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MP cabinet grants administrative approval for several construction works,
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
"The Cabinet granted administrative approval of Rs 73.44 crores for the construction of residential houses in Burhanpur Jail and creation of 60 posts, Rs 19.44 crores and creation of 33 posts for the construction of residential houses of Sub Jail Mauganj, regarding upgradation, construction
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Swiss Court jails UK's richest Hinduja family for exploiting Indian domest
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
On Friday, the court sentenced Prakash and Kamal Hinduja to four years and six months in prison, while Ajay and Namrata Hinduja were sentenced to four years. It also directed them to pay about USD 950,000 in compensation and USD 300,000 in procedural fees.
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"Parliament should step in": Senior advocate Vikas Singh on jailed candida
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Urging the Parliament to intervene in the process of jailed candidates becoming Members of Parliament, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh said that the number of legislators with criminal charges is on the rise adding that it is an irony that "people in jails cannot vote, but can contest and win
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"It seems that Mohibullah Nadvi has good experience of going to jail": SP
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Hitting out at the newly elected Samajwadi party MP Mohibullah Nadvi for his "jails are correction home" remarks, Samajwadi Party leader Tazeen Fatma on Thursday said that it might be possible that the Mohibullah has a good experience of going to jails.
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"Eradicate caste-based segregation in prison": MHA urges states, labels pr
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently advised all the states and the Union Territories (UTs) against the practice of "segregating prisoners and assigning tasks based on their caste", urging them to remove such "discriminatory" provisions from their manuals or legislation and to halt
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Most pregnancies in West Bengal prisons happened outside jails: Amicus Cur
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In the last four years in the jails in West Bengal, around 62 children were born and most of the women prisoners were already pregnant at the time when they were brought to the jails while in some cases, the women prisoners had gone out on parole and returned back expecting the child, the Su
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Delhi LG approves draft notification for amendment in Delhi Prison Rules f
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has approved the draft notification for amendment in Delhi Prison Rules 2018 that will pave the way for pre-mature release of "incapacitated prisoners" undergoing a fixed-term imprisonment in Delhi Jails, said an official release.
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Left parties, Congress organise 'fill jails' agitation in AP's Krishna in
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Demanding a swift resolution of issues faced by municipal employees and Anganwadi workers, Left parties, Congress, and several trade unions organised a Jail Bharo programme at Machilipatnam in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
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96-year-old Karsevak Shalini Dabir recalls memories of Babri structure's c
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Recalling the memory of the collapse of the Babri structure, she also recounted her memories of how she was 'compelled' to be locked in a school as the jails were full.
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Live streaming of Ram Temple consecration ceremony will be done at all jai
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahead of 'pranpratishtha' ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, UP Prison Minister Dharmveer Prajapati raised the idea of inclusivity and making arrangements so that even the prisoners can watch the live telecast of the event.
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Drunken tourists will be sent to hotels, not jails: CM Sukhvinder Singh Su
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday urged tourists to follow rules and regulations, adding that police will not lock up drunk tourists; instead, they will take them to hotels.
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Drug tablets being sold inside jails: Navjot Singh Sidhu slams Bhagwant Ma
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Law and order, drug mafia, jail. The High Court asked for a policy within a week. CM Bhagwant Mann is the Jail Minister. What did he do?... Drug tablets are being sold inside the jails... If I am proven a liar, I will leave politics," Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said.
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