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COVID-19: Haryana govt designates one central, three district jails for ma
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 22 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 situation, the Haryana government has decided to designate one central and three district jails as Special Jails for male prisoners under judicial custody.
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Sharjeel Imam tests positive for COVID-19 in Guwahati jail
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who has been lodged at Guwahati Central Jail for allegedly delivering a seditious speech and abetting riots in Jamia Millia Islamia area in December last year, has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Inmates in Jammu's Amphalla Jail use 'Mulakaat' video facility to interact
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 21 (ANI): Inmates in Jammu's Amphalla Jail are using 'Mulakaat' a video conference facility to talk to their relatives amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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Delhi: Tihar jail inmate dies of suicide
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A 38-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell in India's high-security Tihar jail, informed the prison authorities.
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SC declines to entertain plea seeking compensation for persons incarcerate
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking direction to the government to enact laws to provide compensation and rehabilitation of persons who are acquitted after languishing in jails for wrongful prosecution and incarceration.
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Delhi: Woman constable posted at Tihar Jail found dead at her residence
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): A woman police constable was found dead at her residence in Palam Vihar on Wednesday.
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Lalu Yadav has set up 'darbar' in hospital, violating jail manual: Jharkha
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 13 (ANI): Jharkhand BJP spokesperson Pratul Shahdeo on Sunday alleged that veteran RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav who is currently lodged at RIMS Hospital here is violating the jail manual by setting up a 'darbar' there.
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Pelosi calls for legislation limiting US President's powers after stone se
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 11 (Sputnik/ANI): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday has called for new legislation that would limit the powers of the United States president after Donald Trump commuted the jail sentence of his former adviser Roger Stone.
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Inmates at UP's Firozabad jail clang utensils to drive away locusts
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Inmates were forced to clang utensils to scare away a swarm of locusts that entered Firozabad District Jail on Friday.
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COVID-19 cases rise in Maharashtra's prisons
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI): Prisons across Maharashtra reported a total of 763 COVID-19 cases till date. The figure includes 596 inmates and 167 jail staff, informed the Maharashtra Prison Department on Friday.
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Supreme Court grants bail to Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra, who had been in jail for around three years in an alleged homebuyers fraud case, as both his parents are hospitalised.
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2 video-conference meetings of prisoners with lawyers allowed twice a week
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The Delhi government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it has allowed two video-conference meetings of prisoners with lawyers twice a week in all jails in the national capital.
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