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Tihar DG Prisons tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 2 days, 7 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Director General (Prisons), Tihar, Sandeep Goel has tested positive for coronavirus, jail officials said on Friday.
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Trump wishes speedy recovery to Louisville police officers shot du
Updated : 3 days, 5 hours ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): US President Donald Trump wished a speedy recovery to the two police officers who sustained injuries in Louisville during protests against Kentucky grand jury's decision to indict one of the three police personnel, involved in the death of African-America
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2,061 inmates, 421 jail staff test COVID-19 positive in Maharashtr
Updated : 3 days, 8 hours ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 24 (ANI): As many as 2,061 inmates and 421 jail staff have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra prisons so far, according to the state Prison Department on Wednesday.
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Four inmates, 3 policemen killed during attempted jailbreak in Egy
Updated : 3 days, 14 hours ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Four death row inmates were gunned down near Cairo amid a prison break attempt, while three police officers died in a bid to prevent them, the Youm7 newspaper reported, citing security sources.
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Vietnam jails 20 on terrorism charges over police station blast
Updated : 4 days, 15 hours ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 23 (ANI/Sputnik): A court in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday sentenced 20 people to various prison terms on terrorism-related charges for their involvement in a police station bombing in 2018, media reported.
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COVID-19: SC dismisses plea of Medha Patkar for interim release of
Updated : 4 days, 20 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Bombay High Court order whereby all such convicted prisoners who are undergoing punishment under the Special Acts were refused to be released on interim bail in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US sentences UK national to 5 years in prison for role in hacking
Updated : 5 days, 9 hours ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A US federal judge has sentenced a British national for his role in a hacking group that stole personal identifying information from companies and extorted them for ransoms.
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As of Dec 2019, 4.78 lakh prisoners in 1,350 jails across country:
Updated : 6 days, 4 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): About 4,78,600 prisoners were locked up in close to 1,350 prisons across the country as of December 2019 as opposed to the maximum capacity of 4,03,739, according to the Union Home Ministry on Monday.
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Dr Kafeel Khan writes to UN experts, urges Centre to 'release huma
Updated : 6 days, 22 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Dr Kafeel Khan has written to United Nations human rights experts in reference to their letter dated June 26, 2020, urging the Indian government to immediately release human rights defenders.
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In Lok Sabha, TMC MP demands release of 230 political leaders in J
Updated : 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Ray in Lok Sabha on Saturday demanded the release of 230 political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Late Jayalalitha's close aide, Sasikala, likely to be released fro
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 15 (ANI): VK Sasikala, a close associate of former Tamil Nadu chief minister, late Jayalalitha, is likely to be released from the Central Prison, Bengaluru on January 27, 2021 where she is serving a sentence in connection with a disproportionate as
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Kerala gold smuggling case: Prison dept seeks report regarding hos
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 14 (ANI): The Kerala prison department has sought a report from the medical officer of Viyyur central prison in Thrissur district in connection with the hospitalisation of gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh and KT Ramees at the same time in the Thriss
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