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Video: Released From Jail, Prisoner Breaks Into A Dance In UP
A man in Uttar Pradesh celebrated his release from jail in a rather special way. Outside the jail building, the man performed a synchronized dance to a song as cops and other officials looked on.
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Supreme Court Raps UP Government Over Delay To Consider Remission Petitions
The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for not complying with its order to consider remission pleas within the time frame specified by it and directed the principal secretary of the state's prisons department to appear before
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Life Term For UP Man Who Cut Open Wife's Stomach To Check Baby's Gender
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was sentenced to life in prison after he used a sickle to cut open his pregnant wife's stomach to check if she was going to give birth to a boy or a girl.
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Murder Accused Hosts Social Media Live From UP Prison, 3 Jail Warders Fired
The jail administration has suspended 3 jail warders of the Bareilly Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh following an investigation into the matter of an inmate accused of murder possessing a mobile phone on which he hosted a live video on social media.
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Notice To Centre, 11 States On Plea Claiming Caste Discrimination In Jails
The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states encourage caste-based discrimination in jails.
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Mukhtar Ansari's Son Moves Supreme Court To Transfer Him From UP Jail
The son of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is currently lodged in Banda jail, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to transfer his father to any prison outside Uttar Pradesh, saying he apprehends "imminent and serious threat" to
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Video: 3 Train Robbers Make 'Great Escape', Run Out Of Police Van In UP
From the Great Train Robbery to the Great Escape, these undertrials have done it all. And their feat was aided by cops who seemed to have 'forgotten' the first rule of policing - when you have a prisoner, keep him locked up.
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Ex-UP Minister, In Jail For Murder Of Poet, To Be Released
Uttar Pradesh Prisons Administration department has issued an order to release former minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani Tripathi, who are serving life imprisonment after being convicted in the murder case of poetess Madhumita Shukla.
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"UP Prisons To Be Known As Reform Homes": Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while reviewing the condition of prisons in a high-level meeting on Thursday, gave important guidelines towards prison reform.
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Undertrial Prisoner Dies Of Heart Attack In UP Jail, Family Alleges Murder: Cops
An undertrial prisoner has died in the district prison here after suffering a heart attack, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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UP Jail Inmates Shine In Board Exams, 95% Cleared Class 10
Ninety-five per cent of prisoners in Uttar Pradesh jails who sat for the Class 10 board examination cleared the test while the success rate in Class 12 was over 70 per cent.
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Special Barracks Cell, CCTVs: UP Prison Preps For Gangster Atiq Ahmed
Atiq Ahmed: A convoy bringing gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed from Gujarat reached Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj this evening, where he will be kept in a prison.
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In This UP Jail, Muslims Fast During Navaratri, Hindus Observe Ramzan
In a display of communal harmony and brotherhood, some Muslim inmates at the Central Jail here joined their Hindu brethren to fast on Navratri -- a gesture reciprocated by a few Hindu prisoners who observed 'roza' during Ramzan.
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4 Cops In Uttar Pradesh Take Prisoner To Shopping Mall; Suspended
A police sub-inspector and three constables were suspended for allegedly taking an undertrial prisoner lodged in a jail here to a shopping mall, officials said on Friday.
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Son's Testimony Gets UP Woman, Partner Jailed For Life For Husband's Murder
A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district has sentenced a woman and her partner to life in prison for murdering her husband.
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Video: Released From Jail, Prisoner Breaks Into A Dance In UP
A man in Uttar Pradesh celebrated his release from jail in a rather special way. Outside the jail building, the man performed a synchronized dance to a song as cops and other officials looked on.
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Supreme Court Raps UP Government Over Delay To Consider Remission Petitions
The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for not complying with its order to consider remission pleas within the time frame specified by it and directed the principal secretary of the state's prisons department to appear before
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Life Term For UP Man Who Cut Open Wife's Stomach To Check Baby's Gender
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was sentenced to life in prison after he used a sickle to cut open his pregnant wife's stomach to check if she was going to give birth to a boy or a girl.
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Murder Accused Hosts Social Media Live From UP Prison, 3 Jail Warders Fired
The jail administration has suspended 3 jail warders of the Bareilly Central Jail in Uttar Pradesh following an investigation into the matter of an inmate accused of murder possessing a mobile phone on which he hosted a live video on social media.
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Notice To Centre, 11 States On Plea Claiming Caste Discrimination In Jails
The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states encourage caste-based discrimination in jails.
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Mukhtar Ansari's Son Moves Supreme Court To Transfer Him From UP Jail
The son of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who is currently lodged in Banda jail, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to transfer his father to any prison outside Uttar Pradesh, saying he apprehends "imminent and serious threat" to
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Video: 3 Train Robbers Make 'Great Escape', Run Out Of Police Van In UP
From the Great Train Robbery to the Great Escape, these undertrials have done it all. And their feat was aided by cops who seemed to have 'forgotten' the first rule of policing - when you have a prisoner, keep him locked up.
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Ex-UP Minister, In Jail For Murder Of Poet, To Be Released
Uttar Pradesh Prisons Administration department has issued an order to release former minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani Tripathi, who are serving life imprisonment after being convicted in the murder case of poetess Madhumita Shukla.
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"UP Prisons To Be Known As Reform Homes": Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while reviewing the condition of prisons in a high-level meeting on Thursday, gave important guidelines towards prison reform.
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Undertrial Prisoner Dies Of Heart Attack In UP Jail, Family Alleges Murder: Cops
An undertrial prisoner has died in the district prison here after suffering a heart attack, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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UP Jail Inmates Shine In Board Exams, 95% Cleared Class 10
Ninety-five per cent of prisoners in Uttar Pradesh jails who sat for the Class 10 board examination cleared the test while the success rate in Class 12 was over 70 per cent.
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Special Barracks Cell, CCTVs: UP Prison Preps For Gangster Atiq Ahmed
Atiq Ahmed: A convoy bringing gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed from Gujarat reached Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj this evening, where he will be kept in a prison.
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In This UP Jail, Muslims Fast During Navaratri, Hindus Observe Ramzan
In a display of communal harmony and brotherhood, some Muslim inmates at the Central Jail here joined their Hindu brethren to fast on Navratri -- a gesture reciprocated by a few Hindu prisoners who observed 'roza' during Ramzan.
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4 Cops In Uttar Pradesh Take Prisoner To Shopping Mall; Suspended
A police sub-inspector and three constables were suspended for allegedly taking an undertrial prisoner lodged in a jail here to a shopping mall, officials said on Friday.
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Son's Testimony Gets UP Woman, Partner Jailed For Life For Husband's Murder
A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district has sentenced a woman and her partner to life in prison for murdering her husband.
