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Delhi: Over 600 kg illegal crackers seized, 31 arrested on Diwali
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): In its crackdown on storing and selling polluting firecrackers, following the Supreme Court order, the Delhi Police arrested 31 people and seized over 600 kg illegal crackers on Diwali day.
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LGBT crackdowns: Dar es Salaam Governor vows mass arrests
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dar es Salaam [Tanzania], Nov 1 (ANI): In increasing crackdowns on the LGBT community in Tanzania, Paul Makonda, the Governor of Dar es Salaam vowed to arrest citizens belonging to the community by next week.
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DRI seizes 100 kg smuggled gold within 48 hours
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 27 (ANI): In a major crackdown on organized crime syndicates involved in smuggling of gold into India, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has, in a series of operations in last 48 hours across the country seized more than 100 kgs of smuggled gold.
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Centre constitutes 4-member GoM to crackdown on workplace sexual harassmen
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government on Wednesday constituted a four-member Group of Ministers headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh "to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks to deal with and prevent sexual harassment at work
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UP: Dy CM Dinesh Sharma hails govt crackdown on expenditure
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 21 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Dinesh Sharma on Friday hailed the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led state government for the cost-cutting measures that were implemented on September 19.
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Facebook bans controversial myPersonality app, 400 others in crackdown
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
California [United States], August 23 (ANI): Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook tightened its app scrutiny process and demanded the controversial myPersonality app to agree to the audit.
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Asian Games: Indonesian police kills dozens of criminals in crackdown
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Aug 18 (ANI): Indonesian police has killed dozens of petty criminals in a massive crackdown against them, ahead of the 18th edition of the Asian Games that begins today.
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Civil society members call for restoring democracy in Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Civil society members from Maldives have called for restoring democracy in the wake of ongoing political turmoil in the island nation. They have sought help from the international community to have free and fare presidential elections scheduled to be held on
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15 villagers killed in Bastar, not Naxals: Cong MLA
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Congress MLA Kawasi Lakhma on Sunday claimed that 15 innocent villagers were killed in the recent crackdown on Naxals by the security forces and not 15 Naxals.
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Crackdown on Pak media is more than what meets eyes
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): With the general elections in Pakistan around the corner, the atmosphere of scrutiny being created by security establishments in the country is subtly paving the way towards a favourable outcome--the victory of Imran Khan, according to an article publishe
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Detention orders issued for senior PML-N leaders
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Jul 13 (ANI): Intensifying its crackdown on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party workers, the Punjab Police has issued detention orders for senior party leaders, including former minister Saad Rafique.
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Hyderabad: Crackdown on vendors for use of plastic
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 4 (ANI): Despite a ban on plastic, there has been a rampant use of the same across the city.
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