The Chinese government has protested the move and continues to do so, claiming the west is trying to 'maintain its hegemony' and contain China by abusing export controls. It charges the United States of encouraging other countries of ganging up against China as well, the report added.
Panahi was arrested last July and later ordered to serve six years on charges of propagandizing against the government, a sentence dating back to 2011 that had never been enforced.
The Rouse Avenue Court took cognizance of the chargesheet recently filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi's Excise police case naming several businessmen including Aam Aadmi Party's former communication head Vijay Nair.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that the Enforcement Directorate is used to poach MLAs and make and break governments after the ED filed a supplementary charge sheet in the scrapped excise policy case.
This matter pertains to the alleged thrashing of Manish Gupta by UP cops in a Gorakhpur Hotel. He allegedly died of the injuries. The investigation was transferred to the CBI and the trial was transferred to New Delhi in view of cops being accused in the matter.
Twelve leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have been detained by police while holding a meeting in its office in Feni district town on Saturday on charges of planning sabotage.
Hilaria Baldwin has opened up about the "emotional time" her family has been facing ahead of her husband, Alec Baldwin, being formally charged for his role in the shooting of Halyna Hutchins.
Fawad is facing sedition charges for publicly "threatening" the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a media talk -- was arrested from his Lahore residence on Wednesday after a case was registered against him at the Kohsar Police Station, reported Geo News.
Special PMLA court, Ranchi on Friday framed charges against Pankaj Mishra, MLA representative of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, and Bacchu Yadav in connection with illegal stone mining case worth over Rs 1,000 crore.