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Chinese national gets 9-year prison term in Ethiopia for smuggling telecom
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 16 (ANI): A court in Ethiopia has sentenced a Chinese national to nine years in jail for reportedly trying to smuggle highly censored communication gear into the country, local media reported citing the country's ministry of justice on Wednesday.
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Uyghur farmer serving 8-year sentence for saving wife from forced abortion
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): A Uyghur farmer, sentenced to eight-year imprisonment for saving his wife from forced abortion, died in jail in 2020, said a media report citing another Uyghur in the know of the development and local police officials.
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Sudanese Court sentences ex-chief of staff to 9 years over attempted coup:
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], March 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A military court in Sudan sentenced former chief of staff Hashim Abdel Muttalib to nine years in jail on Monday for his role in a 2019 coup attempt, a source familiar with the ruling told Sputnik.
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US Senator calls for release of Hindu teacher jailed in Pakistan's Sindh o
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): US Senator Marco Antonio Rubio has called for the release of a Hindu teacher Notan Lal who was falsely accused of blasphemy and imprisoned for 25 years in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Olympian Sushil Kumar to coach Tihar Jail inmates on fitness, wrestling
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Two-time Olympic winner Sushil Kumar who is currently lodged in the national capital's Tihar Jail will coach fellow prison inmates in wrestling and impart fitness tips to them, officials said.
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SC lists plea of Indian Army officer's mother seeking repatriation of her
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday posted in April the hearing of a plea filed by the mother of an Army officer seeking direction to the Centre to take immediate steps through diplomatic channels for repatriation of her son, who is lodged in jail in Pakistan for l
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'Empire' star Jussie Smollett sentenced to 5 months in jail for staging ha
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): Actor Jussie Smollett, widely known for his role in 'Empire', was sentenced to five months in jail on Thursday for staging a hate crime in which he lied to authorities about being jumped by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him.
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SC asks home secretary to file affidavit on Abu Salem's plea
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Home Secretary to file an affidavit on extradited gangster Abu Salem's plea raising the issue that as per the extradition treaty between India and Portugal, his jail terms cannot extend beyond 25 years.
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J-K: Grenade-throwing module of LeT busted in Awantipora, 4 terrorists arr
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Awantipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 7 (ANI): Police in Awantipora on Monday busted a grenade-throwing module linked with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and arrested four terrorists, thereby averting major catastrophic terror attacks.
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Mumbai: Nawab Malik arrives at Arthur Road Jail after PMLA court sends him
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on Monday arrived at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai after a Special PMLA court sentenced him to 14-day judicial custody till March 21 in connection with the Dawood Ibrahim money laundering case.
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TikTok suspends livestreaming in Russia
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 7 (ANI): Chinese video-sharing app TikTok has suspended livestreaming and new content to video services in Russia following the introduction of new 'fake news' law in the country that threatened jail terms of up to 15 years.
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Tripura's old central jail likely to be transformed into library named aft
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 6 (ANI): The Tripura government has decided to dedicate the old Central Jail compound into a library named after neighbouring Bangladesh's father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman.
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