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Niti Aayog's direction to auto industries to switch to EVs by 2025 impract
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 24 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Wednesday termed as "impractical" and "draconian," the Niti Aayog's direction to the automobile industries to switch to Electric Vehicles by the year 2025.
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Opposition leaders being placed under detention as Maldives President decl
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 05 (ANI): Opposition leaders across the Maldives are being rounded up and placed under detention as draconian measures are being put in place by President Abdulla Yameen. Early Monday evening President Yameen declared a state of emergency for 15 days.
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IMA terms National Medical Commission draconian, undemocratic
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Jan. 02 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday termed the National Medical Commission as draconian and undemocratic.
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Repeal blasphemy law to make Pak safe place for minority Christians, says
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug.7 (ANI): Christians, who form about 1.6 percent of Pakistan's population, live in constant fear of persecution from extremist Islamic groups in that country because of legal strictures such as the draconian "Blasphemy Law", a woman Member of the Europea
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GST rules contain draconian 'arrest clause': Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] June 30 (ANI): Expressing her concern over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) roll-out, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that the rules contain a draconian arrest clause, adding it would hamper small and medium businesses.
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Trump targets India over Paris Climate Agreement
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], June 2 (ANI): President Donald Trump specifically targeted India as he elaborated on "the disadvantages" of the Paris Climate Agreement, saying, due to the "draconian financial and economic burdens" the agreement imposes on the United States.
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Won't fight elections henceforth: Irom Sharmila
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Mar. 11 (ANI): Disappointed over the outcome of Manipur election results, Irom Sharmila on Saturday said she would not contest any elections henceforth, adding, she would continue her work so that the "draconian" Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts gets rep
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Demonetisation nothing but `surgical anarchy`: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata [India], Nov. 12 (ANI): Coming down heavily on the Centre for scrapping Rs. 500 and 1,000 currency notes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday asserted that this "dangerous, disastrous and draconian" decision of the ruling dispensation was nothing but &quo
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Bihar Govt. snubs Patna HC's order, reinforces liquor ban
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct. 2 (ANI): A day after the Patna High Court scrapped the Bihar Government's prohibition law, saying it was "draconian" in nature and application, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said liquor ban would be reinforced in the state, and if need be hi
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