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Tamil Nadu Cabinet Expansion: CM Vijay adds 23 more ministers to TVK-led govt, shuffles some portfoliosT.N. Cabinet Expansion Updates: Tamil Nadu's new government has expanded its cabinet. Twenty-three more MLAs joined the State Cabinet. This...- Hyderabad’s new 'feel the jail experience' lets people live like prisoners for 24 hours: Eat jail food and sleep in prison cellsHyderabad has launched the Telangana Prisons Museum and 'Jail Anubhavam' program, offering citizens a simulated prison experience. This ini...
- Lightness, warmth, promise to build stronger India together mark much-awaited meeting between PM Modi and Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi ShankarThe Art of Living International Center witnessed a historic gathering on Sunday as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined Gurudev Sri Sri ...
- Read a book and cut 4 days from jail sentence: Actor Madhavan shares a fascinating prison reform rule where inmates get second chancesA Brazilian prison reform initiative allows inmates to reduce sentences by reading and reflecting on books. Actor R Madhavan highlighted th...
- Bombay HC cuts rape convict's life term, saying the rapist wrote essays on Mahatma Gandhi in jailThe Bombay High Court has reduced a life sentence to 12 years for a man convicted of raping a five-year-old girl in 2016. The court conside...
- 70 per cent prisoners in Indian jails are undertrials, observes parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel notes that over 70% of Indian prisoners are undertrials who can't afford bail or fines. They suggest creating state f...
- 700 inmates get job in hotel industry, 1200 more to get employed soon: Tihar prisons chiefReplying to a question over jail reforms during his tenure in Tihar, Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal said, "We have started skill...
- IT-enabled services of Delhi prisons to be strengthened with recruitment of additional staffThe creation of the 10 posts, including those of senior system analyst, system analyst and eight assistant programmers, will help ease the ...
- Transgender prisoners must be treated at par with other inmates: says SC panel on prison reformsThe Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has recommended that transgender prisoners should be treated equally and given the same right...
- Punjab government plans classrooms in jailsInitially, two to three classrooms of the capacity of 50 students in each jail will be constructed and if more rooms are needed in future, ...
- AAP claims Kejriwal's movement still 'restricted', Delhi Police denies claimThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had on Tuesday alleged the Delhi Police put Kejriwal under house arrest after he met farmers protesting against t...
- Sasikala row: Karnataka IPS officer opens a can of wormsThe top cop has alleged “violation of prison laws“ because Sasikala has a special kitchen for herself. According to rules, no prisoner shou...
- 4,000 inmates but only two doctors in Bengaluru's prisonParappana Agrahara is hyped to be at the forefront of prison reforms in the state because of the various skill development programmes it or...
- Course correction after Afzal Guru's hanging; new prison manualThe new model prison manual consisting of 32 chapters aims at bringing in basic uniformity in laws, rules and regulations governing the adm...
- Lack of psychiatrists bedevils mentally ill prisonersAccording to the recent data, there are 404 convicts, who are suffering from mental problems and are in regular need of psychiatric treatme...
- 'Sentencing of Pakistan media mogul will have chilling effect'Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang group, was handed down the prison term in absentia for allowing the broadcast of a "blasphemous...
- Sushilkumar Shinde for exploring alternative modes of punishmentSushilkumar Shinde favoured exploring alternative modes of punishment to convicts as sending accused to jail have many adverse effects.
- India is ahead of the world in prison reforms: Kiran Bedi"I visited more than 40 prisons around the world. The reforms which we have been able to do are not seen elsewhere," Bedi said.
- Government plans life insurance for Tihar inmatesThe govt has proposed to offer life insurance cover to 2,000 Tihar inmates who have been serving their prison terms after being convicted f...
- Goods worth nearly Rs 30 crore produced by Tihar jail inmates soldGovernment has sold goods worth nearly Rs 30 crore produced by inmates of Tihar jail over the past four years.
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