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Maharashtra: Over 360 inmates, 100 jail staff test positive for COVID-19 s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): The Maharashtra Prison Department on Thursday said that a total of 363 inmates and 102 jail staff members have so far tested positive for coronavirus.
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2 prisoners in Andhra's East Godavari die due to ill-health
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): Two jail inmates in East Godavari allegedly died due to ill-health, said Rajahmundry Central Jail Superintendent.
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'Panic button' installed at Agra prison for timely medical assistance to i
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): In order to provide timely medical assistance to inmates, a 'wireless panic alarm system' was inaugurated at the Agra District Jail, here on Wednesday.
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India, Pakistan exchange lists of civilian prisoners, fishermen
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody in keeping with the provisions of the 2008 Agreement under which such lists are shared every year on January 1 and July 1.
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India, Pakistan exchange prisoners' lists
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody, Ministry of External Affairs said.
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Nine police personnel test positive in Nagpur Central prison
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], June 30 (ANI): Nine police personnel, including one officer in Central prison, were tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur on Tuesday, said Superintendent of Central Jail Nagpur Anup Kumre.
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Tihar jail inmate murders another prisoner to allegedly avenge sister's ra
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): An inmate in Delhi's Tihar Jail on Monday was stabbed to death by another prisoner allegedly as revenge for rape, police said on Tuesday.
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Foreign inmates protested in Tihar for consideration of interim bails: Del
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Tihar Jail authorities on Monday submitted before the Delhi High Court that over a dozen foreign nationals lodged in the prison gathered and protested on June 16 demanding the consideration of their interim bail.
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COVID-19: Delhi court issues notice to Tihar on Shabbir Shah's plea seekin
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): A Delhi court on Monday issued notice to Tihar Jail authorities on a plea of Shabbir Shah, one of the main Kashmiri separatist leaders, seeking a separate cell in the prison in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
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US special envoy Khalilzad travels to Pak to forge remaining commitments o
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 28 (ANI): United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad departed for Doha, Islamabad and Tashkent on Sunday to garner support to meet the remaining commitments ahead of intra-Afghan negotiations, specifically reduced violence a
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Delhi jails report total 111 coronavirus cases
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The total count of coronavirus cases including the staff in different Delhi jails and inmates is 111, Director General (Delhi Prisons) Sandeep Goel said on Friday.
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Former Canadian diplomat's wife urges govt to fasten extradition process w
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], June 24 (ANI): "The meaning of life is to alleviate suffering," wrote former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig to his wife from his small cell in Beijing where he was detained following China's accusation of him being involved in espionage, a crime punishable by life in pris
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