Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 14 (ANI): The government of Pakistan's Punjab Province has withdrawn a request to extend the house arrest of banned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and four of his associates under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 12 (ANI): Maharashtra's Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam on Thursday said that the sale or use of firecrackers would not be banned in the state, ahead of the festival of Diwali.
Deoband (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 07 (ANI): The Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic school, issued a fatwa (religious edict) on Saturday that banned women from plucking, trimming and shaping their eyebrows and also cutting their hair.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 6 (ANI): The Chhattisgarh government has banned the use of chlorinated plastic and short-life Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) in the state.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 27 (ANI): The chief of the banned group Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Abu Faisal and Sarafat Ali, have been sentenced to three years imprisonment each by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court in Bhopal, in connection with the Khand
Karachi [Pakistan], Sept 20 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a five-year ban on tainted batsman Khalid Latif for his involvement into the spot-fixing scandal that marred the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) earlier this year.
Lahore [Pakistan], Sept 19 (ANI): Tainted batsman Khalid Latif is likely to be slapped with a ban as well as a fine when the Pakistan Cricket Board's anti-corruption tribunal will announce its short verdict in his suspected involvement in the spot-fixing scandal in the second edition of the
Panaji (Goa) [India], September 18 (ANI): Announcing a notification on banning drinking in public places, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has stated that the state will ban drinking of liquor in public places to curb the nuisance created by people in drunken state.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sep 7 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday acknowledged the existence of terrorist organisations, naming Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) among the internationally banned outfits operating from within the country.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 6 (ANI): After the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) nabbed a Bangladeshi national from Muzaffarnagar on Sunday morning, the Additional Director General (ADG) of UP said that the main suspect is still absconding.
Caracas [Venezuela], July 28 (ANI): Venezuela is in state of a crisis as government has banned all protests that could affect or "disturb" Sunday's vote called by President Nicolas Maduro to elect a new lawmaking body known as the Constituent Assembly to rewrite the 1999 con