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Tiananmen Square massacre: US urges China to reveal fatalities, release pr
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] June 4 (ANI): The United States on Monday called on China to make public a full account of those killed or missing in the 1989 student-led pro-democracy demonstration in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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Notice to Delhi govt, DG Prison over plea seeking conjugal rights of priso
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Delhi Government and the Director General (DG), Prison over a PIL seeking conjugal rights for prisoners.
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PIL filed in Delhi HC requesting conjugal visit in Tihar Jail
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday agreed to hear a PIL seeking the court's intervention in issuing a direction to Tihar Jail authorities for arrangements to provide conjugal visitation rights to the prisoners.
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Jail authorities introduce 'Freedom Prison Bazaar' for inmates
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 30 (ANI): In an initiative to make prisoners self-employed, jail authorities of Coimbatore Central Prison on Thursday introduced a 'Freedom Prison Bazaar' where products manufactured and food prepared by inmates are purchased by the visitors.
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India frees 19 Pakistani prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 15 (ANI): 19 Pakistani prisoners returned home from the Attari-Wagah border after being released by Indian authorities on Tuesday.
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Nalanda: 8 people arrested after four children escape from juvenile rehabi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Nalanda (Bihar) [India], May 14 (ANI): Eight people were arrested for negligence of duty after four child prisoners escaped by cutting the rods of the window of a juvenile rehabilitation home in Deepnagar, Nalanda district on Monday.
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Hundreds of inmates escape after riots break out in Indonesian prison
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 11 (ANI): Hundreds of prisoners escaped from an Indonesian jail on Sumatra island after rioting and fire broke out on Saturday morning at the detention centre.
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Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez says he met military officials
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], May 3 (ANI): Venezuelan politician and former political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez On Friday said that he met high-ranking members of the country's security services during his house arrest.
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PIL in SC seeks direction to protect dignity of Under Trial Prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction for framing guidelines to protect the dignity and respect of the Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs).
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US needs to prove it's serious on prisoner swap: Iran FM Zarif
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Apr 28 (ANI): Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday said that the United States needs to prove its seriousness on prisoner exchange before the two countries can begin negotiations.
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Madurai Central Prison inmates stage protest, accuse police of harassing t
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Around 50 remand inmates of Madurai Central Prison on Tuesday staged a protest against the raids and searches conducted by police inside the jail premises.
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1971 war: PM Modi slams Congress for missing 'golden opportunity' to solve
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Congress party for missing a "golden opportunity" of solving Jammu and Kashmir issue by letting off 90,000 prisoners of war and the land of Pakistan due to "international pressure" during the 1
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