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CM Gehlot approves proposal to release 51 prisoners on Independence Day
Updated : 6 hours, 46 min ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 12 (ANI): Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday approved a proposal to release 51 prisoners serving sentences in various jails of the state on August 15, 2022, giving a special pardon for good conduct, said an official statement.
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Culture Ministry to organize spiritual programmes in 75 prisons across cou
Updated : 1 day, 6 hours 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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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Nalini moves SC seeking release
Updated : 1 day, 9 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts who was serving life imprisonment in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, on Thursday, approached the Supreme Court, seeking release from the prison-like fellow convict AG Perariva
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US informs Russian Embassy of Vinnik's arrest, diplomats to provide assist
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has informed the Russian Embassy in Washington of the arrest of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, and diplomats stand ready to provide him with legal assistance, the diplomatic mission announced on Friday.
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US, Russia ready to hold talks over prisoner swap after Griner conviction
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the country was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level right after the US basketball star Brittney Griner was jailed over drug charges.
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Threat to Arpita Mukherjee's life, test food, water before serving to her
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 5 (ANI): Arpita Mukherjee's advocate on Friday, while claiming a threat to her life, pleaded before the court to get her Division 1 prisoner category.
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Man sentenced to four years prison in Lady Gaga's dog walker shooting and
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): One of the men charged in Lady Gaga's dog walker shooting and robbery case in Los Angeles on Wednesday has been sentenced to four years in prison.
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Russia ready to discuss prisoners' exchange with US: Lavrov
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 5 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding the sentencing of an American basketball player in Russia, the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said Moscow is ready to discuss the exchange of prisoners with the US within the framework of the already ex
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Talks on prisoner swap with Russia ongoing at various levels
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The negotiations on a potential prisoner swap with Russia for Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner are being held at various levels, National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said on Thursday.
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Human rights violations of Tibetan women calls for global attention
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 4 (ANI): In China's occupied Tibet, human rights situation of women has worsened over time as they comprise a sizeable number among the political prisoners who are arrested for various crimes which include participation in a demonstration against the Communist ideology
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US basketball player Brittney Griner sentence in Russia 'unacceptable': Bi
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday called a Russian court's decision to sentence US women's basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges as "unacceptable" and called for the immediate release of the athlete.
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ASEAN to 'rethink' peace plan if Myanmar executes more prisoners: Cambodia
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], August 4 (ANI): Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen said that all ASEAN Member States are deeply disappointed by the execution of opposition activists in Myanmar and noted that if more prisoners are executed, they will be forced to rethink about the role vis-a-vis ASEAN
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