Bengaluru tax defaulter held in Mumbai, jailed for 6 months
Bengaluru, Feb 12 (IANS) A Bengaluru businessman was arrested in Mumbai and jailed for six months here for allegedly defaulting on payment of Rs 11.94 …
Jailed Haqqani Network leader in Taliban team of peace negotiators
Kabul, Feb 12 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday announced a 14-member team of negotiators, comprising some new faces including a jailed leader of the …
Canada mosque shooter jailed for life
Ottawa, Feb 9 (IANS) A Canadian man who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mosque in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison …
Jailed journalists file appeal with Myanmar’s SC
Yangon, Feb 1 (IANS) The lawyers for two jailed Reuters journalists on Friday filed an appeal with Myanmars Supreme Court against the seven-year prison sentences …
Chinese human rights website founder jailed
Beijing, Jan 29 (IANS) A Chinese court sentenced the founder of a human rights news website to five years in prison on Tuesday for “inciting …
Indian-origin man jailed in Singapore for bomb hoax call
Singapore, Jan 22 (IANS) An Indian-origin man has been jailed for four months over 2004 hoax call about a bomb at the house of late …
Former Bank of India manager, two others jailed for corruption
Bhopal, Jan 21 (IANS) A special CBI court here on Monday sent a former senior manager of Central Bank of India and two others to …
Ex-Chicago police officer jailed for shooting black teen
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) The former Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014, sparking the national debate over race and law …
Briton jailed in Iran set for hunger strike
London, Jan 14 (IANS) A British-Iranian woman detained in Tehran is slated to begin a three-day hunger strike on Monday in protest against being denied …
Myanmar court rejects jailed Reuters reporters’ appeal
Yangon, Jan 11 (IANS) A court here on Friday rejected an appeal by two jailed Reuters journalists who were sentenced to seven years on charges …
China’s former spy chief jailed for life
Shenyang (China), Dec 27 (IANS) China’s former intelligence chief Ma Jian was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for crimes, including taking bribes and …
Jailed reporters appear in Myanmar court to appeal convictions
Yangon, Dec 24 (IANS) Two Reuters journalists jailed for violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act appeared in a court here on Monday to appeal against their …
Man jailed for threatening to kill Trump
Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) A 39-year-old man living in the US state of Arizona has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for threatening to …
US man jailed for attacking Sikh cab driver
Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) A US man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for a brutal attack on a Sikh American taxi driver …
Sajjan Kumar jailed for life, HC calls 1984 riots ‘crime against humanity’ (Intro Roundup)
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Thirty-four years after the gruesome killings, the Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh …
Sajjan Kumar jailed for life, HC calls 1984 riots ‘crime against humanity’ (Roundup)
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Thirty-four years after the gruesome killings, the Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh …
Indian jailed in Dubai for stabbing colleague to death
Dubai, Dec 17 (IANS) An Indian construction worker has been jailed in Dubai for 15 years for getting drunk and stabbing his colleague and attacking …
Man jailed in UAE for calling fiancée ‘idiot’ on WhatsApp
Abu Dhabi, Dec 12 (IANS) A man has been jailed here for 60 days and fined 20,000 dirhams (around Rs 4 lakh) for calling his …
Jailed Myanmar journalists mark 1 year in prison
Yangon, Dec 12 (IANS) Two Myanmar journalists, who were named Person of the Year by Time magazine, completed a year in prison on Wednesday. Reuters …
Indian-origin man jailed for stabbing pregnant wife in Singapore
Singapore, Dec 11 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday sentenced an Indian origin man to seven years in jail for stabbing his pregnant wife using …
Jailed Huawei executive’s bail decision delayed
Vancouver, Dec 11 (IANS) A Canadian court has delayed the hearing of Chinese tech company Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who has been accused of …
Trump calls for former personal lawyer Cohen to be jailed
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday called for a “full and complete” sentence for his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen. “You …
Egyptian actress could be jailed for revealing legs
Cairo, Dec 3 (IANS) Egyptian actress Rania Youssef is facing public obscenity charges after walking the red carpet at the Cairo International Film Festival in …
Rajpal Yadav jailed for three months
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday sent Bollywood actor-comedian Rajpal Yadav to jail for three months for failing to repay …
People jailed for over 2 years can’t contest polls: Bangladesh court
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Tuesday ruled that people who have been jailed for more than two years with their appeals pending, …
S.Korean pastor jailed for raping followers
Seoul, Nov 22 (IANS) A South Korean pastor was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail for raping eight female followers of his mega …
Bihar topper scam: Jailed kingpin threatens jailor, doctor
Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Jailed prime accused in Bihars topper scam, Bachcha Rai, has threatened a jail official and a doctor leading to a case …
Jailed Bangladeshi photojournalist freed on bail
Dhaka, Nov 20 (IANS) A prominent Bangladesh photojournalist accused of criticising his country’s government during a television interview was freed from the Dhaka Central Jail …
Bangladesh court grants bail to jailed photographer
Dhaka, Nov 15 (IANS) A Bangladeshi court on Thursday granted bail to veteran photojournalist Shahidul Alam, who was arrested in August on charges of spreading …
Indian jailed for killing woman in Singapore road crash
Singapore, Nov 15 (IANS) A 48-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to 10 months in jail and banned from driving for eight years for killing …
Swedish Academy sex scandal: Appeals trial opens for jailed Frenchman
Copenhagen, Nov 12 (IANS) A court in Stockholm opened an appeals trial on Monday for a Frenchman who was jailed in October for rape in …
Karnataka’s mining baron Reddy jailed in Ponzi case
Bengaluru, Nov 11 (IANS) Karnataka’s former BJP Minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy was arrested and jailed for allegedly shielding two accused persons in …
Karnataka’s mining baron Reddy arrested, jailed in Ponzi case
Bengaluru, Nov 11 (IANS) Karnataka’s former BJP Minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy was arrested and jailed for allegedly shielding two accused persons in …
UK police officer jailed for killing Indian-origin shopkeeper
London, Nov 10 (IANS) A police officer in the UK has been jailed for 18 months for causing the death of an Indian-origin shopkeeper by …
Two jailed for Indian origin man’s fatal stabbing in UK
London, Oct 24 (IANS) Two men who were convicted earlier this year of fatally stabbing an Indian-origin man in west London’s Southall suburb have been …
2004 grenade attack: 2 ex-ministers get death, Khaleda’s son jailed for life
Dhaka, Oct 10 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced 19 people, including two former ministers, to death and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son …
French photographer in Nobel scandal jailed for rape
Stockholm, Oct 1 (IANS) A French photographer at the centre of a sexual abuse and financial misconduct scandal that led to the postponement of 2018 …
ED to question jailed Dubai-based businessman to probe 26/11 funding
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate is planning to question Dubai-based hawala operator, Naval Kishore Kapoor, who is currently lodged in Tihar Central …
Indonesia terror cell leader jailed for 11 years
Jakarta, Sep 13 (IANS) An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced the provincial chief of a radical Islamist group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State …
Telangana Congress leader jailed in human trafficking case
Hyderabad, Sep 11 (IANS) A Hyderabad court on Tuesday sent Congress leader T. Jaya Prakash Reddy to judicial custody for 14 days in a human …
Ex-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos jailed in Russia inquiry
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) Former Donald Trump adviser whose remarks in a London pub sparked the US inquiry into possible collusion with Russia has been …