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Nikki Haley criticises Blinken for saying no link between Israel attack, r
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Blinken had previously responded to Republican criticisms of the deal made by the Biden administration with Iran, which involved unfreezing USD6 billion in funds in exchange for five US prisoners held in Iran.
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Mumbai: Police constable arrested for bringing drugs for prisoners
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A police constable posted in Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, was arrested for delivering drugs to prisoners on Sunday.
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Delhi Prisons get devices from US-based firm to detect hidden mobiles
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
With an aim to improve security inside the Tihar Jail, the administration has purchased 10 nonlinear junctions from a US-based firm, which will be able to detect mobile phones or SIM cards from the prisoners lodged in the Jail.
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Uttarakhand govt to hike minimum wages of prisoners employed in prison lab
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In the first meeting of the Jail Development Board at the Secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Uttarakhand government has decided to increase the minimum wage rates of prisoners employed as labour in prisons, said an official statement from the govern
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'Ganja', cell phones among contraband most frequently smuggled into prison
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
'Ganja' and cell phones are the common contraband items that are most frequently smuggled into the prisons among others, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs raised alarm in its recent report.
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Pakistan court allows remission to prisoners convicted in drug cases befor
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The ruling came during the hearing of three petitions filed by convicts who challenged the withholding of remissions to them by the authorities of respective prisons in the light of amendments made in the Control of Narcotics Substance Act (CNSA), 1997, last year.
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States should lay thrust on "women-only prison and women-only staff”, reco
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended that all state governments should have a motto of "women-only prison and women-only staff” to ensure that the fundamental and basic human rights of women prisoners are not violated
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Iran releases five prisoners in swap deal with US
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Iran has released five imprisoned Americans who, the US government claimed, were wrongfully detained and are now on a flight out of the country, CNN reported on Monday.
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Prisoners celebrate Rakhi festival at Central Jails in Madhya Pradesh
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal Central Jail Superintendent Rakesh Kumar said, “We have made special arrangements for the Rakhi festival so that there will be no problem in meeting the prisoners. This year the number of visitors is much higher than that of previous years because prisoners were not able to celebrate
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UP: Rakhi stalls set up in Gorakhpur jail to sell 'Rakhi' prepared by wome
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, 'Rakhi' stalls were set up on Wednesday at the district Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur to sell those prepared by women prisoners.
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Bihar: Miscreants open fire in Samastipur court premises, two prisoners in
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to the officials, the injured prisoners have been identified as Prabhat Chowdhary and Prabhat Tiwari.
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'Orders given based on prison policies': UP Prisons Minister on premature
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The release of prisoners are based on prison policies and on the conduct of inmates, said Uttar Pradesh Prisons and Home Guard Minister Dharamveer Prajapati after the Supreme Court issued a notice on plea filed against premature release of poetess Madhumita Shukla murder convicts.
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