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Kolkata Prison Where Netaji, Nehru Were Jailed Reopens As Museum
The historic Alipore Jail in Kolkata, where many revolutionaries including Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru were imprisoned during India's freedom struggle, has been turned into museum to celebrate 75 years of Independence.
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Rights Body Takes Serious View Of Deaths By Suicide In Mumbai, Kolkata Jails
NHRC has taken a serious view of the deaths due to suicide by the two prisoners of Navi Mumbai and Dum Dum Central Correctional Home, Kolkata, and non-submission of requisite reports in the matters by the concerned authorities despite its notices.
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Kolkata Lawyer Jailed For Life For Killing Husband With Mobile Phone Charger
A fast-track court in Bengal's North 24 Paraganas district has sentenced a lawyer to life in prison for killing her husband with the chord of a mobile phone charger.
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Virus Scare Sets Off Clash In Kolkata Jail As Prisoners Seek Instant Bail
The police had to fire tear gas shells inside a jail in north Kolkata to quell a clash between groups of inmates and jail staff amid the coronavirus scare. Sources said the prisoners reportedly asked the authorities to release them as news of rising cases of coronavirus reached them.
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"Will Go To Jail Fighting": Mamata Banerjee Attacks BJP At Kolkata Rally
In a throwback to her signature 'mercurial' avatar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today exhorted the people to "break down the prison walls put up by the BJP" in the country and said that she will not be intimidated by the threat of being sent to jail. "Today they are calling my brother, tomorrow they will call me. I am ready for that....
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In Bengal, Wife, Partner Get Life Sentence For Brutal Murder Of Husband
The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each, adding that they would spend an extra year in prison if they failed to pay the amount
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Kolkata Man Gets 10 Years In Prison For Forcibly Marrying, Raping Girl
A city court Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl after forcibly marrying her at a temple.
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Former High Court Judge CS Karnan Released From Prison
Former Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan was released from prison on Wednesday after serving six months of imprisonment for contempt of Supreme Court, his counsel Mathew J Nedumpara said.
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How Former Judge CS Karnan Evaded Arrest for 6 Weeks
Former High Court judge CS Karnan will land in Kolkata shortly and will be taken straight to the city's Presidency Jail. His request to suspend a six-month prison sentence for contempt of court was rejected this morning by the Supreme Court.
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LeT Terrorist On Death Row Goes On Fast Demanding TV, 'Good Food'
A Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Muzaffar Ahmed Rather, who is on death row, has been on a hunger strike for the last two days demanding a TV set and 'good food' in his solitary cell.
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Kolkata Prison Where Netaji, Nehru Were Jailed Reopens As Museum
The historic Alipore Jail in Kolkata, where many revolutionaries including Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru were imprisoned during India's freedom struggle, has been turned into museum to celebrate 75 years of Independence.
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Rights Body Takes Serious View Of Deaths By Suicide In Mumbai, Kolkata Jails
NHRC has taken a serious view of the deaths due to suicide by the two prisoners of Navi Mumbai and Dum Dum Central Correctional Home, Kolkata, and non-submission of requisite reports in the matters by the concerned authorities despite its notices.
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Kolkata Lawyer Jailed For Life For Killing Husband With Mobile Phone Charger
A fast-track court in Bengal's North 24 Paraganas district has sentenced a lawyer to life in prison for killing her husband with the chord of a mobile phone charger.
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Virus Scare Sets Off Clash In Kolkata Jail As Prisoners Seek Instant Bail
The police had to fire tear gas shells inside a jail in north Kolkata to quell a clash between groups of inmates and jail staff amid the coronavirus scare. Sources said the prisoners reportedly asked the authorities to release them as news of rising cases of coronavirus reached them.
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"Will Go To Jail Fighting": Mamata Banerjee Attacks BJP At Kolkata Rally
In a throwback to her signature 'mercurial' avatar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today exhorted the people to "break down the prison walls put up by the BJP" in the country and said that she will not be intimidated by the threat of being sent to jail. "Today they are calling my brother, tomorrow they will call me. I am ready for that....
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In Bengal, Wife, Partner Get Life Sentence For Brutal Murder Of Husband
The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each, adding that they would spend an extra year in prison if they failed to pay the amount
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Kolkata Man Gets 10 Years In Prison For Forcibly Marrying, Raping Girl
A city court Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl after forcibly marrying her at a temple.
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Former High Court Judge CS Karnan Released From Prison
Former Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan was released from prison on Wednesday after serving six months of imprisonment for contempt of Supreme Court, his counsel Mathew J Nedumpara said.
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How Former Judge CS Karnan Evaded Arrest for 6 Weeks
Former High Court judge CS Karnan will land in Kolkata shortly and will be taken straight to the city's Presidency Jail. His request to suspend a six-month prison sentence for contempt of court was rejected this morning by the Supreme Court.
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LeT Terrorist On Death Row Goes On Fast Demanding TV, 'Good Food'
A Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Muzaffar Ahmed Rather, who is on death row, has been on a hunger strike for the last two days demanding a TV set and 'good food' in his solitary cell.
