Central Prison News

Replying to an RTI query by a Chennai-based lawyer, the DIG (Prisons), Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara, on Wednesday said,"Except for a television set, other facilities were not allowed to AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala."

The decision to conduct Yoga test was taken after the central government had last year asked state governments to promote the traditional discipline in all walks of life.

Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli has been granted furlough by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court.

Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal, who is currently imprisoned in the Central Prison at Arthur Road in Mumbai, wants himself to be shifted to the cell where former media baron Peter Mukerjea is lodged.