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  Bangladesh bans top Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing after deadly jobs protests

  World | August 01, 2024 16:54 IST

  Bangladesh 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 | November 16, 2019 11:46 IST

  The 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 | October 02, 2019 15:16 IST

  Production, 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 | August 15, 2019 23:55 IST

  Pakistan'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 | July 16, 2019 23:24 IST

  Members 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 | June 10, 2019 19:12 IST

  With 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 | June 01, 2019 15:09 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 | July 03, 2018 18:51 IST

  The 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 | August 28, 2017 20:59 IST

  Attempts 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 IST

  France 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 | June 30, 2016 11:39 IST

  Ahmedabad: 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 | February 18, 2016 19:10 IST

  Zurich: 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 | January 23, 2015 11:55 IST

  Islamabad: 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 | December 13, 2014 6:20 IST

  Freetown: 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 | November 29, 2014 13:11 IST

  Beijing: 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 | November 04, 2014 11:15 IST

  Canberra, 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 | October 14, 2014 12:56 IST

  Patna: 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 | October 08, 2014 7:15 IST

  Boise, 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 | October 03, 2014 11:58 IST

  Shimla: 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 | October 01, 2014 10:51 IST

  Los 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