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  Mexican state bans animals in circuses

  World | August 23, 2014 11:36 IST

  Mexico City: Mexico's Coahuila state has banned the use of animals in circuses.The reform, unanimously passed by the state legislature, prohibits the use of animals in shows or promotional parades, including the use of rabbits

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  Community panchayat bans jeans, mobile phones for girls

  India | August 09, 2014 11:16 IST

  Muzaffarnagar (UP): A community panchayat has banned girls from wearing jeans and keeping mobile phones claiming that they were having a “bad” effect on them and were responsible for eve-teasing incidents.  The panchayat of Gujjar

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  Saudi Arabia bans Indian driver from travelling over unpaid phone bills

  World | July 21, 2014 15:21 IST

  Riyadh:  An Indian in Saudi Arabia has been slapped with a travel ban over his inability to pay staggeringly high phone bills for SIM cards that he claimed were falsely registered under his name, a

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  Arunachal Pradesh government bans post-retirement appointments

  India | June 12, 2014 13:11 IST

  Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government has put a general ban on post retirement appointments of its employees.The government in its order of June 6 last has also directed the heads of departments not to process

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  India bans testing of animals for Cosmetic products

  India | May 24, 2014 6:40 IST

  New Delhi: India on Friday banned testing for cosmetic products and their ingredients on animals."Effective today, the animal testing for cosmetic products and ingredients is outlawed throughout India. This is a huge victory for animals

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  Supreme Court bans Tamil Nadu bull fights

  India | May 07, 2014 14:42 IST

  Chennai: The Supreme Court Wednesday banned Tamil Nadu's centuries-old Jallikattu bull fights.A bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose also asked the centre to amend the law on preventing cruelty to animals

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  FA bans Mourinho's Chelsea assistant for 6 games

  Football | May 02, 2014 12:49 IST

  LONDON : The English Football Association has given an assistant to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho a six-match stadium ban for misconduct on the touchline.   During Chelsea's loss to Sunderland 12 days ago, the FA says

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  EU ban on Indian mango hits Maharashtra farmers hard

  India | April 28, 2014 23:24 IST

  Mumbai: The sudden ban on import of Indian mangos by the European Union has hit hard the farmers of Maharashtra, renowned for the luscious Alphonso and other varieties which are in great demand worldwide."The ban

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  Russia bans several websites critical of gov't

  March 14, 2014 12:07 IST

  Moscow: Russia on Thursday banned several websites notable for their criticism of the government and a blog run by prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny as the Kremlin intensified its crackdown on independent media amid tensions

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  Hockey India bans 21 players on disciplinary grounds.

  Hockey | March 13, 2014 20:44 IST

  New Delhi:  Hockey India (HI) Thursday slapped bans ranging from three to six months on 21 players for breaching the code of conduct and bringing disrepute to the sport.Besides imposing the bans on the players,

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  USFDA bans imports from Sun Pharma's Gujarat unit

  March 13, 2014 18:22 IST

  Mumbai: The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has banned imports from Indian generic drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's plant at Karkhadi in the western state of Gujarat.The alert was issued by the US

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  Strange: Kenyan priest bans women from wearing underclothes to church

  World | March 16, 2014 7:30 IST

  New Delhi: Believe it or not but a Kenyan priest prohibited his congregation from wearing innerwear saying it does not let Christ enter their lives.Pastor Rev Njohi heads the "females only" church  and he has

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  Pakistan media watchdog bans 'immoral' condom commercial

  World | July 23, 2013 19:55 IST

  Islamabad, Jul 23: Pakistan's media regulator on Tuesday barred television channels from airing a racy condom commercial featuring actress Mathira, saying such "immoral" content should not be beamed during the holy month of Ramzan.The Pakistan

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  Muslim panchayat bans cell-phone use by girls in Rajasthan

  India | January 10, 2013 14:21 IST

  Jaipur, Jan 10: After the khaps in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim community panchayat in Rajasthan Thursday banned girls from using cell-phones and also from dancing and singing at weddings, ostensibly in an effort

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  Bihar village bans women from using mobiles

  India | December 03, 2012 12:36 IST

  Patna, Dec 3: A village panchayat in Bihar has prohibited women from using mobile phones and imposed heavy fines on them if they violated the diktat, an official said Monday.The self-styled social reformers of Sunderbadi

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  CPN-Maoist bans Hindi films, Indian vehicles in 10 districts

  World | September 26, 2012 18:59 IST

  Kathmandu, Sep 26: CPN-Maoist, the breakaway faction of Nepal's ruling Maoists, has issued a warning against screening of Hindi films and operation of vehicles bearing Indian number plates in 10 districts, saying that anybody defying

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  Afghan govt bans YouTube to block anti-Islam film

  World | September 12, 2012 21:48 IST

  Kabul, Sep 12: The  government of Afghanistan today banned access to YouTube to block an anti-Islam film which triggered violence in Egypt and Libya, leading to the death of the US ambassador to Libya in

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  Bangladesh bans Shariful Haque for spot-fixing

  Cricket | September 04, 2012 20:37 IST

  Dhaka, Sept 4: Former international player Shariful Haque has been  banned indefinitely on charge of spot-fixing, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced today.  "The allegation made against the player has been substantiated," BCB president Mustafa Kamal

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  Supreme Court bans wildlife tourism in tiger reserves, tour operators upset

  India | July 24, 2012 23:25 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 24: Stepping in to conserve the big cat, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there shall be no tourism activity in any of the core zones of tiger reserves across the

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  Himachal govt bans sale of Gutka, Pan Masala

  India | July 13, 2012 21:05 IST

  Shimla, Jul 13: Evoking provisions of Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006, the Himachal Pradesh government on Friday announced a complete ban of sale and distribution of Gutka, Pan Masala, Masheri, Khaini and other such