NEW DELHI: Holding that segregation of prisoners in barracks on the basis of caste and allocation of work among them based on their their place in caste hierarchy was discriminatory and amounted to forced labour, Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an end to all such practices and granted three months to states and Union Territories…
PETRAPOLE: Three jailbreaks in three days not far from the Indian border and zero policing on the streets of Bangladesh have put Indian security agencies on alert in Bengal for possible infiltration bids.While Border Security Force (BSF) is holding village coordination meetings along the border to sensitise villagers on suspicious movements, Bengal police have instructed…
PETRAPOLE: Three jailbreaks in three days not far from the Indian border and zero policing on the streets of Bangladesh have put Indian security agencies on alert in Bengal for possible infiltration bids.While Border Security Force (BSF) is holding village coordination meetings along the border to sensitise villagers on suspicious movements, Bengal police have instructed…
Prisoners in Russia‘s southern region of Rostov took two jail employees hostage, prompting law enforcement agencies to rush to the site, reported news agency Reuters citing Federal Penitentiary Service.Five detainees who took the employees hostage have claimed that they are supporters of the Islamic State.Russia’s RIA state news agency reported, citing unidentified sources, that the…
BHUBANESWAR: This election season, most bail applications moved in several lower courts in Odisha have a common, yet unusual prayer from undertrial prisoners – “My Lord, my client may kindly be considered for bail to enable him to cast his vote“. Though the number of such petitions and whether bail was granted on the ground…
