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Iraq tightens security on border with Syria after IS militants' jailbreak
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraq on Saturday tightened security measures on the borderline with neighboring Syria after a jailbreak by militants of the Islamic State (IS) in a Kurdish-controlled prison in Syria's Hasakah Province.
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China sentences five women from Uyghur family to long prison terms over 'i
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 22 (ANI): A Xinjiang court sentenced five Muslim Uyghur women from one family to lengthy jail terms for "illegal" religious activities, a media report said.
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Karachi court exonerates cancer patient seven months after her death
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): A Karachi court exonerated a cancer patient, Saima Farhan and four of her family members for their alleged involvement in a murder case, seven months after her death in Central Jail, where she remained incarcerated for almost a year-and-a-half, reported
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EOW writes to Tihar jail, says need to probe 82 staff at Rohini jail who h
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Two months after Delhi Police arrested seven jail staff members for allegedly helping inmate and conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in extorting nearly Rs 200 crore from a Fortis Healthcare worker, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has asked the jail administrat
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Inmate at Arthur Road Jail dies by suicide
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI): A 35-year-old inmate at Arthur Road Jail died allegedly by suicide on Thursday morning, said the jail authorities.
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Maharashtra's Naupada Police takes Kalicharan Maharaj in custody
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI): Naupada Police of Maharashtra's Thane has taken religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj in its custody in connection with a complaint filed at the police station for making an inflammatory speech at Dharm Sansad last year in December.
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North East Delhi Violence: Court sentences five years jail term for settin
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Thursday sentenced five years in jail to Dinesh Yadav, the first person convicted in connection with February 2020 violence. Dinesh Yadav was convicted of being part of an unlawful assembly who set the house on fire during violence in nor
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Pakistani man gets 7-year sentence for assaulting 16 women in Crete
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], January 20 (ANI): A 32-year-old Pakistani man was sentenced to seven years in prison for a series of violent attacks on women in Crete, according to local media reports.
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Hong Kong activist Leung released from prison after 6 years
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 19 (ANI): Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung has been released from prison on Lantau Island, after spending four years at a top security facility for taking part in violent demonstrations in February 2016, according to reports on Wednesday.
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Delhi: Mobile phone swallowed by jail inmate removed after endoscopy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): In a bizarre incident, an inmate of Delhi's Tihar jail swallowed a mobile phone to hide it from authorities. It was later removed by endoscopy.
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Taiwan jails 5 Chinese bizmen for buying votes for Kuomintang candidate Ha
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 18 (ANI): The Taipei District Court on Monday sentenced jail term to five businesspeople working in China, who were found guilty of taking money from Chinese authorities to buy votes for Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Han Kuo-yu in the 2020 presidential
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Corruption rife in Pak jails: Human Rights Ministry's report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): A report presented by Pakistan's Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) on Saturday revealed that corruption is rife in the country's jails.
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