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Russia slams US for sentencing Mari Butina, calls it travesty of justice
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 28 (ANI) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday slammed the United States for sentencing a Russian agent under conspiracy charges, calling her treatment a travesty of justice.
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53 people rescued from Taliban prison in Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Zabul [Afghanistan], Apr 26 (ANI): The Afghan National Defence and Security Forces freed at least 53 people from a Taliban prison in an operation in Daichopan here, the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Friday.
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Madurai Central Prison inmates stage protest, accuse police of harassing t
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Around 50 remand inmates of Madurai Central Prison on Tuesday staged a protest against the raids and searches conducted by police inside the jail premises.
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HC issues notice to Delhi govt, DG Prisons over plea seeking appointment o
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Apr 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi government and Director General, Prisons, over a plea seeking appointment of law officers in every jail in the national capital.
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PIL seeks direction to Delhi govt to appoint one law officer for every jai
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Delhi government and DG Tihar to ensure compliance of Section 6 of Delhi Prison Act, 2000, by appointing one law officer for every jail in the national capital.
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Tihar 'Om' burn symbol controversy: Court orders Tihar Jail officials to f
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): A Delhi court on Monday directed the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to file the letter of authority on behalf of the DG Prison and also directed Tihar jail officials to file a response (investigation/ medical) on April 30 in connection with inmate N
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1971 war: PM Modi slams Congress for missing 'golden opportunity' to solve
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Congress party for missing a "golden opportunity" of solving Jammu and Kashmir issue by letting off 90,000 prisoners of war and the land of Pakistan due to "international pressure" during the 1
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Peruvian court orders jail for former President Kuczynski
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lima [Peru], Apr 21 (ANI): Peru's ex-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was handed a 36-month-long preventive prison sentence by a Peruvian judge for his alleged involvement in a corruption case.
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Prisoner accuses Tihar jail authorities of imprinting Om on his back
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Apr 19 (ANI): In an unprecedented incident, a prisoner on Friday alleged that 'Om' symbol has been engraved on his back while he was in judicial custody and lodged in the Tihar Jail.
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Sudan: Ousted Prez transferred to maximum security prison
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], Apr 18 (ANI): Sudan's ousted President Omar al-Bashir was transferred to the maximum security Kober Prison here, after being overthrown by the military in a coup last week.
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SC agrees to hear PIL backing prisoners' right to vote
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, April 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court (SC) has agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging a provision of the Representation of People Act, which deprives prisoners their right to vote.
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Bihar: Woman prisoner alleges sexual harassment by jail superintendent
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Apr 14 (ANI): A woman prisoner at Muzaffarpur's Shaheed Khudiram Bose Central Jail has alleged Jail Superintendent Rajiv Kumar Singh, a woman police personnel and a few prisoners of sexually harassing her and her daughter.
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