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One sheriff's deputy killed in Kansas shooting
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kansas City [United States], June 16 (ANI): One Kansas sheriff's deputy was killed and another was critically injured in a shooting near a courthouse during a prisoner transport in the US' City of Kansas on Friday (local time).
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115 J-K prisoners get Eidi, to be released for celebration
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar, (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] June 15 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the release of 115 prisoners in view of Eid ul-Fitr.
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India urges Maldives to restore credibility of political process
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): India reiterated its advise to Maldives to restore the credibility of the electoral and political process by releasing political prisoners, including former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and former Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed, as per the statement issued by
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Ex-Maldives' president Gayoom sentenced to 19-month jail term
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], June 13 (ANI): Former Maldives' President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Wednesday was sentenced to nineteen months of imprisonment after being found guilty of "obstructing justice" by not cooperating with the police investigation.
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Afghan govt. to release 269 more Hezb-e-Islami prisoners
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] June 7 (ANI): The Afghanistan government is set to release at least 269 more prisoners affiliated with the former militant group Hezb-e-Islami in regard with the peace accord signed in late 2016.
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Kim Kardashian to meet Trump to free a prisoner
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 30 (ANI): Reality TV star Kim Kardashian will be meeting United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday to free Alice Marie Johnson, a 62-year-old woman who is serving a life sentence without parole for a nonviolent drug offense.
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Dawood's imprisoned brother admitted in hospital
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 29 (ANI): Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, who is a prisoner in Thane Central Jail, was referred by the jail authorities to JJ Hospital here, on Monday.
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Trump announces release of US hostage held in Venezuela
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], May 26 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Saturday announced the release of a Utah man who has been held prisoner in Venezuela for two years.
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Delhi HC directs CBI to investigate assault on Tihar jail prisoners
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate alleged assault and physical torture on several prisoners lodged in the high-risk ward of Tihar jail.
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Maldives: Amnesty International declares Joint Opposition spokesperson Pri
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], May 11 (ANI): Amnesty International on Friday called on the Maldivian government to release Galolhu-South constituency Member of Parliament and Joint Opposition spokesperson Ahmed Mahloof and declared him a Prisoner of Conscience (PoC).
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Maharashtra jail starts radio station for prisoners
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], May 11 (ANI): Ahmednagar jail in Maharashtra has come up with an innovative idea for rehabilitation and reformation of its inmates by launching an internal radio station.
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Koreas peace talks: South hopes to get its detained citizens released from
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 09 (ANI): South Korea' unification ministry has said that it continues to make efforts to release six of its countrymen detained in North Korea.
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