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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi returns to Cannes after prison release
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi appeared at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.
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US welcomes Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange agreement
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today. Secretary Rubio welcomed the prisoner exchange agreement reached during the May 16 Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul and delivered President Trump's strong message: the United States is committed to achie
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Russian court sentences Australian man to 13 years for fighting with Ukrai
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Russian court has sentenced Australian national Oscar Jenkins to 13 years in a maximum-security prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, state prosecutors in the Russian-controlled parts of eastern Ukraine said on Friday.
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UK Court rejects Nirav Modi's fresh bail petition: CBI
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a significant development, the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, London, on Thursday rejected a fresh bail petition filed by Nirav Deepak Modi. Modi, who has been lodged in a UK prison since March 19, 2019.
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Mathura prison administration organises Jail Premier League to boost physi
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a unique initiative to boost the physical and mental health of the prisoners, the Jail Premier League was organised in Mathura jail on the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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French actor Gerard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault charges, sentenc
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
French actor Gerard Depardieu was convicted of sexual assault against two women and received an 18-month prison sentence from a Paris court on Tuesday.
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Netherlands-based Uyghur activist calls for China's disintegration
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Mao Zedong is the world's greatest murderer. He is the greatest terrorist who imprisoned many nationalities in the Chinese state prisons," Gheni claimed.
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Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief's sons seek Delhi HC directions to restore calls
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court has been approached by Syed Ahmad Shakeel and Syed Shahid Yusuf, sons of Syed Salahuddin, the self-styled commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, seeking the restoration of their phone call facility in prison.
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Justice Surya Kant conducts meeting with Chief Justices of HCs to provide
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Supreme Court judge, Justice Surya Kant and Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC), conducted a review meeting with the Chief Justices of High Courts across the country and the Chairpersons of the State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs) and High Court Legal Servic
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"Investigation underway in smuggling of phone into the prison": Kannur Pol
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kannur City Police Commissioner, IPS P Nidhin Raj, said an investigation is currently underway following the seizure of mobile phones from Kannur Central Jail. He confirmed that some information about the smuggling of phones into the prison has been received.
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NHRC takes suo moto cognisance over lack of infrastructure in Kerala jails
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The National Human Rights (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report highlighting the non-availability of infrastructure and manpower to provide for the prisoners to pursue education in the Kerala jails, as per a press release.
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Delhi prisons begin recruitment for law officers following High Court noti
Updated : 11 months ago IST
After the Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Director General of Prisons, Tihar, and the Home Secretary of Delhi, the Office of the Director General of Prisons has invited applications for the appointment of 14 law officers on a contractual basis.
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