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Odisha: Jail authority asks police to conduct RT-PCR test of accused befor
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Jaya Jaitley, two others sentenced to four years imprisonment in corruptio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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COVID-19: Odisha releases over 16,000 prisoners as part of decongestion of
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Covid count in Delhi prisons stands at 221
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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2 accused in Thoothukudi custodial deaths case test COVID-19 positive
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Relatives not allowed to meet prisoners on Rakhi in UP
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
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
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Delhi violence: Shahrukh Pathan moves court seeking to remain in high-risk
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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2 COVID-19 positive prisoners absconding from care centre in Andhra's Elur
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Eluru (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 25 (ANI): Two coronavirus positive prisoners have ran away from the COVID care centre in Eluru city, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
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Sonu Punjaban sentenced to 24 years imprisonment in prostitution, human tr
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced Geeta Arora alias Sonu Punjaban to 24 years in prison in connection with a prostitution and human trafficking case observing that she has no right to live in civilized society and deserves the severest punishment.
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Prisoners with good conduct to be released on Independence Day: Telangana
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 22 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday instructed the police department to release prisoners with good conduct on the occasion of Independence Day celebration.
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COVID-19: Haryana govt designates one central, three district jails for ma
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 22 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 situation, the Haryana government has decided to designate one central and three district jails as Special Jails for male prisoners under judicial custody.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini attempts suicide in Vellore pris
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Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 21 (ANI): Nalini Sriharan, a convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, allegedly attempted to commit suicide inside the Vellore Women's prison on Monday night, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
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