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Court expresses disappointment over 'lack of basic facilities' to
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): Expressing its disappointment with prison authorities of the national capital, a Delhi court on Tuesday indicated that the judge may personally visit the jail premises for inspection if the grievances of the seven out of 15 accused in the case related to
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Six prisoners infected with COVID-19 in Delhi jails: authorities t
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): The jail authorities submitted before the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that six prisoners, who are lodged in several jails in the national capital, are currently infected with COVID-19.
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Delhi HC asks prison authorities whether they have sufficient numb
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the prison authorities whether they have a sufficient number of isolation wards to accommodate all the prisoners, who may surrender if the interim orders extending the bails are revoked.
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Delhi: Tihar jail inmate dies of suicide
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A 38-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell in India's high-security Tihar jail, informed the prison authorities.
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Inmates, staff in jails taking precautions, adhering to social dis
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Jail authorities in the national capital have told the High Powered Committee that prisoners, staff and others working in prisons are taking necessary precautions and are adhering to social distancing.
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Coronavirus: Telangana jail authorities cancel routine meetings of
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): As a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, prison authorities in Telangana have barred visitors from meeting the inmates in person as part of the routine "mulaqat".
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Nirbhaya case: Tihar Jail asks UP prison authorities to provide tw
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The Tihar Jail officials have written a letter to prison authorities in Uttar Pradesh asking them to provide two hangmen to carry out the execution of convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case.
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Tamil Nadu: A 'freedom salon' run by prison inmates in Coimbatore
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): With an aim to create self-employment among inmates, Coimbatore prison authorities have set up a 'freedom salon', which is being run by prisoners.
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UP: 2 life convicts flee Etawah jail, 1 run over by train
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 7 (ANI): One of the two life convicts who escaped from the Etawah jail on Sunday morning was run over by a train while boarding it, prison authorities said.
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Cellphone, mobile charger seized from Tihar jail cell of OP Chauta
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 14 (ANI): A cellphone, mobile charger, few tobacco packets and wire were seized from a Tihar jail cell former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala shares with two other inmates during a surprise inspection, prison authorities said on Friday.
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Shabir Shah fit and fine: Tihar DIG
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Delhi Tihar prison authorities on Sunday denied any untoward incident or mishap involving inmate and Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah.
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SC sets aside Madras HC order of retrieve thumb impression of Jaya
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Madras High Court order as per which the Karnataka central prison authorities had to submit former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's fingerprints before the court, in an election petition, filed by the Dravida Munne
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