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Airstrikes leave dozens of inmates dead in Yemen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sanaa [Yemen], Oct. 30 (ANI): Dozens of inmates were killed in a pair of airstrikes targeting a Yemeni prison off the nation's west coast on Saturday, Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry said.
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Kerala: Jailed 'beedi tycoon' Mohammed Nisham running business f
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Thrissur [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): Relatives of Mohammed Nisham, the multi-millionaire 'beedi king' of Kerala who is serving a life sentence, have filed a complaint alleging that he is running his business from inside the prison where he is currently in and that he has been sending t
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Around 50 people rescued from Taliban prison
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 15 (ANI): The Afghan security forces on Saturday rescued and released about 50 prisoners from a Taliban prison in Ghazni province.
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Pakistan put to death 324 persons having no terror links: Pakistan Human R
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 15 (ANI): As many as 324 people, most of them having no links to terrorism, were put to death in Pakistan, while another 8,000 prisoners stayed on death row as the 21st constitutional and corresponding amendments to the Army Act 1952, has given the military courts
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Transcendental meditation controls stress in prisoners, fosters transforma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct. 8 (ANI): Prisoners have one of the highestrates of lifetime trauma, and a recent survey has shown that 85 percent have been victims of a crime-related event, such as a robbery, home
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Need to bring prison reforms in context of women inmates: NCW chief
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 30 (ANI): Delivering the valedictory address at the two-day Fifth National Conference of Heads of Prisons of States and Union Territories on Prison Reforms, National Commission of Women (NCW) Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam on Friday said the Commission will share
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Shahabuddin must rot in prison for rest of his life: Petitioners post SC o
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Siwan (Bihar) [India], Sept. 30 (ANI): Hailing the Supreme Court's verdict of cancelling the bail granted to former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, Siwan native Chandrakeshwar Prasad and his wife Kalawati Devi, who are petitioners in the case, on Friday demanded capi
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Adopt PM Modi's skill development programme to accelerate prison refo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.29 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Thursday called upon prison administration authorities to adopt Prime Minister Narendra Modi's skill development programme to accelerate prison reforms.
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National conference on 'prison reforms' to be held today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): A two-day national conference on prison reforms will be held in New Delhi today, where heads of prisons of states and union territories will take part.
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Hacker who gave ISIS 'hitlist' of US targets sentenced to 20 yea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept. 24 (ANI): A hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing the names of more than 1,000 American government and military workers as potential targets was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday.
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Nitish Katara murder case: SC to hear Vikas Yadav's plea for reducing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the plea of Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term without any remission for brutally murdering Nitish Katara in 2002. Yadav has appealed for his prison term to be reduced.
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Nitish Katara murder: Vikas Yadav pleads to SC for 'leniency', s
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 21 (ANI): Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term without any remission in the brutal murder of Nitish Katara in 2002, on Wednesday pleaded to the Supreme Court for leniency in the case and sought that his prison term should be reduced.
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