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120 prisoners test positive for Covid-19 in Odisha jails
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 14 (ANI): Two individuals lost their lives and at least 120 prisoners tested positive for Covid-19, as per an official on Thursday.
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56 prisoners in Haryana's Karnal Jail test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], May 12 (ANI): As many as 56 prisoners in Haryana's Karnal Jail had tested positive for COVID-19 in the last few days.
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21 under-trial prisoners at Odisha's Udala Sub-jail test positive for COVI
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], May 11 (ANI): As many as 21 under-trial prisoners on Monday tested positive for COVID-19 at the Udala Sub-jail in Odisha's Mayurbhanj.
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Mehbooba Mufti writes to PM, seeks release of detainees, political prisone
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 7 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting for release of detainees and political prisoners in jails both in and outside Jammu and Kashmir, saying that most countries have rele
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319 inmates infected with COVID-19, 65 recovered, 5 dead: Delhi DG Prisons
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): As many as 319 Tihar Jail prisoners were infected with COVID-19 out of whom 65 have recovered and five have succumbed to the infection till May 3, the DG (Prisons) has informed the High Powered Committee (HPC).
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COVID-19: Around 280 prisoners in Meerut to be released on bail or parole
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): In the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases, around 280 jail inmates shall be released on bail or parole in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, Senior Jail Superintendent, District Jail said on Wednesday.
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4 die of COVID-19 in Tihar, officials request emergency parole of some pri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Amid the second COVID-19 wave, officials of the Tihar Jail in Delhi have written to the Delhi government requesting emergency parole for some prisoners.
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Plea seeks release of prisoners on interim bail from Delhi's Jails amid pa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction for the immediate release of all the under-trial and convicted prisoners on interim bail/parole in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pune: Undertrial COVID-19 positive prisoner jumps to death at Sassoon hosp
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 28 (ANI): An undertrial prisoner, booked in multiple cases, allegedly jumped to death from the eighth floor of Sassoon General Hospital in Pune on Tuesday where she was admitted after testing positive for Covid-19.
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740 people killed so far in Myanmar since Feb 1 military coup
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 24 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar, 740 people have been confirmed to be killed since the military takeover on February 1, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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Justin Bieber gets emotional while singing 'Lonely' for prisoners
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Almost a month later after the news of pop star Justin Bieber's visit to prison for supporting faith-based programs with a pastor broke, sources revealed that the singer sang his hit 'Lonely' in order to spread the gospel among them.
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Delhi HC defers hearing on PIL seeking direction for release of UTPs on in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday deferred the hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction for release of Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs) on interim bail or Special Parole in the view of the prevalent COVID-19 situation in the National Capit
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