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13 Pak prisoners released
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): Nine fishermen, four civilian prisoners and a minor child from Pakistan were repatriated on Thursday via the Attari (Indian side)- Wagah (Pakistan side) border, confirmed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
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Kerala CM urges MEA to seek release of Indians imprisoned in Middle East c
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananathapuram [Kerala], Sept. 28 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged the Ministry of External Affairs to take up the issue of Indian prisoners languishing in jails in the Middle East.
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Emir of Sharjah pardons 149 Indian prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday informed that the Emir of Sharjah has pardoned 149 Indian prisoners accused of minor offences.
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UP Police suspends `drunk` Etah cops for asking prisoner to buy tobacco
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Etah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 29 (ANI): Two Etah policemen, who were caught on camera, asking a prisoner to buy them cigarettes and tobaaco, have been suspended by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday.
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Bizarre: 'Drunk' Etah cop asks prisoner to buy tobacco
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Etah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 29 (ANI): In a bizarre yet hysterical video making rounds on the internet, an intoxicated cop from Etah can be seen walking up to a rickety roadside kiosk and buying tobacco with a prisoner in handcuffs right along with him!
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Byculla jail inmate murder: Indrani Mukerjea to be interrogated
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], July 28 (ANI): Indrani Mukerjea will be interrogated in connection with murder of Manjula Shetye, a Byculla jail prisoner, said Maharashtra minister Ranjit Patil.
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Pak Court seeks CII's opinion on petition against death by hanging
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): A bench of the Peshawar High Court has sought the opinion of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and the Attorney General for Pakistan on a petition filed by a prisoner, seeking its orders for the government to introduce a less painful mode of execution
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Farhan Akhar is a Bhojpuri prisoner in 'Lucknow Central'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The first look of Farhan Akhtar's upcoming movie 'Lucknow Central' is out and it looks really interesting.
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Search ops underway for 39 missing Indians: Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The Iraq Embassy to India on Sunday has informed that search operations are underway to locate the 39 missing Indians who were taken as prisoners by ISIS in 2014, further assuring there is a high level coordination between Iraqi and Indian concerned authorit
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CHRI urges Maldives to halt first executions in 60 years
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], July 21 (ANI): The Maldives government has been urged to halt the execution of three death row prisoners in the island nation, which, if carried out, would overturn the country's 60-year-long moratorium on the death penalty. Commonwealth NGO has called on the island na
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NHRC sends notices to Parappana Agrahara prison authorities over torture,
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jul 18 (ANI): Taking cognizance of a complaint about inhuman treatment meted out to the 32 prisoners at Parappana Agrahara Bangalore, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) sent notices to Director General of Police and Inspector General (Prisons).
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Liu Xiaobo, political prisoner dies in Chinese custody
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], July 13 (ANI): China's most famous political dissident, a nobel laureate and democracy icon Liu Xiaobo, died at the age of 61 in Chinese custody on Thursday.
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