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NHRC takes serious view of suicide by two prisoners in Mumbai, Kolkata ja
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC) India, has taken a serious view of the deaths due to suicide by the two prisoners of Navi Mumbai and Dum Dum Central Correctional Home, Kolkata, and non-submission of requisite reports in the matters by the conc
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Arrested TDP leader faces life threat, claims wife
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 31 (ANI): Former Andhra Pradesh Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Devineni Umamaheswara Rao's wife Devineni Anupama on Saturday expressed concern that her arrested husband who is currently remanded in Rajahmundry Central Jail, was facing an
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Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem, detained under NSA for over 'offensive
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 23 (ANI): Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem, who was charged under the National Security Act (NSA) by the BJP-led Manipur government for commenting on social media that 'cow dung and cow urine don't cure COVID-19', has been released from Saajwa central jail
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SC asks states to equip jails with internet to ensure expeditious release
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): After taking suo motu cognisance of the delay shown on authorities in releasing from jail people granted bail, the Supreme Court on Friday asked state governments to apprise it as to how many prisons in their territory have internet connections and by when j
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SC grants interim bail to 13 convicted prisoners jailed for 14 years despi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to 13 convicted prisoners, keeping in view the fact that they were declared as juveniles by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) at the time of the commission of the offence, had already served 14 years Jail sent
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13 juvenile convicts move SC, seek immediate release after serving 14-22 y
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The 13 convicts, declared as juveniles by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) at the time of the commission of the offence and are currently lodged in Agra Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh, have moved the Supreme Court seeking immediate direction for their relea
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Bihar Police raid Muzaffarnagar's Shaheed Khudiram Bose jail
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], June 5 (ANI): The Bihar Police on Saturday morning conducted a raid at the Shaheed Khudiram Bose Central jail in Muzaffarpur.
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57 prisoners test COVID positive in Visakhapatnam Central Jail
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): As many as 57 prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Central Jail in Visakhapatnam, the jail authorities said on Friday.
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53 inmates at Assam's Dibrugarh jail test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], May 20 (ANI): As many as 53 inmates at Dibrugarh Central jail tested positive for COVID-19, as per the official on Wednesday.
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In a first in MP, vaccination camp for prisoners in jail
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 20 (ANI): For the first time in Madhya Pradesh, prisoners in the Central Jail of Indore have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Herbal Vatika at Delhi's Tihar jail imparts vocational training to inmates
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel on Saturday inaugurated a herbal vatika or garden at the Tihar jail that aims to provide vocational training to inmates so that they can earn a livelihood after release.
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GN Saibaba, 4 others test positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur jail
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], February 13 (ANI): Naxal ideologue and former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, who is serving a life term in Nagpur Central Prison for Maoist links, and four others who tested positive for COVID-19 at the Central Jail here on Friday are being been taken to
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