Jalalabad [Afghanistan], August 03 (ANI): At least 21 people have been killed so far in ongoing fighting between Afghan security forces and terrorists who raided a jail overnight.
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], August 3 (ANI): Terrorists have attacked a prison compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad and a battle with security forces is underway.
Jalalabad [Afghanistan], August 2 (ANI): One person has been killed and 18 people have been injured in a car bomb blast that exploded at the entrance gate of the Jalalabad prison.
Chandigarh [India], Aug 1 (ANI): The Punjab government converted six jails into special jails for new inmates in order to deal with any situation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 31 (ANI): In Kerala, the prisoners will now work as employees in petrol pumps and take home a salary, as the Kerala government has rolled out Petrol Pumps from jail premises in association with Indian Oil Corporation.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 31 (ANI): The Prisons authority in Odisha has asked the police to conduct RT-PCR tests of the accused persons before sending them to Jail for judicial custody, to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus among the inmates.
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Former Samata Party President Jaya Jaitley and two others were on Thursday sentenced to four years in prison by a special court in Delhi in connection with a corruption case related to a 2001 defence deal, a lawyer said.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): The Odisha Government has released as many as 16,789 prisoners from various jails across the state during the period of four months, from March 20 to July 28 in view of the present scenario of COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): As many as 221 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Delhi prisons while two have died due to the illness, according to a prison official.
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 28 (ANI): Head Constable Murugan and Constable Muthuraj, two accused in the Tuticorin lockup death case tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, Madurai Central Prison sources confirmed.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 28 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh jail administration said that relatives would not be allowed to visit prisoners on Rakshabandhan, but they can send Rakhis 24 hours before the festival so that they can be sanitised and given
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Shahrukh Pathan, the man who allegedly opened fire at police personnel on February 24 during the northeast Delhi violence, approached a Delhi court on Saturday seeking not to transfer him with general prisoners claiming a threat to his life.