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- India
MHA allows jail authorities to conduct Aadhaar authentication of visitors of prisoners
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday allowed jail authorities across the country to carry out Aadhaar authentication of all visitors of prison inmates on voluntary basis. The ministry issued…
- India
Suicide major cause of unnatural deaths among prisoners: SC panel tells court
New Delhi: Suicide is a major cause of the 817 unnatural deaths reported in jails across the country between 2017 and 2021, the Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has told the…
- World
Ukraine in talks with Russia over ‘all-for-all’ prisoner exchange
Kiev: Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, has said that Ukraine is in talks with Russia over an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange, local media reported. Speaking…
- Middle East
Dubai ruler pardons 971 prisoners ahead of Ramzan
Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday ordered the release of 971 prisoners, ahead of the holy…
- World
50 Ukrainian servicemen freed in prisoner swap with Russia
Kiev: After the latest prisoner swap with Russia, 50 Ukrainian servicemen have returned home, Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Andriy Yermak said. Among those released were two officers, as well as…
- Middle East
Yemen: Houthis offer to release 200 prisoners before Eid al-Fitr
Sanaa: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement made a new offer to the United Nations to release 200 prisoners from each of the warring parties in Yemen before Eid al-Fitr. The head of the…
- India
Hospitalized for eye infection, jailed prof Hany Babu tests COVID positive
Mumbai: Delhi university professor and an undertrial prisoner in the Elgar Parishad case, Hany Babu on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19 after he was hospitalized for an acute eye infection, his family…
- Top Stories
Farmers issue: 10 political prisoners start fasting in Kolkata
Kolkata: Extending solidarity to the farmers’ protest demanding repeal of the three new farm laws, at least 10 political prisoners of a correctional home here started a hunger strike on Sunday. In a…
- Crime and Accident
Undertrial prisoner dies at hospital in Rajasthan
Kota: An undertrial prisoner who had chronic tuberculosis died at a hospital here on Monday, officials said. Salman, 27, was brought to central jail on February 8 and lodged in a separate barrack…
- Crime
Under-trial prisoner dies of heart disease in UP
Muzaffarnagar: An under-trial prisoner at the Muzaffarnagar district jail in Uttar Pradesh died of a heart disease, officials said on Saturday. The middle-aged prisoner, Sandeep, was arrested in November 2019 in connection…
- Top Stories
This prisoner is painting jail walls with corona messages
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh): A prisoner in the Pilibhit district jail is painting the jail red — quite literally. According to the jail authorities, an inmate Anupam Trivedi has made two paintings on walls…
- Pakistan
Pak SC sets aside orders on prisoner release due to pandemic
Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an interim order, recalling the bails granted to under-trial prisoners by the high courts of Sindh and Islamabad and ordered authorities to arrest all detainees…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Prisoner commits suicide in hospital
Hyderabad: A prisoner, who was under treatment at the Institute of Mental Health in Erragadda, committed suicide by hanging himself inside the hospital washroom on Sunday morning. According to SR Nagar police,…
- Hollywood
Almost like being prisoner: Mariah Carey on her first marriage
Washington: American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey opened up about her first marriage with Tommy Mottola, former Sony music mogul who is 20 years elder to her as well as the different men in…
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