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Agra jail inmate tests COVID-19 positive, 14 quarantined
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): The Senior Superintendent of Agra Central Jail has written a letter to the Director-General (Prison) informing him that an inmate of the jail has tested positive for COVID-19 in RT-PCR test.
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Delhi HC grants interim suspension of sentence for 45 days to convict suff
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Delhi High Court has granted interim suspension of sentence for 45 days to a convict suffering from schizophrenia saying he is vulnerable to disease in prison during the COVID-19 crisis as he may not be able to take precautions and maintain hygiene.
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Up to 7 years' jail for attack on health workers, corona warriors: UP Mini
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna on Wednesday said that people attacking health workers and corona warriors will be sent to prison for up to seven years and a maximum fine of Rs 5 lakh will be imposed on them.
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Convene sentence review board meetings more frequently to decongest jails:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was moved in Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking directions to convene Sentence Review Board (SRB) meetings more frequently so more eligible inmates can be released from prisons in order to decongest the jails.
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Afghan security council confirms release of over 100 taliban prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): The Afghan government has released 102 more Taliban prisoners in line with the US-Taliban peace deal signed in February this year.
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MHA writes to DGs Prisons, Chief Secretaries of states/UTs on COVID-19 man
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry has written a letter to all DGs Prisons and Chief Secretaries of States/UTs in connection with the management for COVID-19 in Indian prisons, giving them guidelines and protocols which may be followed while dealing with persons arrested
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Egyptian film-maker Shady Habash, who mocked El-Sisi in music video, dies
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], May 3 (ANI): An Egyptian filmmaker imprisoned over a music video that mocked President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi died at a maximum-security facility on Friday after two years in detention without trial, his lawyer said.
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Punjab extends parole period beyond 16 weeks
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 2 (ANI): The Punjab Cabinet has approved the extension of parole period beyond 16 weeks during epidemics and disasters for those sentenced to seven years or less.
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Afghanistan: 3 civilians killed, 4 security persons wounded in explosion n
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Laghman [Afghanistan], May 02 (ANI): At least three civilians were killed, and four security personnel, including jail chief, wounded in an explosion near Laghman prison on Saturday.
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19 inmates of Indore Central Jail test positive for coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 28 (ANI): As many as 19 prisoners of Indore Central Jail have tested positive for coronavirus, informed Praveen Jadia, Chief Medical and Health Officer, Indore, on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: Delhi HC grants interim bail to man facing cheating, criminal in
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Delhi High Court has granted interim bail to an under-trial prisoner, who was facing charges including cheating, forgery and criminal intimidation, etc, on medical grounds during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
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4 policemen killed, 5 injured in Taliban attack in Afghanistan's Oruzgan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Oruzgan [Afghanistan], April 26 (Sputnik/ANI): Four Afghan policemen were killed and five others were injured as Taliban militants carried out an attack on a security checkpoint in the Nachin area of the country's central province of Oruzgan, a security source told Sputnik on Sunday.
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