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The Assam government has renamed detention centres for foreigners to transit camps to humanise them. A 12-year-old notification was modified to rename the six detention centres in the state.

Senior PDP leader Sartaj Madni was released after six months of detention on Saturday, hours after his niece and party president Mehbooba Mufti received an invitation from the Centre for talks with Jammu and Kashmir's regional political parties.

Rejecting the opinion of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calling for immediate release of AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case accused British national Christian Michel, India on Friday said the conclusions drawn by the UN panel are based on limited information, biased allegations and an inaccurate understanding of its criminal justice sy...

The dispute centres around Future's decision in August to sell its retail, wholesale, logistics and some other businesses to Reliance for $3.38 billion, including debt

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday welcomed with a tweet the release of his political rival Mehbooba Mufti, who had been in detention since August 5 last year, when the Centre announced its massive decisions -- to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir and the bifurcation of the then state into two Union territorie...

Premises of jails in Assam cannot be used as "permanent" detention centres for housing illegal foreigners, the Gauhati High Court said Wednesday, directing the state government to look for a seperate accomodation for the purpose.

"How long can Mehbooba Mufti be kept in custody", the Supreme Court asked the centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration today as it heard her daughter's petition challenging the former Chief Minister's detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

The government today said 223 people are currently under detention in Jammu and Kashmir and no one is under house arrest.

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to file their replies in a case seeking the release of Dr Kafeel khan, who is detained under the National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly giving a provocative speech during anti-CAA protests.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has criticised the centre for extending the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for three more months. This would make the duration of her detention longer than a year; she was detained for the first time on August 5 last year, the day t...

People's Conference chief Sajad Lone has been released from house arrest just five days short of a year since he was detained after the centre scrapped special status to Jammu and Kashmir and divided the state into two union territories.

Hundreds were evacuated after a fire broke out Monday at a pre-trial detention centre for women in Moscow, Russian news agencies reported.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested the centre to withdraw an order directing all COVID-19 patients in the national capital to visit a government-run quarantine centre for evaluation, comparing this to "15-day detention"

The detention of Saifuddin Soz, senior political leader in Jammu and Kashmir, has reached the Supreme Court, which has issued a notice to the Centre and the administration of the Union Territory regarding his release. The 82-year-old has been under informal house arrest since August, when the Centre ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir gra...

Relaxing its earlier conditions in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the release of those detainees in Assam who were declared foreigners and have been lodged in detention centres for two years or more.

The Assam government has renamed detention centres for foreigners to transit camps to humanise them. A 12-year-old notification was modified to rename the six detention centres in the state.

Senior PDP leader Sartaj Madni was released after six months of detention on Saturday, hours after his niece and party president Mehbooba Mufti received an invitation from the Centre for talks with Jammu and Kashmir's regional political parties.

Rejecting the opinion of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calling for immediate release of AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case accused British national Christian Michel, India on Friday said the conclusions drawn by the UN panel are based on limited information, biased allegations and an inaccurate understanding of its criminal justice sy...

The dispute centres around Future's decision in August to sell its retail, wholesale, logistics and some other businesses to Reliance for $3.38 billion, including debt

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday welcomed with a tweet the release of his political rival Mehbooba Mufti, who had been in detention since August 5 last year, when the Centre announced its massive decisions -- to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir and the bifurcation of the then state into two Union territorie...

Premises of jails in Assam cannot be used as "permanent" detention centres for housing illegal foreigners, the Gauhati High Court said Wednesday, directing the state government to look for a seperate accomodation for the purpose.

"How long can Mehbooba Mufti be kept in custody", the Supreme Court asked the centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration today as it heard her daughter's petition challenging the former Chief Minister's detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

The government today said 223 people are currently under detention in Jammu and Kashmir and no one is under house arrest.

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to file their replies in a case seeking the release of Dr Kafeel khan, who is detained under the National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly giving a provocative speech during anti-CAA protests.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has criticised the centre for extending the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for three more months. This would make the duration of her detention longer than a year; she was detained for the first time on August 5 last year, the day t...

People's Conference chief Sajad Lone has been released from house arrest just five days short of a year since he was detained after the centre scrapped special status to Jammu and Kashmir and divided the state into two union territories.

Hundreds were evacuated after a fire broke out Monday at a pre-trial detention centre for women in Moscow, Russian news agencies reported.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has requested the centre to withdraw an order directing all COVID-19 patients in the national capital to visit a government-run quarantine centre for evaluation, comparing this to "15-day detention"

The detention of Saifuddin Soz, senior political leader in Jammu and Kashmir, has reached the Supreme Court, which has issued a notice to the Centre and the administration of the Union Territory regarding his release. The 82-year-old has been under informal house arrest since August, when the Centre ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir gra...

Relaxing its earlier conditions in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the release of those detainees in Assam who were declared foreigners and have been lodged in detention centres for two years or more.