Prisoners

Nepali Congress general secretary and member of the House of Representatives (HoR) has demanded an immediate end to amnesty to prisoners

Taliban officials on Wednesday said that 66 prisoners, including childrens, were released from the prisons.

The district administration office, Ilam, has launched investigations into a video showing inmates of the district prison, gambling and alcohol-drinking.

At present, it houses 3,448 jailbirds against its capacity of 1,500, according to the prison administrator Ishwori Prasad Pandey.

He recalled himself having served his term in the prison in the past (one month in 1978, and eight and a half months in 1979).

Seven inmates have voted from the Central Jail Jagannath Deol polling station.

Death toll has risen to eight in the Evin Prison blaze in Iran after four more inmates.

The district prison, Kavrepalanchok has set up a carpet industry with the aim of providing employment to the prisoners.

President Vidya Devi Bhandari has pardoned the sentence handed down by various courts on different dates.

On the occasion of National Democracy Day, President Bidyadevi Bhandari has pardoned 501 prisoners.