Bathinda (Punjab) [India], January 4 (ANI): A warden of Bathinda Central Jail has been booked and arrested on the charge of possession of 15 grams of heroin, police informed on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Two inmates and six staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 in different jails of Tihar, said prison officials on Monday.
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central government to decide the representation of a Kerala-based man seeking extradition of his daughter and minor granddaughter, presently detained in Afghanistan's jail.
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the previous regimes in Uttar Pradesh for protecting criminals during their tenure and pointed out that the present Yogi Adityanath government plays "jail-jail" with such lawbreakers.
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday redirected the Government of Bihar to submit an action taken report against the jail doctors in a case of death in judicial custody due to medical negligence that took place in 2018.
Moscow [Russia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service launched a prejudicial inquiry into volunteers of the non-governmental Sienos Grupe organization, who allegedly harbored a migrant at the Belarusian border and might face up to 6 years, according to the cou
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 28 (ANI): A Kathua resident who had spent 29 years in a Pakistani jail received a rousing welcome on his return to his hometown and family in Jammu and Kashmir.
Paris [France], December 28 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday urged Beijing to release Zhang Zhan, one of the first of China's "citizen journalists" who was jailed for coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patna (Bihar) [India], December 26 (ANI): A doctor was arrested for violating the statewide ban on liquor consumption after he consumed alcohol at his residence in Bihar's Patna. He was sent to jail, said a police official.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 26 (ANI): Candidates contesting Panchayat elections will now have to mandatorily submit details on criminal antecedents, assets and liabilities, educational qualifications through affidavits at the time of filing nomination papers in Odisha.
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], December 25 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday released 42 Afghans from different jails and handed over them to Afghan officials in Torkham, a port city in eastern Nangarhar province.
Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Five under-trial prisoners died in different jails under Delhi's Tihar jail in the past eight days, as per jail sources.