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Firecracker sales plummet by 50 pc in Indore
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 7 (ANI): With only a few days left for Diwali, Indore’s firecracker market is still waiting for the usual hustle-bustle of customers as wholesalers report a reduction of fifty per cent trade from other districts.
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Haryana bans sale of firecrackers ahead of Diwali
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], November 7 (ANI): Haryana on Friday banned the sale and bursting of firecrackers across the state, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, adding that the notice will be issued on Saturday.
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This Diwali Hyderabad chooses Indian decorative products over Chinese
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 7 (ANI): This Diwali, people in Hyderabad are preferring India-made decorative items such as lights over Chinese products.
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Celebrate 'Blue Diwali' to spread awareness about diabetes: Health experts
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): As Diwali falls on World Diabetes Day on November 14 this year, after a gap of 20 years, health experts have come together to celebrate "Blue Diwali" to spread awareness about the disease, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Before Diwali, 5,000 PAC constables will be promoted to head constable ran
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 6 (ANI): Before Diwali, 5000 constables of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) will be promoted to head constable rank, informed Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi on Friday.
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'Complete ban' on bursting, sale of all kinds of firecrackers from Nov 7 t
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Friday directed for a 'complete ban' on bursting and sale of all kinds of firecrackers from November 7 to 30 in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi.
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Ahead of Diwali, Chandigarh bans sale, use of crackers with immediate effe
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Diwali festival, the Chandigarh administration on Friday banned the sale and use of crackers of all types with immediate effect and said that any violation will result in legal action.
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Bombay HC to go on two-week Diwali vacation from Nov 8
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 6 (ANI): The Bombay High Court will go on Diwali vacation from November 8 to November 22, during which period vacation benches will conduct physical hearings on "extremely urgent matters".
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SC defers after Diwali vacation hearing on plea to prevent air pollution
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday deferred after the Diwali vacation hearing on a plea seeking directions to ban stubble burning in the states neighbouring the national capital to prevent air pollution.
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Bursting of firecrackers not allowed in Karnataka in wake of COVID-19 pand
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 6 (ANI): A decision disallowing bursting of crackers has been taken in Karnataka in the wake of COVID-19 situation, said Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday.
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Turn-up the Volume this Diwali: Give Your Family the Gift of Great Audio
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): The festive season is here and who doesn't love gifting and receiving on Diwali. With the whole world spending more time indoors working, studying and entertaining from home, what better gift than a pair of powerful headphones or Bluetooth
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Traditional earthen lamps losing sales to Chinese lamps in MP's Indore
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 6 (ANI): Amid the upcoming festive period, despite the call for a boycott of Chinese products, potters in Indore complained of traditional earthen lamps (diyas) losing sales to Chinese products.
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