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Punjab govt preparing comprehensive blueprint to beef up security in jails
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday inspected the Kapurthala jail and said that the state government is preparing a comprehensive blueprint for beefing up the security in jails on scientific lines.
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MP: Lokayukta books former DG Prisons, his mother-in-law in disproportiona
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Lokayaukta Police of Madhya Pradesh police have registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against former Director General (DG) of Jails, Sanjay Chaudhary and his mother-in-law, in the disproportionate assets case.
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Now, all inmates of Delhi prisons to get hot water, prisoners above 65 to
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena has issued instructions to DG (Prison) and the Pr. Secretary (Home) to immediately make hot water available to all inmates in Delhi prisons and to provide a mattress to prisoners above 65 years of age.
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Afghan Taliban once hailed as an asset to Pakistan, turns into foe: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Within a few days of their victory, the new rulers of Kabul released members of the Pakistani Taliban (known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP) who had been imprisoned in Afghan jails.
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UP court jails man for 25 years for rape of 6-year-old girl
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli convicted a man of raping a six-year-old girl and awarded the convict 25 years of imprisonment in a five-year-old case.
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HC directs Delhi govt to fill pending vacancies in jails in 6 months
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court has directed the Government of NCT Delhi to ensure that the appointments are made positively within a period of six months in relation to pending vacancies of Medical Officers, Paramedical Staff, Welfare Officers, Counsellors, Teachers for Education, Yoga Teachers etc
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Akali Dal demands release of Sikhs languishing in jail across country
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hitting out at the Central government over Sikhs languishing in jails across the country, Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) president Paramjit Singh Sarna on Friday questioned why Sikh prisoners cannot be released while the convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination were rel
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Over 8,000 Indians lodged in foreign jails: MEA
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"As per the information available with the Ministry, the number of Indian prisoners, including under-trials, in foreign jails at present is 8441, out of which 4,389 are lodged in jails of Gulf countries (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman)," MoS Muraleedharan
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China jails a young Tibetan for two years for "leaking state secrets" to w
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese authorities sentenced a young Tibetan man in Kardze, eastern Tibet to two years in prison for allegedly sending sensitive information abroad.
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Afghan children receive free education by humanitarian organization in Tak
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
More than 1,200 children whose mothers are in jails or hospitals, according to the administrators of this institution, will have access to educational and recreational services in Afghanistan.
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'Do something for people languishing in jails for petty offences': Preside
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
She also pointed that many, who have taken the lives of others are roaming free but those booked for petty offences are still lodged in jails.
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Drug addiction grows in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Citing the same report, the Dawn newspaper last month said that the number of these addicts is increasing at the rate of 40,000 per year, making Pakistan one of the most drug-affected countries in the world.
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