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Former ministers as mentors, terror convicts as batsman — inside Presidency jail a IPL inspired cricket league in play

December 18, 2024 10:15 am

Every year, Kolkata's Presidency Jail organises a cricket tournament — Presidency Premier League (PPL) — a mini T20 championship, inspired by the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Undertrial will play Jesus in dance drama

February 04, 2015 2:32 am

Narendra Singh has been lodged as an undertrial prisoner at Presidency Jail on charges of extortion.

Lifer found hanging in Presidency Jail

November 18, 2013 3:22 am

A prisoner at Presidency Jail was found hanging in the washroom of his cell Sunday morning,the police said.

Undertrial prisoner lures cops with liquor,flees from hospital

April 08, 2013 4:01 am

An undertrial prisoner of Presidency Jail escaped from the SSKM Hospital on Sunday after luring the constables with a bottle of liquor.

Nigerians,second to Bangladeshis,in Bengal jails

July 30, 2012 5:18 am

Among the foreign nationals lodged in the jails of West Bengal,a substantial number belong to a tiny African nation Nigeria.

Raising the bar

July 15, 2012 3:16 am

Warden of Presidency Jail,Tarun Tapan Ganguly could never bracket himself into your regular government employee who works from 9 am to 5 pm.

Undertrials death at Presidency Jail: High Court seeks medical record

June 30, 2012 12:24 am

The Calcutta High Court Friday asked the state counsel to produce the medical records of Jahangir,an undertrial prisoner who was allegedly killed in Presidency jail in September 2008.