Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan were shifted to Lucknow's Medanta Hospital from Sitapur jail on Sunday for COVID treatment, police said on Sunday.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 7 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting for release of detainees and political prisoners in jails both in and outside Jammu and Kashmir, saying that most countries have rele
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): As many as 319 Tihar Jail prisoners were infected with COVID-19 out of whom 65 have recovered and five have succumbed to the infection till May 3, the DG (Prisons) has informed the High Powered Committee (HPC).
Hong Kong, May 6 (ANI): Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to serve 10 more months in prison on Thursday for joining last year's vigil to commemorate victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): In the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases, around 280 jail inmates shall be released on bail or parole in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, Senior Jail Superintendent, District Jail said on Wednesday.
Canberra [Australia], May 1 (ANI/Sputnik): Australian citizens who are stuck in India and wish to return back home are at risk of facing fines of up to 66,000 Australian dollars (approximately USD 50,964) as Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says a travel ban will be put in place starting Mo
Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI): A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via video link, in his first public appearance since he went on hunger strike.
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Amid the second COVID-19 wave, officials of the Tihar Jail in Delhi have written to the Delhi government requesting emergency parole for some prisoners.
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to shift arrested Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan from Mathura Jail to a government hospital in Delhi for better medical treatment.
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction for the immediate release of all the under-trial and convicted prisoners on interim bail/parole in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Banda (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 27 (ANI): Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who was recently shifted from a Punjab Jail to a highly-secured isolation barrack in the District Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Banda, has tested positive for COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Punjabi actor-tuned-activist Deep Sidhu visited Rakabganj Gurdwara in Delhi after he was released from the Tihar jail on Monday night.