihar Jail authority's decision to shift convicts Vikas and Vishal Yadav, undergoing life sentence in New Delhi for killing her son Nitish in 2002, to a prison in Uttar Pradesh, their home state.

Denied HC relief on arrest, Kejriwal to move SC

Denied HC relief on arrest, Kejriwal to move SC

Rediff.com9 Apr 2024

Failing to get any reprieve from the Delhi high court, the Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will move the Supreme Court soon against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and maintained the excise policy case was the 'biggest political conspiracy of the country' to finish the party.

Subrata Roy all set for first deal from Tihar

Subrata Roy all set for first deal from Tihar

Rediff.com31 Jul 2014

Jail officials, group to thrash out finer details to enable late night skype with Los Angeles-based buyers.

Two candidates in jail on terror charges win: Can they take oath?

Two candidates in jail on terror charges win: Can they take oath?

Rediff.com5 Jun 2024

Engineer Rashid has been lodged in the Tihar jail since August 9, 2019 on charges of alleged terror financing, while Singh has been booked under the National Security Act and sent to the Dibrugarh jail of Assam.

Afzal Guru seeks transfer from Tihar to J&K prison

Afzal Guru seeks transfer from Tihar to J&K prison

Rediff.com26 May 2010

Parliament attack death row convict Afzal Guru has approached the Delhi government seeking his transfer from the Tihar jail in New Delhi to a prison in his home state of Jammu and Kashmir.