New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Mahender Yadav, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, who was earlier lodged in Mandoli jail and had tested positive for COVID-19 passed away at a private hospital in Delhi on June 4, according to Sandeep Goel, Delhi Director General (Prisons) on Sunday
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 4 (ANI): Former TDP minister Kollu Raveendra has been sent to judicial remand in Rajahmundry central jail for his involvement in the murder of YSRCP leader Moka Bhaskar Rao, police said on Saturday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.