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Students and teachers in Kanpur women colleges better watch out what you wear as the institute authorities have prohibited them from wearing jeans, danglers, sleeveless blouses and heels on the campus.
Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs on Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the US, Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons, blamed for maiming and killing civilians.- Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was on Friday banned for a Test match after being found guilty of hitting Australian all-rounder Shane Watson with his elbow during the ongoing third cricket Test in New Delhi.
A strong demand for ban on Bajrang Dal and Hindu Jagran Manch was on Thursday made in the wake of reports that some Hindu groups were allegedly involved in the Malegaon and Modasa blasts, triggering noisy scenes in the Rajya Sabha.
The Lahore High Court on Friday deferred a hearing into Pakistan Cricket Board's petition seeking directives on whether to allow Shoaib Akhtar to play for the national team without paying a Rs seven million disciplinary fine until next Friday.
The Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, has dared the Indian government to ban it, warning that the authorities would face the "consequences" if it was outlawed.
The UK advertising watchdog has banned a radio commercial of Vodafone, the world's top mobile operator, for being too fast with terms and conditions of a promotional offer.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday banned the use of plastic bags by shops in the national capital and asked the city government to enforce the ban at the earliest.
The Congress on Wednesday supported the demand of Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal to ban the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday stayed a special tribunal's order to lift the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India. The tribunal had on Tuesday lifted the ban suggesting that there wasn't enough fresh evidence to maintain the ban.
A special tribunal headed by Justice Geeta Mittal, a sitting Delhi High Court judge, on Tuesday lifted the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India, saying there are no evidence to consider it was a terrorist organisation.
A group representing Iraqi athletes will file a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice against the International Olympic Committee over its decision to uphold its ban on Iraqi at the Beijing Games, an official said on Friday.- The International Olympic Committee has confirmed a ban on Iraq from competing in the Beijing Games in a major blow to seven Iraqi athletes who had hoped to travel to China this August, an IOC letter said.
- Shoaib Akhtar got a temporary reprieve with the Lahore High Court on Friday suspending the 18-month ban on the temperamental pacer, while maintaining the Rs seven million fine on him.
Kevin Pietersen has been named England's stand-in captain for the next four limited-overs internationals, following the ICC's decision to ban Paul Collingwood.
Canada has banned the World Tamil Movement and frozen its assets for raising funds for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.- Disgraced sprinter Antonio Pettigrew joined his American relay teammate Michael Johnson by planning to hand back the gold medal he won at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.
