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Afghan President Ghani signs decree to release Taliban prisoners
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday signed a much-awaited decree that would facilitate the release of the Taliban prisoners.
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Afghanistan lodges protest with Pakistan over Qureshi's comments on its 'i
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 3 (ANI): Afghanistan on Tuesday lodged a formal protest with Pakistan over Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's recent remarks with regards to the release of Taliban prisoners following the signing of US Taliban deal.
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Undertrial prisoner commits suicide in barrack in UP's Shahjahanpur
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 3 (ANI): An undertrial prisoner of District Jail here died on Monday at a hospital where he was taken after he allegedly attempted suicide by hanging himself in his prison barrack, police said.
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Afghan President says Kabul has no commitment to release 5,000 Taliban pri
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 1 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that Kabul did not take the commitment to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners as a precondition for the intra-Afghan talks.
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Prisoner admitted to Coimbatore hospital flees, probe underway
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): A prisoner convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act escaped from a ward of a Coimbatore government hospital, where he was admitted.
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Delhi HC rejects petition seeking voting rights for prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition seeking voting rights for prisoners observing that the Representation of the People Act does not allow prisoners to cast vote from jails.
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Amarinder Singh orders magisterial inquiry after 3 prisoners escape from
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the escape of three prisoners from Amritsar Central Jail.
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Madhya Pradesh govt to release 186 prisoners on R-Day
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh government will release 186 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment in various central jails of the state on the occasion of on Republic Day.
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C'garh govt scraps monthly pension scheme for MISA prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Government has scrapped monthly pension scheme meant for those who were jailed under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the emergency period from 1975-1977.
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SGPC delegation meets Balwant Singh Rajoana in Patiala jail
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): An Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) delegation, led by Gobind Singh Longowal met Sikh political prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana inside Patiala jail here on Monday.
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India, Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners, nuclear facilities as part of
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged the lists of prisoners and fishermen lodged in jails of the two countries simultaneously as part of a bilateral agreement.
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16 prisoners killed, 5 injured in jail fight in Mexico
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Zacatecas [Mexico], Jan 01 (Sputnik/ANI): An altercation in the Regional center of social reintegration (Cerereso) in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas has left 16 inmates killed and five others injured, the local Public Security Ministry said on Wednesday.
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