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NMCG ensuring pristine flow of Ganga in Varanasi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Every day lakhs of pilgrims and visitors come to the city to take a holy dip into the pious river, Ganga. For them, it is one of the most sacred events of their lifetimes. Upholding this faith of millions in the holy waters of river Ganga, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)dutifully
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Belarusian court sentences Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski to 1
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bialiatski was detained in August 2011 and sentenced in November to 4.5 years in a maximum security penal colony for tax evasion.
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UP: Old, infirm prisoners serving life sentences to be granted early relea
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In a sensitive move, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday sought a report for the release of very old prisoners and seriously ill convicts serving life imprisonment in the state jails.
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Delhi LG constitutes High-Level Committee to look into preventing unauthor
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In the wake of illegal and unauthorised telephone communication inside the jails in the national capital, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has constituted a high-level committee for addressing the issue and to submit recommendations within a month.
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Pakistan shows no interest in rescuing 'Lady Al Qaeda', Aafia Siddiqui
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Addressing the press conference along with Aafia Siddiqui's sister, Fauzia Siddiqui, Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said Aafia Siddiqui, who was 'abducted' in 2003, "holds no special importance for the US" and it's the government of Pakistan that didn't do enough to bring her back, Dawn news re
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Deputy jailor arrested for illegal jail visit of UP MLA's wife
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The development came days after jailed Gangster Mukhtar Ansari's son MLA Abbas Ansari's wife Nikhat Bano was arrested with two cellphones when she visited the prison for allegedly providing "undue help" to her husband.
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Pakistani brothers to reunite with family after 20 yrs in Guantanamo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mohammed Ahmed Ghulam Rabbani (53) and his brother Abdul Rahim Ghulam Rabbani (55), were held by the US police over their alleged links to terrorism.
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Son of Army jawan urges President Murmu, PM Modi to bring his father back
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Son of an Army jawan who went missing after the India-Pakistan war in 1965 and was reported to be lodged in Lahore prison has urged the Centre to intervene and ensure the release of his father Anand Patri from Pakistan jail.
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Harvey Weinstein's lawyers to appeal against rape conviction, sentence: Re
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to an additional 16 years in prison on Thursday, but his lawyers will continue to fight for him to have a life outside of jail, pledging to appeal his Los Angeles conviction.
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Bihar: IGIMS Patna doctors retrieve mobile phone from prisoner's stomach
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Dr Manish Mandal, Medical Superintendent, IGIMS stated that this was the first time a gadget of this size was retrieved without any surgical interference with the help of an endoscopic machine.
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UP: Herbal gulal made by prisoners under Skill Development Mission program
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Under the initiative of the Yogi government, the prisoners detained in jail are also becoming self-reliant. Prisons built across the state are being made self-reliant through the Skill Development Mission. Under the Skill Development Mission, the jail administration in Mathura District Jail
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R Kelly sentenced to 20 years in federal child pornography case
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a Chicago federal courtroom on Thursday following his conviction last year on charges of child pornography and enticement of a minor.
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