Aizawl: Mizoram government would ban import, sale and use of firecrackers during Christmas and New Year celebrations, state Home minister R Lalzirliana said here today.Lalzirliana told media persons that the state government had successfully banned
London: British lawmakers yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion declaring sex-selection abortion illegal, ending uncertainty over whether doctors can be prosecuted for the practice.They voted 181 to 1 for a motion brought forward
Raipur: In a step towards making Chhattisgarh plastic free, the state government has decided to restrict the use of polythene carry bags from next year. “The state government has decided to declare Chhattisgarh as ‘Plastic
Canberra, Australia: Australia will soon introduce a system to ban foreign “hate preachers” from entering the country and will attempt to outlaw the radical Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir under proposed tougher counterterrorism laws, the prime minister
Jammu: As it devotes its attention to flood relief and rehabilitation work, Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a complete ban on transfers and postings in the state till further orders.All the transfers ordered with
Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan vowed the country's cricket governing body was considering all its options to revoke ace off-spinner Saeed Ajmal's indefinite suspension by the International Cricket Council (ICC).The 36-year-old's bowling
New Delhi: When Saqlain mushtaq was perfecting the art of ‘Doosra' with tennis ball at his home terrace, little he knew he would not only revive the dying art of off spin bowling but would
New Delhi: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was yesterday allowed to present his arguments before a special tribunal constituted by the Delhi High Court to look into the ban on LTTE as an “unlawful organization”. The
New Delhi: Zimbabwe's Cricket administrators recently took an unprecedented step by banning one of their international bowlers for merely sharing a video that features Australia's fearsome pace bowler Mitchell Johnson bowling his trademark thunderbolts in
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis: Denesh Ramdin hit a memorable 169 off 121 balls and Darren Bravo struck 124 as the West Indies powered to a 3-0 series sweep of Bangladesh with a 91-run win
Madrid: Spanish football giant Barcelona confirmed that they will appeal to the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) after FIFA upheld its decision to ban the club from signing for the next two transfer windows
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Luis Suarez's four-month ban for biting an opponent at the World Cup, but cleared him Thursday to train with Barcelona. CAS said FIFA's sanctions against Suarez are "generally
New Delhi: A day after an environment body said that “large-scale and indiscriminate” use of antibiotics in poultry industry might be “strongly linked” to growing antibiotic resistance in Indians, Indian Medical Association (IMS) yesterday called
New Delhi: Despite ban on England all-rounder Moeen Ali for wearing wristband with 'Save Gaza' and 'Free Palestine' slogans there are cricketers who have decided to defy ICC and follow suit.Moeen Ali was seen wearing
New Delhi: A women's university rowing club has been banned from Facebook after their nude charity calendar was branded as pornography.According to daily mail, students from the University of Warwick Rowing Society dressed down for
Rio De Janeiro: FIFA President Sepp Blatter believes Luis Suarez's biting offense was "definitely not fair" -- though he won't say the player's name. "It is not fair what he has done," Blatter said Friday
Phagwara; Two days after US designated Jamat-ud-Dawa a terrorist group, VHP leader Praveen Togadia today asked the Narendra Modi government to ban it and declare its chief Hafiz Saeed a global terrorist. Talking to reporters
RIO DE JANEIRO: Transcript of the June 26 statement released by FIFA, football's international governing body, outlining the sanctions against Uruguay forward Luis Suarez for biting (the 100,000 Swiss franc fine is equivalent to $112,000):The
Istanbul: Turkey's government Tuesday lifted its ban on YouTube following last week's verdict by the country's apex court which said the ban violates the basic right of freedom of speech.The announcement was made by the
New Delhi: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is very pleased to announce that the AIBA Executive Committee has decided to lift the provisional exclusion of India imposed in December 2012 on the previous Indian Amateur
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