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Katihar firing: Bihar police claim death not caused by police firing but by bullets shot by an unidentified person, release CCTV footage

OpIndia Staff - 28 July, 2023

Speaking about the Katihar firing incident, the Bihar police said that the death did not happen due to police firing, but by bullets shot by an unidentified person

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Bihar: 1 killed, 2 injured in Katihar after police open fire on villagers protesting against power cuts

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2023

1 person died in police firing at Barsoi in Bihar's Katihar when the villagers gathered outside the office of the Electricity Department

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People of Pakistan share their woes on Twitter as power outage hits the country amid severe economic crisis

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2023

As the country plunged into darkness, the people of Pakistan have resorted to Twitter to vent their frustrations

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Pakistan struggles as power crisis hits, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore face massive power outages after grid failure amid cost-cutting

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2023

Earlier this month, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif ordered all the federal departments to reduce power consumption. Restaurants in the country were ordered to close by 10:30 PM and shopping centres were asked to close by 8:30 PM

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Power crisis hits basket-case Pakistan: Telecom operators warn of shutting down mobile, internet services amid power outages

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2022

The country of Pakistan has been facing an escalation of its power crisis. According to the reports, the LNG tenders were scrapped by the country for the month of July due to high prices.