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  Supreme Court questions ban on entry of women at Sabarimala temple

  India | January 11, 2016 19:05 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the age-old tradition of banning entry of women of menstrual age group in historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala, saying it cannot be done under the Constitution.“The temple

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  Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah banned after failing doping test

  Cricket | December 27, 2015 17:05 IST

  Islamabad: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced that Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been provisionally suspended after being charged with violating rules under the sport's anti-doping code.According to the ICC, the sample Yasir

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  UP government calls for a complete ban on polythene use

  India | December 18, 2015 23:33 IST

  Lucknow: Seeking to make Uttar Pradesh an environemt-friendly place, the government today decided to enforce the ban on the use of polythene across the state, a month after the Allahabad High Courts direction to prohibit

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  Know which SUVs and luxury cars you can't register in Delhi-NCR

  December 17, 2015 15:09 IST

  New Delhi: In a move to curb the alarming rise in pollution levels in the national capital, the Supreme Court today ordered a ban on registration of Diesel SUVs and cars above 2000cc in the

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  Ban on diesel cars: NGT seeks reply of Centre, Delhi govt

  India | December 15, 2015 16:54 IST

  New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday asked the Centre and Delhi government to make clear their stand by Wednesday on capping and scrapping of diesel cars and providing incentives to those who do

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  Over 100,000 Britons want Donald Trump barred from entering UK

  World | December 09, 2015 23:06 IST

  London: An online petition that has crossed the 100,000 signatures threshold has called for a ban on Donald Trump from entering the U.K. after the US Presidential hopeful called for a temporary ban on the

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  Donald Trump rejects criticism of his proposal to ban Muslims

  World | December 08, 2015 20:06 IST

  Mount Plesant,South Carolina: Donald Trump on Tuesday stood by his call to block all Muslims from entering the United States, even as the idea was widely condemned by rival Republican presidential candidates, party leaders and

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  Mamata should learn from Chidambaram,lift ban on my serial: Taslima Nasreen

  India | November 29, 2015 23:27 IST

  New Delhi: Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen today advised West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to "learn" from Congress leader P Chidambaram.The author's statement came after Congress leader admitted banning Salman Rushdie's novel 'Satanic Verses' by the

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  How many years to correct the mistake, Rushdie asks on Satanic Verses ban

  World | November 29, 2015 23:27 IST

  New Delhi: Hours after former Finance Minister P Chidambaram termed the ban on Salman Rushdie's book "Satanic Verses" as wrong, the author asked how many more years it would take to correct the "mistake".Rushdie's remarks

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  Gujarat,Karnataka govts lift ban on sale of Maggi

  India | October 19, 2015 23:40 IST

  Ahmedabad: Gujarat Food and Drug Control Authority (FDCA) today said it lifted the ban on the sale of Nestle India's ‘Maggi' noodles after the Bombay High Court lifted the nationwide ban on it in August.

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  CSK, RR to return in 2018; BCCI to invite tender for new teams

  Cricket | October 18, 2015 17:01 IST

  Mumbai:The BCCI today decided against terminating the suspended IPL franchises of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, putting an end to the speculation surrounding their fate and ensuring their comeback in the cash-rich league in

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  When cricket was not a 'gentleman's game: Watch ugly on-field fight

  Cricket | September 22, 2015 18:03 IST

  New Delhi:  The fans of game of cricket witnessed an ugly turn of events when in a local match in Bermuda; the batsman almost knocked the head off the opposition wicket keeper's shoulder with his

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  Mobile internet ban lifted in Gandhinagar, Vadodara

  India | September 20, 2015 19:16 IST

  Ahmedabad:  The mobile internet ban was lifted today in Gandhinagar and Vadodara as the situation remained peaceful in Gujarat, a day after sporadic incidents of violence took place in some parts of the state following

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  Meat ban: SC declines to interfere with HC order

  India | September 17, 2015 15:13 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to interfere with the Bombay High Court which had stayed the order of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai prohibiting the sale of meat during the Jain

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  Now Bengaluru civic body bans meat on Ganesha Chaturthi

  India | September 15, 2015 23:38 IST

  Bengaluru:  Congress-Janata Dal (Secular)-controlled city civic body BBMP has become the latest civic body to ban sale of meat within its limits on the day of Ganesha Chaturthi on September 17.The Joint Director (Animal Husbandry)

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  Two civic bodies in Haryana order slaughter ban

  India | September 12, 2015 23:17 IST

  Chandigarh:  Joining their counterparts of Maharashtra and Gujarat, two civic bodies in Haryana have ordered ban on slaughter of animals for nine days in view of Jain festival even as the state government insisted that

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  Fish dies when out of water, no death due to slaughter: Government

  India | September 11, 2015 20:15 IST

  Mumbai:  “Fish dies the moment it is taken out of water. Hence, there is no death due to slaughter.”This was how the Maharashtra government responded today to a searching query by the Bombay High Court

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  Now, Chhattisgarh bans meat sale during Jain, Ganesh festivals

  India | September 11, 2015 19:28 IST

  Raipur: Amid the raging row over meat sale ban in Mumbai and some parts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan during 'Paryushan' festival of Jain community, the Chhattisgarh government has also ordered suspension of sale of meat

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  BMC withdraws ban on sale of meat;restrictions to stay only on Sept 17

  India | September 11, 2015 18:53 IST

  Mumbai: Under fire for its decision to ban slaughter and sale of meat in the city for two days during Jain festival ‘Paryushan', the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) today told the Bombay High

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  Meat, beef ban fever spreads to Rajasthan, J&K, Ahmedabad

  India | September 10, 2015 23:23 IST

  Jaipur/Mumbai/Ahmedabad/Jammu: The fever of banning meat and beef spread today with such directives being issued in Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and Ahmedabad even as controversy continued to rage in Mumbai where the High Court ruled