From Deccan Chronicle
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Mumbai Police have restricted firecracker sales across the city and banned fireworks near Chembur refineries till December 2, with the orders aimed at preventing public inconvenience and potential safety hazards. Meanwhile, Nepal Police arrested an Indian national in Kathmandu on charges of possessing firecrackers that are banned in Nepal ahead of Diwali.
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Kathmandu: Nepal Police have arrested an Indian national from Kathmandu on charges of possessing firecrackers, which are banned in the Himalayan country, ahead of the festival of Diwali. Raman Kumar Mehta, 29, from Motihari in Bihar, was arrested from Tinchule in the eastern part of Kathmandu…
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Police confiscated various types of firecrackers amounting to NPR 400,000 from him. The firecrackers were recovered from his rented room at Tinchule-Bouddha during a raid.
