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Infamous Evin prison in Tehran on fire: Gun shots and sirens heard
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 16 (ANI): A fire has broken out at Iran's notorious Evin prison, the primary site for detaining political prisoners.
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Goa: 2 foreign female inmates booked for assaulting Colvale jail matron
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Colvale (Goa) [India], October 15 (ANI): Two foreign female prisoners were booked for allegedly assaulting a matron of Colvale Jail in Goa, an official said on Friday.
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US: Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to life in prison
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Florida [US], October 13 (ANI): A Florida jury has recommended a life in-prison sentence to Nikolas Cruz for the February 2018 massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Thursday without the possibility of parole.
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Myanmar deposed leader San Suu Kyi gets 3 years jail, bringing total to 2
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 12 (ANI): Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday was sentenced to three years in jail for corruption, bringing her total prison time to 26 years.
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"Prisoners to be encouraged towards entrepreneurship", says Pushkar Singh
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 11 (ANI): Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami while agreeing to set up a revolving fund of the Jail Development Board during the review meeting of the Jail Department at the Secretariat today, directed the concerned officers to expedite the modernisatio
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UK: Man jailed for 3 years for attack on Sikh community leader
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Manchester [UK], October 11 (ANI): A 28-year-old UK man has been sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the assault of 62-year-old Sikh community leader Avtar Singh in Manchester.
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Imran Khan to launch 'fill the prison' movement against ruling coalition
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 9 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan announced to launch of 'jail bharo tehreek' (fill the prison movement) against the ruling coalition of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
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Man who made extortion call from jail granted bail
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): The Rohini Court granted regular bail to an accused, who was in jail in an extortion and threat case, for allegedly arranging a conference call from the prison to a complainant.
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Pakistan is duty bound to ensure safety of all Indians in custody: MEA on
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Regarding the increasing number of deaths of Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails, India on Friday reiterated that Pakistan is duty-bound to ensure the security of all Indians in its custody and said that incidents of deaths of Indian prisoners are alarm
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Jail employees in Pakistan rape, harass women visiting prisoners: Report
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 5 (ANI): Jail employees in the Attock district of Pakistan's Punjab have been accused of raping and harassing women visiting prisoners, media reports said citing a report by the provincial intelligence centre (PIC).
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Punjab police bust drone-based arms smuggling module, prisoner among two h
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 5 (ANI): Punjab Police on Wednesday busted a drone-based arms and ammunition smuggling module with the arrest of its two members including a prisoner, who confessed to having links with Pakistan-based smugglers.
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HK Lohia murder: No terror link found, interrogation of accused underway
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 5 (ANI): Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh on Wednesday said that no terror angle has emerged during the investigation in the murder case of Director General (DG) of Prisons HK Lohia.
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