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  Tihar Prisons : Reformation Measures
In all the prisons, sports like volleyball, cricket, basketball, kho-kho, kabbaddi, chess, carom etc. are organised during winter sports festivals, which are popularly known in the jail as "Tihar Olympics".
Inter jail cultural meets titled "Ethnic Tihar" are held during spring season every year in which competitions in music, dance, sher-o-shairi, quawali, painting, quiz etc. are organised for inmates.
Eminent personalities from the field of sports and culture are invited on these occasions to encourage the prisoners to take part in the sports and cultural events, to foster their physical, mental and cultural development and inculcate discipline.
tiharprisons.nic.in /html/reform.htm   (1842 words)

  
  Tihar - The Festival of Lights and Affection
Tihar is the most friendly of festivals at the loveliest time of the year.
It is a gentle ceremony of family union and affection, after which all partake in a special feast, which always includes the foods of luck and prosperity: hard-boiled eggs, fried fish and a little wine.
Thus Tihar ends - with the harvesting of the rice, the beginning of the Newari New Year, assurances of prosperity, and renewed bonds of family affection.
www.southalabama.edu /nepal/nfestivals.htm   (890 words)

  
 Humanising the prison walls of Tihar in Delhi is now on.
The superlative numbers associated with the Tihar Jail in Delhi are not what a self-respecting Indian would want to boast about: It's the largest prison complex in Asia spread over 180 acres.
In fact till 1993, Tihar and its ways were something Indians had to be ashamed of.
Tihar may not be paradise but today, it's not an evil den either.
www.goodnewsindia.com /Pages/content/transitions/tihar.html   (1089 words)

  
  Tihar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tihar (ितहार) is a five day Nepalese festival celebrated in late autumn.
The fifth and last day of Tihar is Bhai Tika, a day where sisters put "tika" on forehead of brothers, to ensure long life, and thank them for the protection they give.
Tihar may also refer to the Tihar Jail in Delhi, the largest in India.Tihar is also the oldest village of New Delhi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tihar   (394 words)

  
 Festivals of Nepal: Tihar
Tihar, the festival of lights is one of the most dazzling of all Hindu festivals.
We also refer to tihar as 'Panchak Yama' which literally means 'the five days of the underworld lord'.
The last day of tihar is 'Bhai tika', putting tika on your brothers by your sisters.
www.nepalhomepage.com /society/festivals/tihar.html   (1149 words)

  
 Tihar Festival of Nepal (Also known as Dipawali) : from Travel Corner : Nepal Vista
Tihar is a festival for brothers and sisters, but What if you are a brother without a sister or a sister without a brother.
Tihar is a festival of sisters wishing a long life to their brothers, and Tihar is the most popular festival in Nepal.
To sisters, Tihar is also the time to re-call their continued wish for a long and a happy life for their brothers.
www.nepalvista.com /travel/tihar.html   (2605 words)

  
 Overburdened Tihar gets CCTVs, jammers
With prison riots and terrorist attacks posing a real-time threat to the security, Tihar jail authorities have decided to install mobile jammers and close circuit televisions inside the sprawling complex.
Tihar has around 170 high-security prisoners, including ten persons on the death row like Parliament attack convict Mohd Afzal, while around 450 inmates are lodged in the Special Security Ward.
Tihar is also planning to set up more Test Identification Parade rooms, a model of which functions in a jail now, and construct more visitor halls besides improving the sanitation system, the officer said.
ia.rediff.com /news/2007/jan/31tihar.htm   (496 words)

  
 EnjoyNepal :: Guide To Festivals :: Tihar   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tihar or Dipawali is popularly known as the 'Festival of Lights'.
Tihar is a five-day festival with each day being celebrated separately in honour of the crow, dog, cow, bull or bullock and finally brothers respectively.
He was to ask that on the night of Tihar, no house except her little hut be illuminated.
www.enjoynepal.com /Travel_guide/activity_guide/tg_activityguide_pilgrimage_Fest_tihar.asp   (645 words)

  
 Tihar finds man to hang Afzal : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
THOUGH it is not yet finally gallows for Mohammed Afzal, the Parliament attack case accused sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on August 4, the Tihar Jail has already selected the hangman and started preparations for the hanging, which could be the first at Tihar in 15 years.
The hangman is brought to Tihar a couple of days in advance, so that he can start preparations, such as greasing the machinery and putting the rope in place.
Afzal is one of the nine convicts at Tihar to have been sentenced to death.
www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Aug/29/5922_1475188,0015002100010001.htm   (409 words)

  
 India Vision Foundation
Tihar Jail, the world's largest prison, in terms of population (housing nearly 10, 000 inmates at a time), during 1993 - 95 is also known, as the Central Prison of Delhi.
As these children, are not allowed to stay with their mothers, once they reach the age of five, India Vision Foundation, identifies such children and places them in its Crime Home Children project.
India Vision Foundation, identified an urgent need to focus more on the children, who were in jail with their mothers or in a few cases with their fathers.
www.indiavisionfoundation.org /p_tihar_prison.htm   (1003 words)

  
 Staff suspended after jailbreak by Phoolan's 'killer' -DAWN - International; 19 February, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tihar prison chief Ajay Aggarwal said he had suspended three jail officials - V.D Pushkarna, who is in charge of handing over prisoners for court appearances, his deputy and head warden Ramesh Chand.
Tihar jail officials were expecting men from the Delhi Armed Police to come and take Rana away for a court appearance in neighbouring Uttaranchal state.
Rana was arrested shortly after Devi, then a member of parliament, was shot dead by three masked men as she got out of a car at the gate of her New Delhi residence.
www.dawn.com /2004/02/19/int9.htm   (597 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | India's meditative model jail
The massive Tihar jail complex just outside the Indian capital Delhi was until a few years ago a place to be feared.
But Tihar is now regarded as a model prison, welcoming delegations from far and wide who come to study how prison authorities turned the place around.
Critics of Tihar call it a "golden cage" full of amenities for prisoners to enjoy for free, instead of a place where they go to be punished for their crimes.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/2065174.stm   (602 words)

  
 The Tihar Club by Ravi Pipal
Perhaps you are not aware of the popularity Tihar commands and the clamor among politicians, bureaucrats, police officials and international tricksters to gain entry in Tihar.
Tihar's attractions and popularity is so universal that under-trials are known to have been specially requesting judges to enter the portals of Tihar.
Tihar's reputation is as such that petty thieves come out to become boss and bosses graduate to be dons.
www.boloji.com /humor/041.htm   (708 words)

  
 CCTVs to monitor prisoners in Tihar jail-India-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: )
NEW DELHI: Tightening surveillance in Tihar, one of Asia's biggest prisons, which has witnessed high profile escapes, authorities are installing close circuit televisions (CCTVs) in all the ten jails there.
Twelve undertrials had escaped on July 6, 2005 from Tihar when they were taken to be produced before a court inside the jail premises.
Tihar is the first jail in the country to have such a hi-tech system, he said adding specific jails can get more CCTVs also depending on the need and type of activities going on there.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1823711.cms   (373 words)

  
 Punjab Kesari NewsDetails
Yadav has alleged that Tihar officials carried out special "raids" in his cell in his absence and especially when he was out of his cell to have food.
The four-time MP also alleged that Tihar officials were not providing adequate medical attention to him and he was often denied doctors and medical attendants at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he is taken for his respiratory and lung problems.
Tihar officials admitted that a raid was conducted in Yadav's cell six months ago but maintained that there was nothing special about it.
www.punjabkesari.com /frmChNewsDetails.aspx?uid=39184&CatName=Delhi   (485 words)

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