West Bengal has opened its first holding centres in Malda and Murshidabad to house suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya de...

West Bengal authorities are establishing holding centres for foreigners apprehended for illegal stay. This move follows a policy announceme...

West Bengal is setting up holding centers for suspected illegal foreigners and foreign prisoners. This move institutionalizes the state's '...

West Bengal has directed all district magistrates to set up “Holding Centres” for detained foreigners and released foreign prisoners awaiti...

West Bengal's Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, has taken decisive action by suspending jail staff after a bold crackdown at Presidency Cen...

The Art of Living International Center witnessed a historic gathering on Sunday as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined Gurudev Sri Sri ...

A division bench comprising Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee formed the committee with Justice Dipankar Datta, t...

The West Bengal jail department is mulling releasing life convicts on parole in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

About 52% of foreigners lodged in Indian prisons are in Bengal, according to NCRB data. Hence the Bengal government has affirmed to set up ...

According to the recent data, there are 404 convicts, who are suffering from mental problems and are in regular need of psychiatric treatme...

The fate of prisoners in West Bengal and other states belonging to Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya community remains uncertain since Myanmar ...

Over 80 Rohingyas lodged in various prisons across Bengal are staring at an uncertain future as their plea to get refugee status is yet to ...

West Bengal correctional homes are set to have video-conferencing facilities to prevent undertrial prisoners from escaping on the way to co...

Centre wants the WB Correctional Services Act, 1992, to be amended to deny political prisoner’s status to member of any organisation proscr...

WB govt will have to amend its law, and redefine a political prisoner, if Aftab Ansari, , is to be denied the status, says law ministry.

56.7 % of prisoners in UP, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bengal jails belong to the Muslim community.

The home ministry has advised the West Bengal government to amend a law enacted by the Left Front government, in 1992.