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Qatar Frees 8 Indians Jailed Over Spying Charges; Massive Diplomatic Win For India | Watch
In what is being seen as a major diplomatic win for India, eight Indian Navy veterans, who were sentenced to death in Qatar, were released by a court in Doha. Out of eight, seven arrived in India in the wee hours on Monday. All 8 were facing death sentences on espionage charges until their sentences were commuted by a Qatari appellate court late last year. India had been doggedly pushing for their release. PM Modi himself discussed the subject with the ruler of Qatar during their meeting in Dubai. Relieved to be back on Indian soil after spending a year in Qatari prison. The ex-soldiers thanked the PM and the government.
15 Feb 2024PM Inaugurates Integrated Terminal Of Port Blair Airport | Have You Seen It? | Watch | In Focus
PM Modi inaugurated a new integrated terminal building at the Veer Savarkar International Airport. Located 1300 km away from mainland India. Built in the capital Portblair, the new integrated terminal cost India 708 crore rupees. This new terminal will enhance Maninland’s connectivity with the island chain in the Bay of Bengal. Andaman & Nicobar Islands are one of the two major Island chains in India. Famous for its blue water, white sand beaches, in addition to being a popular tourist destination location of the islands make them strategically important for India.
18 Jul 2023Women, Incarcerated: how women fare in Indian jails
A new book of essays details how they are denied legal rights and forced to suffer casual sexual abuse
6 min read17 Jun 202299 inmates and 88 staff members test Covid positive in Delhi jails. Read here
As part of the steps taken to curb the spread of the disease in the Tihar, Mandoli and Rohini jail complexes, the prison dispensaries have been turned into Covid care centres
1 min read16 Jan 2022Kobad Ghandy: I cracked very often but I managed to get out
The activist, who was accused of being a member of the banned CPI(Maoist) and arrested in 2009, speaks of his new book chronicling the decade he spent in Indian jails
7 min read2 Apr 2021Indian woman who spent 18 years in Pakistani jail returns to find her land usurped
The 600sq ft plot of land that is encroached upon is the same one that helped the police establish Hasina Begum’s identity as an Indian citizen
1 min read4 Feb 2021Kerala govt extends parole of aged prisoners in the wake of COVID-19 spike
To prevent the spread of COVID 19 in prisons, the Kerala government had granted special parole and remission to prisoners belonging to different categories in recent monthsOver 6,000 prisoners are lodged in a total of 54 jails, including three central jails in Kerala
1 min read2 Nov 2020Jails across India remained overcrowded and under-staffed in 2019: Data
Indian jails remained overcrowded in 2019, lodging 4.78 lakh prisoners as against actual capacity of 4.03 lakh, shows NCRB data
2 min read30 Aug 2020No inmate COVID-19 positive in Delhi jails: Prisons dept
No prisoner is COVID-19 positive and the situation in jails here has much improved, said the Delhi Prisons DepartmentSo far, 63 inmates of the three jails, Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli, have tested positive for the infection, 61 one of them recovered and 2 died
1 min read21 Aug 2020Senior Tihar official tests Covid positive, Jail’s total now 56
According to the jail officials, the officer was the Superintendent of Jail Number 4
1 min read20 Jun 2020Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared