Bogota, Colombia, Feb 2: Gustavo Petro was imprisoned as a rebel in the 1980s on a weapons conviction. As Bogota's new mayor, he wants to get firearms off the streets of this city where the
London, Jan 8: Mohammad Asif has lodged an appeal with sport's highest court against his minimum five-year ban by the ICC for spot-fixing, lawyers for the jailed Pakistan cricketer said Saturday.London-based firm SJS Solicitors also
Allahabad, Nov 16: A PIL seeking a ban on controversial TV reality show “Big Boss” accusing it of violating “norms of decency” and having a “polluting effect on public morality” today came up for hearing
Sydney, Oct 10: Sydney FC striker Mark Bridge is facing suspension for two A-League matches after receiving a red card for an altercation with Melbourne Victory defender Rodrigo Vargas on Saturday.Football Federation Australia said Monday
Harare, Zimbabwe, Sept 27: Players and officials involved in match-fixing could receive lighter punishments by coming clean, FIFA's head of security said Monday.Chris Eaton wrapped up a trip to Zimbabwe, where the sport has been
New Delhi, Sept 20: Faced with strong protests from the farmers and a demand from the Maharashtra Government, the Government on Tuesday announced lifting of ban on export of onions with immediate effect. The decision
Bangalore, Sep 15: Facing flak from the state film industry, the Kannada Film Producers Association (KFPA) today lifted its three-year ban on multilingual actress Nikita Thukral just four days after imposing the step calling the
Mumbai, Sept 12: Shiv Sena has written a letter to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asking him to lift the ban on the export of onions.“As the onion farmers are suffering losses due to the
Nyon (Switzerland), Sep 5: UEFA has rejected Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's appeal against his two-match touchline ban.UEFA said Monday that Wenger will be forced to miss the club's first two Champions League group games, against
New Delhi, Aug 19: Giving the go ahead for the screening of Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Aarakshan' in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court today quashed the ban imposed by the state, saying public discussion and dissent
New Delhi, Aug 16 : The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on filmmaker Prakash Jha's petition challenging the state government's decision to ban screening of ‘Aarakshan'. A bench
Patna, Aug 11: RJD today demanded that Nitish Kumar government in Bihar ban the release of Prakash Jha's controversial Hindi film “Aarakashan” (Reservation) in keeping with Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.RJD workers brought out a procession
Vadodara, Jun 6: With an aim to bring relief to the cotton-growers in the country, Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, requesting him
Islamabad, May 8: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has barred all major foreign television channels from making live broadcasts from Abbottabad five days after US commandos killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden there,
Karachi, Apr 11: Pakistan's politico-religious party Jamaat-e-Islaami has taken offence to a private school teaching 'kathak' to its students, terming the dance form as being against the values of the country while threatening that the
New Delhi/Mumbai, Apr 1: The ICC tonight lifted the ban on news television channels covering the world cup finals following intervention by Information and Broadcasting Ministry, but will seek legal action against them for alleged
Tunis, Mar 23: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has launched a strong defence of the air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's forces which face growing criticism from doubters led by Russia and China.Raising the spectre of past
New Delhi, Dec 7: It is the Indian Mujahideen again in the news with the blast in Varanasi, the first time after it was banned and designated as a terror outfit by the Union Government
London: The ban on England players' wives and girlfriends until six weeks into the Ashes has not gone down too well with mercurial batsman Kevin Pietersen, who is said to be sulking at the prospect
Intense rocket barrage prevented a plane carrying United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt from landing at the Kabul airport on Tuesday and the aircraft was forced to be diverted
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