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Shehbaz preferred standing behind prison bars to going against his brother
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 28 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Monday said that opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif was arrested only because he refused to "play into the hands of those who wanted to use him against his brother" former Pakistan Prime Minister
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Delhi HC asks prison authorities whether they have sufficient number of is
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the prison authorities whether they have a sufficient number of isolation wards to accommodate all the prisoners, who may surrender if the interim orders extending the bails are revoked.
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Tihar DG Prisons tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Director General (Prisons), Tihar, Sandeep Goel has tested positive for coronavirus, jail officials said on Friday.
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Trump wishes speedy recovery to Louisville police officers shot during Bre
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): US President Donald Trump wished a speedy recovery to the two police officers who sustained injuries in Louisville during protests against Kentucky grand jury's decision to indict one of the three police personnel, involved in the death of African-America
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2,061 inmates, 421 jail staff test COVID-19 positive in Maharashtra prison
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 24 (ANI): As many as 2,061 inmates and 421 jail staff have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra prisons so far, according to the state Prison Department on Wednesday.
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Four inmates, 3 policemen killed during attempted jailbreak in Egypt
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Four death row inmates were gunned down near Cairo amid a prison break attempt, while three police officers died in a bid to prevent them, the Youm7 newspaper reported, citing security sources.
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Vietnam jails 20 on terrorism charges over police station blast
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 23 (ANI/Sputnik): A court in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday sentenced 20 people to various prison terms on terrorism-related charges for their involvement in a police station bombing in 2018, media reported.
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COVID-19: SC dismisses plea of Medha Patkar for interim release of prisone
Updated : 5 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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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