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HK Lohia murder: Search for prime accused Yasir Ahmed underway, says ADGP
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 4 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Police have identified the main accused in the murder of Director General of Prisons HK Lohia, who was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a house in the Udaywala area of Jammu on the intervening night of M
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J-K DG prisons HK Lohia found dead under suspicious circumstances, police
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 4 (ANI): Director General of Prisons HK Lohia was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a house in the Udaywala area of Jammu on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, said the police.
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DCW issues notice to DG Prison over attempt to rape of female doctor by pr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday issued a notice to the Director General of Prisons seeking details of the FIR and investigation report into the alleged attempt to rape a woman doctor by a prisoner in Mandoli Jail.
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From radicalization hubs, J-K jails turn into reformation centres in 3 yea
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 24 (ANI): Jails in Jammu and Kashmir during the past three years have changed from radicalization hubs into reformation centres as the hardcore terrorists have been segregated from other inmates.
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SC directs petitioner to make representation before state governments on p
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court has directed the petitioner to make a detailed representation to the concerned States with his suggestions on uniform procedure or policy for open prisons or semi-open prisons.
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Amit Shah calls for modernization of jails
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 4 (ANI): Emphasizing on the modernisation of jails, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the perception about prisons needs to be changed in society.
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SC notice to Centre, States on PIL to establish Mental Health Establishmen
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre and States on a petition seeking to establish Mental Health Establishments in prisons across the country.
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China uses psychiatric hospitals to punish activists: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): Chinese police and government agents send petitioners and activists to psychiatric wards for medically-unnecessary compulsory treatment, where some languish for years, according to a report by Safeguard Defenders.
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Culture Ministry to organize spiritual programmes in 75 prisons across cou
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): On the occasions of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Maharshi Aurobindo and the 75th Year of Independence, the Ministry of Culture is commemorating the life and philosophy of Shri Aurobindo by undertaking spiritual programmes in 75 prisons across the nation
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ISIS causing unrest in Afghanistan: Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 29 (ANI): The Taliban's acting Foreign Minister admitted that 1,800 ISIS terrorists were released last year and claimed that ISIS fighters have been subdued while on the contrary, ISIS has claimed responsibility for the recent deadly attacks on mosques, schools,
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Actress assault case: Crime Branch seeks more time to question former DGP
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi [Kerala], July 16 (ANI): Crime Branch of Kerala Police sought time from the Kerala High Court to interrogate former DGP, Prisons of Kerala R Sreelekha IPS regarding her remarks in the 2017 Actress Assault Case.
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Tibetan thinkers face wrath of China for upholding their culture and right
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], July 1 (ANI): In a bid to tighten its grip on Tibet further, the Chinese authorities are arresting Tibetans thinkers, who have been speaking out in favour of their culture and rights which Beijing sees as an act of sedition, and lodging them in secret prisons as part of its "c
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