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Apex court bans manufacture, sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR

November 26, 2016

New Delhi, Nov 26: The Supreme Court on Friday banned the manufacturing and sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region due to its harmful effects on the quality of air.

firecrackerA three-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice T S Thakur directed the Union government to suspend all licences for sale, manufacturing and stocking of firecrackers with immediate effect.

“No such licence shall be granted or renewed till our further orders,” the bench, also comprising Justices A K Sikri and S A Bobde, said.

The court order comes as yet another decision to tackle the rising pollution in Delhi and its surrounding districts of Noida, Ghaziabad and Gurugram.

Besides imposing the ban, the court also asked the Central Pollution Control Board to study and prepare a report to show what elements were used in the manufacturing of the firecrackers in order to ascertain if they were harmful to people.

Three toddlers, aged between 3 to 14 months, through their parents had earlier approached the apex court seeking direction to completely ban bursting of firecrackers here.

Arjun Goyal, Aarav Bhandari and Zoya Rao Bhasin, all residents of Delhi, urged the court to protect their fundamental right for a clean and healthy environment.

Earlier, the court sought to know the concrete record showing impact of firecrackers on the air quality and human health, lifestyle and their productivity.

“Firecrackers are not only used in Diwali. They have become a part of life. Nowadays, they are used even during cricket matches, festivals, weddings and anniversaries. People are least bothered about its impact on the environment,” the bench had then said

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Skazi
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Sunday, 27 Nov 2016

The BAN should be for ALL INDIA.... At least people can live in peace ..

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March 2,2020

Tezpur (Assam), Mar 2: Seven boys, who had appeared for their class 10 board examinations, were apprehended on Sunday for allegedly raping and killing a 12-year-old girl in Assam's Biswanath district, police said.

The girl was hanged from a tree after the crime.

The incident happened on Friday in Chakla village under the jurisdiction of Gohpur police station, they said.

A senior police officer told PTI that the culprits, all of them High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examinees, were on the run, but were nabbed by a police team.

The accused after the examination had called the victim to a house on the pretext of organising a party and raped her, the officer said.

It is suspected that the girl was raped on Friday night and then hanged from a tree in a forest near the house, the senior police officer said.

The body was found on Saturday.

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February 12,2020

New Delhi, Feb 12: Delhi Chief Minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal was on Wednesday elected as the leader of AAP legislative party, a day after he led the party to an emphatic victory in the Delhi Assembly elections.

Kejriwal was elected as the AAP legislative party leader during a meeting called by him with the newly-elected party MLAs. The meeting was held at the AAP chief's residence.

Atishi, AAP's winning candidate from Kalkaji constituency said after the meeting, "It is definitely a validation of the work that has been done by AAP in the last five years, be it education, health care, water or electricity."

Kejriwal is slated to take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister for the third time at Ramlila Maidan on February 16.

AAP galloped to a landslide victory by winning 62 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections in the face of a high-voltage campaign by the BJP, which fielded a battery of Union Ministers and Chief Ministers in its electioneering, spearheaded by Home Minister Amit Shah.

The BJP marginally improved its tally, managing just eight seats from its 2015's tally of three seats. The Congress, which drew a blank in the previous elections, failed to open its account yet again.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced Rs 4 lakhs each for the families of deceased.

Thirteen people died in Gopalganj, 8 each in Madhubani and Nawada, 6 each in Baghalpur and Siwan, 5 each in Darbhanga, Banka, East Champaran and 3 each in Khagaria and Aurangabad.

Due to thunderstorms, two people each lost their lives in West Champaran, Kishanganj, Jamui, Jahanabad, Purnia, Supaul, Buxar, Kaimur while one death each was reported in Samastipur, Shivhar, Saran, Sitamarhi and Madhepura.

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