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Rights Panel Notice To Punjab Over Report On "Drug Addicts" In Jail
The NHRC has sent notices to the Punjab government and the state's prison chief over a report that claims 42 per cent of prisoners in its jails are "drug addicts," officials said on Friday.
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Manager Of Hospital Among 2 Arrested In Mukhtar Ansari Ambulance Case: Police
A manager of a hospital and a man were arrested from Mau in connection with the case of fake documents of an ambulance used to ferry gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to a Mohali court, police said on Tuesday.
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Top Court Hears Plea Seeking Transfer Of Mukhtar Ansari From Punjab To UP Jail
The Supreme Court is hearing a transfer petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government seeking its direction to transfer alleged gangster and don-turned politician, Mukhtar Ansari from Roopar Jail in Punjab to jail in Uttar Pradesh.
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11 Former Cops Get Life Imprisonment For Killing Jail Inmate In Punjab
A court in Amritsar has sentenced 13 people, including 11 former policemen, to life imprisonment in a 2014 kidnapping and murder case of a jail inmate.
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1 Killed, Many Injured In Ludhiana Jail Clashes Live-Streamed On Facebook
One prisoner was killed and more than 30 people, including several policemen, were injured in clashes that broke out between the inmates and cops at the Ludhiana Central Jail in Punjab this morning.
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10 Injured As Inmates Clash At Ludhiana Jail
At least 10 inmates of a jail in Punjab's Ludhiana city sustained injuries on Thursday in a clash between two groups, police said.
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Shiv Sena Leader Serving Four-Year Imprisonment, Attacked In Punjab Jail
A Shiv Sena leader serving a four-year imprisonment in a fraud case was injured when at least five inmates attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon today morning, the police said.
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Punjab Jailbreak: Rajnath Singh Seeks Report, Directs Tightening Of Security
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal about the Nabha jailbreak in which a Khalistani terrorist escaped along with five other prisoners and sought a detailed report from the state government.
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Sutlej-Yamuna Link Issue Can Trigger Return Of Terrorism In Punjab: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh has warned that the construction of the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to provide water to neighbouring Haryana can trigger the return of Khalistani terrorism in this border state.
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Man Arrested As 2 Terrorists, 4 Others Escape From Jail In Punjab's Nabha: 10 Updates
A group of gun-toting men in police uniforms stormed Punjab's Nabha Central Jail early on Sunday and freed two terrorists - including the head of Khalistan Liberation Force, terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo - and four criminals. A man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly aiding the jailbreak.
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On Occasion Of Independence Day, Remission Of Sentences To Prisoners In Punjab
The Punjab government today decided to accord one-time reduction of sentences to prisoners imprisoned for up to 20 years on the occasion of the Independence Day tomorrow.
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Illegal Dance Show Held in Punjab Jail, Officials, Criminals in Audience
A dance show by women performers was organised in Patti sub-jail located near the Indo-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district of Punjab on the occasion of Baisakhi festival in violation of jail norms, a senior official said on Friday.
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Firing in Punjab Jail, 2 Injured as Inmates Clash
Members of rivals gangs today clashed inside Bathinda jail during which one of them opened fire from a country-made pistol, leaving an inmate seriously injured.
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Photo of Criminals From Inside Punjab Jail Uploaded on Facebook, Leaves State Government Red-Faced
Gangster Kulbir Singh, whose photo from inside Bhatinda Jail was posted on Facebook, leaving Punjab's ruling Akali Dal red faced, is not the only one with access to Internet and smartphones, NDTV has found. Inmates of Ropar jail are also clicking photos and updating their Facebook status with equal ease.
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Punjab to allow women to stay with husbands in jails
Wives of prisoners in Punjab will soon be allowed a brief stay with their husbands in jails, a minister said on Monday.The new jails, which are under construction in the state, are having special barracks for the purpose, Jail Minister Hira Singh Gabria said.He said this facility will be extended on humanitarian grounds to those prisoners who had b...
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Rights Panel Notice To Punjab Over Report On "Drug Addicts" In Jail
The NHRC has sent notices to the Punjab government and the state's prison chief over a report that claims 42 per cent of prisoners in its jails are "drug addicts," officials said on Friday.
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Manager Of Hospital Among 2 Arrested In Mukhtar Ansari Ambulance Case: Police
A manager of a hospital and a man were arrested from Mau in connection with the case of fake documents of an ambulance used to ferry gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari from a Punjab jail to a Mohali court, police said on Tuesday.
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Top Court Hears Plea Seeking Transfer Of Mukhtar Ansari From Punjab To UP Jail
The Supreme Court is hearing a transfer petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government seeking its direction to transfer alleged gangster and don-turned politician, Mukhtar Ansari from Roopar Jail in Punjab to jail in Uttar Pradesh.
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11 Former Cops Get Life Imprisonment For Killing Jail Inmate In Punjab
A court in Amritsar has sentenced 13 people, including 11 former policemen, to life imprisonment in a 2014 kidnapping and murder case of a jail inmate.
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1 Killed, Many Injured In Ludhiana Jail Clashes Live-Streamed On Facebook
One prisoner was killed and more than 30 people, including several policemen, were injured in clashes that broke out between the inmates and cops at the Ludhiana Central Jail in Punjab this morning.
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10 Injured As Inmates Clash At Ludhiana Jail
At least 10 inmates of a jail in Punjab's Ludhiana city sustained injuries on Thursday in a clash between two groups, police said.
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Shiv Sena Leader Serving Four-Year Imprisonment, Attacked In Punjab Jail
A Shiv Sena leader serving a four-year imprisonment in a fraud case was injured when at least five inmates attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon today morning, the police said.
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Punjab Jailbreak: Rajnath Singh Seeks Report, Directs Tightening Of Security
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal about the Nabha jailbreak in which a Khalistani terrorist escaped along with five other prisoners and sought a detailed report from the state government.
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Sutlej-Yamuna Link Issue Can Trigger Return Of Terrorism In Punjab: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh has warned that the construction of the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to provide water to neighbouring Haryana can trigger the return of Khalistani terrorism in this border state.
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Man Arrested As 2 Terrorists, 4 Others Escape From Jail In Punjab's Nabha: 10 Updates
A group of gun-toting men in police uniforms stormed Punjab's Nabha Central Jail early on Sunday and freed two terrorists - including the head of Khalistan Liberation Force, terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo - and four criminals. A man has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly aiding the jailbreak.
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On Occasion Of Independence Day, Remission Of Sentences To Prisoners In Punjab
The Punjab government today decided to accord one-time reduction of sentences to prisoners imprisoned for up to 20 years on the occasion of the Independence Day tomorrow.
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Illegal Dance Show Held in Punjab Jail, Officials, Criminals in Audience
A dance show by women performers was organised in Patti sub-jail located near the Indo-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district of Punjab on the occasion of Baisakhi festival in violation of jail norms, a senior official said on Friday.
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Firing in Punjab Jail, 2 Injured as Inmates Clash
Members of rivals gangs today clashed inside Bathinda jail during which one of them opened fire from a country-made pistol, leaving an inmate seriously injured.
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Photo of Criminals From Inside Punjab Jail Uploaded on Facebook, Leaves State Government Red-Faced
Gangster Kulbir Singh, whose photo from inside Bhatinda Jail was posted on Facebook, leaving Punjab's ruling Akali Dal red faced, is not the only one with access to Internet and smartphones, NDTV has found. Inmates of Ropar jail are also clicking photos and updating their Facebook status with equal ease.
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Punjab to allow women to stay with husbands in jails
Wives of prisoners in Punjab will soon be allowed a brief stay with their husbands in jails, a minister said on Monday.The new jails, which are under construction in the state, are having special barracks for the purpose, Jail Minister Hira Singh Gabria said.He said this facility will be extended on humanitarian grounds to those prisoners who had b...
