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Executioners hunt begins in MP
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): With around 30 prisoners in jails across Madhya Pradesh been awarded death penalty in different cases, the state is on a hunt for executioners as currently there are no people at the post.
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Yogi forms committee to ensure safety in UP jails
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday formed a three member-committee to look after the security arrangements in the prisons across the state.
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Gaushalas to come up in UP jails
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh [India], July 6 (ANI): Some more Uttar Pradesh jails will now have an additional feature of gaushalas or cow shelters.
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India, Pakistan exchange list of prisoners
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Sunday exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen of each country lodged in the jails.
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Centre plans to provide bail to undertrial women
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): As part of its recommendations in form of a report, titled 'Women in Prisons', the Ministry of Women and Child Development on Sunday sought relaxation in provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to allow bail to the undertrial women inmates in jai
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Jail the bankers, nothing less
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.28 (ANI): The small country of Iceland with a population of 333,000, convicted and jailed 26 bankers from 2010 to 2015 for market manipulation and breach of fiduciary duties. They are doing time in jails for non-violent crimes. Can we ever imagine something like tha
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B'desh HC directs to end trial of 139 undertrial prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 19 (ANI): The High Court of Bangladesh on Monday directed concerned trial courts to finish the case proceedings by August 31, against 139 undertrial prisoners, lodged in 68 jails across the country for more than seven years.
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Protest erupts in Gilgit against China over jail abuse
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Gilgit [Pakistan], Feb 10 (ANI): The relatives and the family members of prisoners languishing in the Chinese jails for over a decade have staged a demonstration in Gilgit city and have demanded the Pakistan Government to play its due role in their release.
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Kerala Govt permits prisoners to donate organs
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The Kerala government on Thursday permitted prisoners in the state jails to donate organs to their close relatives.
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Mallya's extradition trial to begin on Dec 4 in London
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [U.K.] Nov. 20 (ANI): The extradition trial of businessman Vijay Mallya will begin on December 4 here.
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Jails will fall short if people are arrested for speaking truth: Kamal Haa
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] November 5 (ANI): Under attack from all quarters for his 'Hindu-terror' remark, actor Kamal Haasan on Sunday said jails would fall short, if people are arrested for speaking the truth.
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Kerala CM urges MEA to seek release of Indians imprisoned in Middle East c
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananathapuram [Kerala], Sept. 28 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged the Ministry of External Affairs to take up the issue of Indian prisoners languishing in jails in the Middle East.
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