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Punjab Jail Minister reviews awareness creation programme among prisoners,
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The Punjab Jails Minister S Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on March 21 reviewed awareness creation programme among prisoners and prison staff for prevention of the deadly COVID-19.
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COVID-19 : PIL in Delhi HC seeks distribution of face-masks, hand sanitize
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in Delhi High Court on Saturday seeking immediate direction to Delhi government to provide face-masks, hand sanitizers to prisoners in all the jails in the national capital.
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Combating COVID-19: Punjab CM urges religious organisations to restrict ga
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday appealed to religious organisations and Dera heads to keep gatherings under 50 in support of the government's efforts to check the spread of coronavirus.
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Farooq Abdullah urges political parties in J-K to unite to demand bringing
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday appealed to all political leaders to unite in their demand to immediately shift all the people from Jammu and Kashmir who are detained in jails outside the union territory, post the
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Masks being made in Mathura, Barabanki jails to save inmates from coronavi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): In order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, masks are being prepared by inmates themselves in Mathura and Barabanki jails on a daily basis.
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Kerala jails to set up isolation cells for suspected coronavirus-infected
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): In the wake of six positive Covid-19 cases reported from Kerala, the state's Director General of Prisons Rishi Raj Singh has issued a directive to set up isolation cells in the jails across the state.
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Minister raises Delhi violence issue in Punjab Assembly, says national cap
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Punjab Cooperation and Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday raised the issue of recent Delhi violence and killings during the Zero Hour of the Budget Session at the Vidhan Sabha.
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Delhi HC rejects petition seeking voting rights for prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition seeking voting rights for prisoners observing that the Representation of the People Act does not allow prisoners to cast vote from jails.
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SAD seeks immediate dismissal of Jails minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday demanded the immediate dismissal of Jails minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa as well as an independent probe into the Amritsar jailbreaking incident.
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Madhya Pradesh govt to release 186 prisoners on R-Day
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh government will release 186 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in various central jails of the state on the occasion of on Republic Day.
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India, Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners, nuclear facilities as part of
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged the lists of prisoners and fishermen lodged in jails of the two countries simultaneously as part of a bilateral agreement.
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16 prisoners killed, 5 injured in jail fight in Mexico
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Zacatecas [Mexico], Jan 01 (Sputnik/ANI): An altercation in the Regional center of social reintegration (Cerereso) in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas has left 16 inmates killed and five others injured, the local Public Security Ministry said on Wednesday.
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