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A special POCSO court here has sentenced two men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2019.

Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly committed suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married. She claimed her husband was "killed" in prison.

Shahzadi, a resident of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, may be hanged in the UAE any time after September 20. The 29-year-old woman has been in Abu Dhabi jail for a long time for the murder of a four-month-old child.

A man posing as a police officer was arrested and sent to jail on Tuesday for allegedly raping a woman constable and defrauding her of several lakhs of rupees, officials in Bareilly said.

A special court here has convicted a man of raping his minor step-daughter about five years ago and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000.

Under the 2010 'Food for Freedom' initiative by the Kerala government, the kitchens in prisons were modernised and the inmates were trained to cook basic food essentials that would then be sold to the general public.

After weeks of Israeli bombardment left them with nowhere else to go, hundreds of Palestinians have ended up in a former Gaza prison built to hold murderers and thieves.

The Karnataka police has issued a notice to a woman Sub-Inspector for allowing jailed Kannada superstar Darshan's partner Pavithra Gowda to apply make up in police custody, sources confirmed on Wednesday.

Eleven years after they thrashed a person to death at a market in Assam, six police personnel have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Centre on Friday operationalised a stringent law that aims to curb malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations and entails provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine of up to Rs 1 crore for offenders.

A special MP-MLA court on Thursday sentenced former BJP MLA Kashiram Diwakar and five others to seven years of imprisonment for breaking into and vandalising a sugar mill in Shahabad 12 years ago.

At least five men in southern Pakistan may face up to five years in prison for taking part in the mutilation of a camel, officials said on Tuesday.

A woman was arrested here on Thursday for allegedly giving "tips on sexually assaulting children" on her social media channel, police said.

At least six newly elected MPs of the INDIA bloc and one more, are facing criminal charges which could attract a jail term of more than two years.

The Kaushambi district jail witnessed a unique celebration where woman inmates sang and danced to folk songs and the jail kitchen came up with a special meal for all, jail authorities said.

A special POCSO court here has sentenced two men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2019.

Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly committed suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married. She claimed her husband was "killed" in prison.

Shahzadi, a resident of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, may be hanged in the UAE any time after September 20. The 29-year-old woman has been in Abu Dhabi jail for a long time for the murder of a four-month-old child.

A man posing as a police officer was arrested and sent to jail on Tuesday for allegedly raping a woman constable and defrauding her of several lakhs of rupees, officials in Bareilly said.

A special court here has convicted a man of raping his minor step-daughter about five years ago and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000.

Under the 2010 'Food for Freedom' initiative by the Kerala government, the kitchens in prisons were modernised and the inmates were trained to cook basic food essentials that would then be sold to the general public.

After weeks of Israeli bombardment left them with nowhere else to go, hundreds of Palestinians have ended up in a former Gaza prison built to hold murderers and thieves.

The Karnataka police has issued a notice to a woman Sub-Inspector for allowing jailed Kannada superstar Darshan's partner Pavithra Gowda to apply make up in police custody, sources confirmed on Wednesday.

Eleven years after they thrashed a person to death at a market in Assam, six police personnel have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Centre on Friday operationalised a stringent law that aims to curb malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations and entails provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine of up to Rs 1 crore for offenders.

A special MP-MLA court on Thursday sentenced former BJP MLA Kashiram Diwakar and five others to seven years of imprisonment for breaking into and vandalising a sugar mill in Shahabad 12 years ago.

At least five men in southern Pakistan may face up to five years in prison for taking part in the mutilation of a camel, officials said on Tuesday.

A woman was arrested here on Thursday for allegedly giving "tips on sexually assaulting children" on her social media channel, police said.

At least six newly elected MPs of the INDIA bloc and one more, are facing criminal charges which could attract a jail term of more than two years.

The Kaushambi district jail witnessed a unique celebration where woman inmates sang and danced to folk songs and the jail kitchen came up with a special meal for all, jail authorities said.