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Bastar journalist Santosh Yadav released from prison after 17 months
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Mar. 8 (ANI): Bastar-based journalist Santosh Yadav who was arrested for his alleged links with the Maoist in 2015, was released from jail after 17 months on Friday, but said he will continue to highlight the plight of tribals in the area.
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Trump criticises Obama's decision to release Guantanamo Bay prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump early Tuesday took to twitter to criticise previous administration's decision to reduce the population at the. detention facility of Guantanamo Bay, which houses terrorism suspects, by repatriating detainees to their homelands
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Jordan executes 15 prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 4 (ANI):Jordan executed 15 prisoners on Saturday, including 10 who were convicted of terrorism, said officials.
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India releases 39 Pakistani prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): India released 39 Pakistani prisoners lodged in jails across the country through Wagah-Attari route on Wednesday. The prisoners included 21 civilians and 18 fishermen.
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Merkel faces calls to ban Turkish Prez over jailed German journalist
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Mar. 2 (ANI): Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing calls to ban Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, from entering Germany while a German journalist continues to be held in an Istanbul prison.
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India releases 39 Pakistani prisoners as goodwill gesture
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar [India], Mar. 1 (ANI): In yet another gesture of goodwill, India on Wednesday released 39 Pakistan prisoners and handed them over to Islamabad at the Wagah border.
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At least seven killed in attack on prison bus in Colombo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb. 27 (ANI): At least seven people were killed in an attack on a prison bus in Colombo, according to local media reports.
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Former IMF chief RodrigoRato gets four years sentence for embezzlement
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 24(ANI): The former International Monetary Fund(IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for misusing corporate credit cards while in charge of two leading Spanish banks.
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New home for former Tibetan prisoners in Dharamshala
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dharamshala, (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb.22, (ANI): Tibetan Prime Minister in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Wednesday inaugurated a shelter for the former political prisoners of Tibet in Dharamshala.
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Sasikala to serve one more year in jail if she fails to pay Rs. 10 crore f
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb. 21 (ANI): All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary V.K. Sasikala, serving a four-year jail term after her conviction in a disproportionate assets case, will have to serve an extra year in prison if she fails to pay the Rs. 10 cror
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1993 World Trade Center bombing mastermind dies in prison
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Feb. 19 (ANI): Egyptian-born cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was serving a life sentence for plotting the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center and other terror attacks in New York, passed away in prison.
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Trump calls for 'immediate' release of Venezuela's politica
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C. [USA], Feb. 16(ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump called on Venezuela on Wednesday night to release opposition leader and political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez 'immediately'.
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