Centre writes to States to ensure equal rights for queer community in prisons

Jul 17, 2024

The Union Government has written a letter to States/Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal...

Pak: Baloch academic Hammal Baloch speaks out against detention from prison

Apr 29, 2025

Hammal Khan Baloch, a Baloch academic and PhD researcher, has written a letter from prison denouncing his detention and highlighting the broader plight of...

Agra jail inmate tests COVID-19 positive, 14 quarantined

May 07, 2020

Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 : The Senior Superintendent of Agra Central Jail has written a letter to the Director-General (Prison) informing him...

Shiv Sena MP writes to DM, demands free COVID-19 test for Thane prison police staff

May 24, 2020

Thane (Maharashtra) [India], May 24 : Shiv Sena Member of Parliament from Thane Rajan Vichare has written a letter to District Magistrate Rajesh Narvekar...

"Tihar Fitness Centre" inaugurated by DG (P) Sanjay Beniwal

Apr 04, 2023

Country's biggest prison Tihar jail, Director General (Prison) Sanjay Baniwal inaugurates its own fitness centre at the Prison Headquarters in Delhi.

MHA asks States, UTs to protect, rehabilitate transgenders

Jan 23, 2021

New Delhi [India], January 23 : The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written a letter to all chief secretaries of Union Territories and...