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Former Pak Army chief Bajwa wrong on terming 1971 surrender as political d
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Wednesday repudiated former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa's diction that the 1971 Bangladesh war debacle was a political defeat and not the defeat of the Pak military.
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Kazakhstan's officials remain silent about "misery of ethnic Kazakh prison
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The position taken by Kazakh officials comes despite the presence of around 200,000 people from China's Xinjiang region in the post-Soviet state, many of whom have existing ethnic links to Kazakhstan.
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Basketball star Brittney Griner returns to US after prisoner exchange with
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Brittney Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport nine months ago. She was accused of possession of vape cartridges with a small quantity of cannabis oil and sentenced in August to nine years in prison. Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death" was detained Thailand
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"Other swaps with US possible", says Putin after Basketball star exchanged
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Responding to a question about the possibility of the next prisoner exchange with the US, Putin said, "Yes, everything is possible. This is the result of negotiations in search of a compromise. In this case, compromises were found and we are not against continuing this work in the future."
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Akali Dal demands release of Sikhs languishing in jail across country
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hitting out at the Central government over Sikhs languishing in jails across the country, Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) president Paramjit Singh Sarna on Friday questioned why Sikh prisoners cannot be released while the convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination were rel
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Over 8,000 Indians lodged in foreign jails: MEA
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"As per the information available with the Ministry, the number of Indian prisoners, including under-trials, in foreign jails at present is 8441, out of which 4,389 are lodged in jails of Gulf countries (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman)," MoS Muraleedharan
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Russia releases US basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange for impriso
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Thursday morning, Biden shared a picture with Brittney Griner's wife Cherelle Griner on his Twitter handle and wrote, "Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner. She is safe. She is on a plane. She is on her way home."
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States are competent to take decisions on early release of prisoners: MHA
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Administration and management of prisoners is the responsibility of respective State governments and they are competent enough to take appropriate decisions in matters of early release of prisoners, the Ministry of Home Affairs told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Prisoners in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur Jail acquiring digital knowledge
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur Jail, convicted and undertrial prisoners who have been cut off from the mainstream of society due to crime are acquiring digital knowledge which will help them become self-reliant.
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Undertrial escapes from MP's Khargone jail
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The escaped undertrial was in judicial custody in an excise case, on charges of making and selling liquor.
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Central prison in Afghanistan's Herat launches capacity building programme
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Central Prison of Herat province has started to provide capacity-building programmes to the inmates in order to incorporate change amongst the prisoners.
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'Women should ask what culture they have': Irani flays AAP over leaked 'ma
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Tuesday, official sources at Tihar jail claimed that Rinku, the prisoner who was administering massage on Jain, was 'not a physiotherapist' but has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 for allegedly raping a minor.
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