SC orders transfer of ex-Unitech directors from Tihar over ED's collusion report

Underworld don Chhota Rajan dies due to Covid-19 at AIIMS

One Nirbhaya convict’s mercy plea pending, others can be hanged tomorrow, Tihar officials said

<p>Tihar jail authorities on Friday challenged before a Delhi court the maintainability of the application filed by three death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, seeking stay of their execution on February 1. Opposing the plea, the prison authorities told Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana that the mercy plea of only one […]</p>

Tihar Jail prepares to hang 4 Delhi gang rape convicts, asks them for their last wishes

<p>Tihar jail authorities have asked the four convicts of the December 16 gang rape case to list their last wish before they are hanged to death on February 1. Senior officials said the request was made by the Tihar administration last week and none of the four have responded yet. Additional inspector general, Rajkumar confirmed […]</p>

Tihar jail prepares to hang December 16 convicts, all the four convicts to be hanged simultaneously for the first time in history

<p>The phansi kotha (hanging courtyard) inside Delhi’s Tihar jail, which had a provision to hang only two persons at a time, has now been redone to accommodate four hangings simultaneously, a prison officer said. Prison officers made the changes a few days ago as part of the preparations for the hanging of the four convicts […]</p>