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  Malala's book banned by private schools in Pakistan

  World | November 10, 2013 18:06 IST

  Islamabad: A book by Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who fearlessly took on the Taliban, has been banned by a federation of private schools in Pakistan which said it would have a "negative" impact on

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  Troicki ban reduced to 12 months for doping offense

  Tennis | November 05, 2013 19:44 IST

  Switzerland: Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki had his doping ban reduced to 12 months on Tuesday, though he still cannot play in next week's Davis Cup final.   The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Troicki

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  Only losers demand a ban on opinion polls: BJP

  National | November 04, 2013 17:41 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today said restricting opinion polls is neither constitutionally permissible nor desirable as they are a part of free speech and maintained that only losers demand a ban on them.Countering the Congress demand

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  EC wants to ban conduct of opinion polls during elections, BJP objects

  National | November 04, 2013 22:02 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission is going to forward to the Law Ministry a proposal to prohibit conducting of opinion polls and dissemination of results thereof during the period starting from date of notification of

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  Swimmer Arjun Muralidharan banned for 2 years on doping charge

  Other Sports | October 30, 2013 21:21 IST

  New Delhi: Champion swimmer Arjun Muralidharan has been handed a two-year ban by National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel after testing positive for stimulant Methylhexaneamine during the All India Police Aquatics Championships in March.The panel imposed a

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  Govt mulls ban of official usage of Gmail, Yahoo

  India | October 29, 2013 15:57 IST

  New Delhi: Wary of cyber snooping, the government could ban e-mail services such as Gmail and Yahoo for official communications by December this year in a move to safeguard its critical and sensitive data.The government

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  Sex scandal: 5 Pak women cricketers banned for six months

  Cricket | November 01, 2013 17:04 IST

  Karachi:  Five Pakistani women cricketers have been banned for six months for falsely accusing their officials of sexual harassment. Pakistan cricket authorities on Friday said that their allegation were found to be untrue during an

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  China enforces rules to ban teenage romance in schools

  World | October 11, 2013 15:36 IST

  New Delhi: Maintain half a metre distance, don't walk together in school premises -- are some of the strange instructions issued by several schools in China to discourage teenagers from falling in love or  getting

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  Agnivesh demands ban on confining hens inside battery cages in India

  India | October 08, 2013 14:40 IST

  New Delhi: Social activist Swami Agnivesh has demanded a ban on confining egg-laying hen inside 'battery' cages in India by poultry owners. In a letter to Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, Agnivesh described this as 'inhuman'

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  UEFA bans Dortmund coach Klopp for 2 matches

  Football | October 03, 2013 16:07 IST

  Nyon, Switzerland: Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp must serve a two-match Champions League ban for his “irresponsible” rant at a match official.UEFA says the automatic one-match suspension after his sending off for “pestering a match

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  Ban not going to stop me: Lalit Modi

  Cricket | September 26, 2013 12:27 IST

  New Delhi:  Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi remained unperturbed and defiant despite being banned Wednesday from all cricketing activities by the Indian cricket board and said the "ban is not going to

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  Pakistani university bans jeans, tight dresses of female students

  World | September 25, 2013 22:28 IST

  Islamabad: The National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has banned its female students to wear indecent dress including jeans and tights in the varsity.The NUST management pasted the particular directions on the notice board

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  UP activist moves court for ban on 'Ram Leela'

  Bollywood | September 24, 2013 17:44 IST

  Lucknow: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed before the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench Wednesday for a ban on Bollywood film "Ram Leela", releasing Nov 15, if its makers did not change its name.In

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  Egypt bans Muslim Brotherhood group

  World | September 23, 2013 21:30 IST

  Cairo: An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the Muslim Brotherhood to be banned and its assets confiscated in a dramatic escalation of a crackdown by the military-backed government against supporters of the ousted Islamist president

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  Pakistani authorities ban science text book

  World | September 21, 2013 18:45 IST

  Lahore: The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has banned a science book for Grade VI students of a chain of elite schools for containing material that could provoke “sexual desire”.The text book used by the

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  El Salvador bans 14 footballers for life

  Football | September 21, 2013 11:25 IST

  San Salvador: The central American country of El Salvador's football federation has slapped a life-time ban on 14 members of its national team for match-fixing.One of them is the goalkeeper Dagoberto Portillo. Another three players

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  Ban orders imposed in PU as student groups agitate

  India | September 09, 2013 19:59 IST

  Chandigarh: Prohibitory orders were imposed on Panjab University (PU) campus Monday as various student groups continued with their protests against the recent election results of the PU Campus Students' Council (PUCSC).Chandigarh District Magistrate M.Shayin imposed

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  Centre tells states to ban over-the-counter sale of acid

  India | September 06, 2013 18:11 IST

  New Delhi: Complying with the Supreme Court directive, the Union Home Ministry has asked all states to ban over-the-counter sale of acid in the wake of rising incidents of attacks on women using the chemical.The

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  IOA must adhere to IOC guidelines, says Sports minister, the ban is detrimental to Indian sports, asserts IOA

  Other Sports | September 06, 2013 12:51 IST

  New Delhi:  Sports Minister Jitendra Singh Thursday asserted that Indian Olympic Association (IOA) should toe the line of International Olympic Committee (IOC) which bars chargesheeted officials to continue in and run for office.Jitendra Singh's comments

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  IOC rejects IOA's clause, India's Olympic ban to continue

  Other Sports | September 05, 2013 12:36 IST

  New Delhi:  India will continue to remain out of the Olympic fold as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected the request of the suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to allow charge-sheeted officials to continue