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Bangladesh bans top Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing after deadly jobs protests
World | Aug 01, 2024, 04:54 PM ISTBangladesh PM Hasina and several other Cabinet ministers have accused the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir of playing a role in the violence during the student protests.
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Megadrought linked to powerful ancient civilisation's collapse: Study
Science | Nov 16, 2019, 11:46 AM ISTThe researchers found that the megadroughts that affected the empire started decades earlier than previously thought, and also discovered that the region experienced one of the wettest times in the period prior to the megadrought in a span of nearly 3800 years.
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Rajasthan bans certain categories of pan masala
India | Oct 02, 2019, 03:16 PM ISTProduction, storage, distribution and sale of these products will not be allowed in the state.
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Pakistan bans advertisements featuring Indian artists
World | Aug 15, 2019, 11:55 PM ISTPakistan's electronic media watchdog has banned the airing of advertisements featuring Indian artists as part of the country's protest against India revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Gujarat: Thakor community bans cellphones for unmarried women
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:24 PM ISTMembers of the Thakor community in Gujarat's Banaskantha district have issued a diktat banning unmarried women from carrying mobile phones and fining parents of youngsters opting for inter-caste marriages. The diktat was passed "unanimously" in a meeting on July 14 by elders of the community from 12 villages in the district's Dantiwada taluka, a leader from the community said Tuesday.
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With monsoon imminent, Goa bans swimming in sea
India | Jun 10, 2019, 07:12 PM ISTWith the imminent arrival of the monsoon and strong winds blowing across the coastline on Monday, a private lifeguard agency appointed by the state government to man Goa's beaches has banned swimming and all water sports activity till the end of September.
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Yogi Adityanath bans mobile phones in cabinet meetings
India | Jun 01, 2019, 03:09 PM IST"The Chief Minister wants all ministers should focus on issues that are discussed in the cabinet meetings. They should not get distracted by their mobile phones. Some ministers have been busy reading messages on WhatsApp during the meetings," said a senior official in the chief minister's secretariat.
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SC bans appointment of acting police chiefs
India | Jul 03, 2018, 06:51 PM ISTThe top court's direction to all the states and Union Territories came during the hearing of an application by the Centre seeking modification of its direction mandating compulsory two-year term, irrespective of the age of retirement, for the post of police chiefs.
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Pakistan cricketers Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif set to face long bans and heavy fines
Cricket | Aug 28, 2017, 08:59 PM ISTAttempts by Khalid to challenge the tribunal in the Lahore High Court also failed, not once but twice.
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France bans ‘extremely thin’ models to stop eating disorders
Lifestyle | May 06, 2017, 12:10 PM ISTFrance took this step to curb eating disorders among women
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Gujarat court refuses to ban a book mocking PM Narendra Modi citing Article 19
National | Jun 30, 2016, 11:39 AM ISTAhmedabad: A court here has dismissed a suit seeking a ban on the sale of a Gujarati book in which author Jayesh Shah, a Congress leader, has allegedly mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Civil
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FIFA prosecutors seek life bans for two South American officials
Football | Feb 18, 2016, 07:10 PM ISTZurich: Fifa ethics prosecutors are seeking life bans for two South American officials who have already pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal investigation of corruption in world soccer.The Fifa ethics committee said Thursday it completed
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Pakistan freezes JuD bank accounts, imposes foreign travel curbs on Hafiz Saeed
World | Jan 23, 2015, 11:55 AM ISTIslamabad: Under prodding from the United States and the UK, Pakistan on thursday said the bank accounts of Hafiz Mohammed Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawah have been frozen and foreign travel restrictions have been imposed on Saeed.Foreign Office
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Sierra Leone bans Christmas and New Year festivities
World | Dec 13, 2014, 06:20 AM ISTFreetown: The head of the National Ebola Response Center of Sierra Leone, Paolo Conteh, said on Friday that there will be no Christmas and New year festivities this year.The center's chief executive officer Conteh made
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Beijing bans smoking in public spaces
World | Nov 29, 2014, 01:11 PM ISTBeijing: Beijing has adopted a smoking ban in all indoor public spaces including workplaces and public transport.The official Xinhua News Agency reports the ban will go into effect on June 1 and carry a fine
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Brisbane airport bans corruption ad ahead of G20
World | Nov 04, 2014, 11:15 AM ISTCanberra, Australia: A day after saying a billboard advertisement highlighting climate change was too political for world leaders gathering in the Australian city of Brisbane for a major economic summit, local airport authorities said Tuesday
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Bihar madrasa bans admission to girls
India | Oct 14, 2014, 12:56 PM ISTPatna: A government-affiliated madrasa in Bihar has banned admission for girls as there is no separate sitting arrangement for them and co-education is against the Islamic tenets, officials said on Tuesday.Madrasa Azizia in Bihar Sharief,
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Gay marriage bans in Idaho, Nevada struck down
World | Oct 08, 2014, 07:15 AM ISTBoise, Idaho: A federal appeals court declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage in 30 other states.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court
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Live and let live: Himachal court bans animal sacrifice
India | Oct 03, 2014, 11:58 AM ISTShimla: Live and let live. This idiom has summed up the landmark 110-page humane judgment of the Himachal Pradesh High Court that banned the age-old tradition prevailing in most areas of the hill state to
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California bans use of plastic bags
World | Oct 01, 2014, 10:51 AM ISTLos Angeles: California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a legislation banning grocery stores from using plastic bags.This legislation has made California the first US state to prohibit the distribution of plastic bags in stores, Xinhua