Minister orders probe into Patiala inmate's death

Punjab Jail Minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur today said identity cards will be issued to visitors in jails to check number of visitors.

CHANDIGARH: Sarwan Singh Phillaur, Jail Minister Punjab expressing concern over the attack on a Pakistani prisoner in Jammu Jail said the security of all the 57 Pakistani prisoners languishing in Punjab jails have been beefed up and as a ...

The Jammu prisoner assault came in the aftermath of a brutal attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Lahore 26 April. Sarabjit died on 2 May. PTI Sarabjit Singh, who hailed from the Bhikhiwind town of Punjab's border district of Tarn Taran, was ...

CHANDIGARH, May 5 (Agencies): Apprehending a backlash following the death of Sarabjit Singh, 57 Pakistani prisoners, including two women, lodged in Punjab jails have been segregated from other prisoners and security has been beefed up. The decision ...

In order to ensure full security in the Punjab prisons, the Punjab government has imposed complete ban on the eatables and other items brought by the visitors for the prisoners from outside during the meetings. This was stated here today by Jail ...

KHATKAR KALAN (SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH NAGAR): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that the Congress party was totally apathetic towards the contribution of Shaheed Bhagat Singh in national freedom struggle due to which its leaders ...

Punjabi crooners are still saying yo! yo! to vulgarity in songs. It may not sound music to your ears, but Punjabi singers are singing in praise of vulgarity, in the absence of any check to this menace. Mulled almost a year ago by the Punjab ...

Tags : State News, Pakistani Prisoners, Punjab Jails Write to the editor Chandigarh, May 3: Following the attack on a Pakistani prisoner in a Jammu jail by a fellow inmate today, authorities in Punjab have imposed curbs on the movement of Pakistani ...

Detectives are probing claims the escape was planned using a mobile smuggled into jail allowing the van to be tracked through GPS Two prisoners were on the run tonight after an armed gang ambushed a van taking them to court. Stevie McMullen and ...