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COVID-19: SC dismisses plea of Medha Patkar for interim release of prisone
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Bombay High Court order whereby all such convicted prisoners who are undergoing punishment under the Special Acts were refused to be released on interim bail in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US sentences UK national to 5 years in prison for role in hacking group
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A US federal judge has sentenced a British national for his role in a hacking group that stole personal identifying information from companies and extorted them for ransoms.
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As of Dec 2019, 4.78 lakh prisoners in 1,350 jails across country: MHA
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): About 4,78,600 prisoners were locked up in close to 1,350 prisons across the country as of December 2019 as opposed to the maximum capacity of 4,03,739, according to the Union Home Ministry on Monday.
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Dr Kafeel Khan writes to UN experts, urges Centre to 'release human rights
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Dr Kafeel Khan has written to United Nations human rights experts in reference to their letter dated June 26, 2020, urging the Indian government to immediately release human rights defenders.
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In Lok Sabha, TMC MP demands release of 230 political leaders in J-K
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Ray in Lok Sabha on Saturday demanded the release of 230 political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Late Jayalalitha's close aide, Sasikala, likely to be released from prison
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 15 (ANI): VK Sasikala, a close associate of former Tamil Nadu chief minister, late Jayalalitha, is likely to be released from the Central Prison, Bengaluru on January 27, 2021 where she is serving a sentence in connection with a disproportionate as
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Kerala gold smuggling case: Prison dept seeks report regarding hospitalisa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 14 (ANI): The Kerala prison department has sought a report from the medical officer of Viyyur central prison in Thrissur district in connection with the hospitalisation of gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh and KT Ramees at the same time in the Thriss
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High-Powered Committee is at liberty to change norms: SC on plea seeking i
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court, while hearing a plea for interim release of prisoners charged under Special Acts amid COVID-19, on Monday observed that it will pass a detailed order and held that the High-Powered Committee will be at liberty to change its norms as p
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COVID-19: Medha Patkar approaches SC for interim release of prisoners char
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Social activist Medha Patkar approached the Supreme Court for interim release of prisoners charged under Special Acts amid COVID-19.
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2 COVID-19 positive prisoners escape Pune's Yerawada prison
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 10 (ANI): Two undertrial prisoners, who had tested positive for COVID-19, escaped from a temporary jail set up by Yerawada Central Prison in Pune early morning on Saturday, jail officials informed.
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Burdwan blast case: Four JMB terrorists sentenced to 7 years in prison
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 9 (ANI): A special NIA court in Kolkata has sentenced four Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (Bangladesh) terrorists to seven years in prison in connection with the 2014 Burdwan blast case, National Investigation Agency said on Wednesday.
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Uyghur detention facilities found in Xinjiang's Turpan, where Disney's Mul
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [DC], September 9 (ANI): Detailed locations of as many as 15 detention camps for Uyghurs have been unearthed in Turpan city of the northwest Chinese province of Xinjiang, the region where several scenes of Disney's new film 'Mulan' were filmed, according to a Washington-based Uyg
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