Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Police on Tuesday informed a court here that a sub-inspector arrested for allegedly sending a forged letter to the media has links with banned outfits. Police told the Thiruvananthapuram judicial magistrate court that they have stumbled upon crucial evidence that subinspector Biju Salim has links with banned outfits and hence they should be given his custody to crack the case. The court allowed police to keep Salim till...
02:46 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Tehran: Iranians hoping to buy a doll replica of Homer Simpson and his family won't find them on store shelves anymore. That's because the Iranian Government has added the dolls based on the popular American cartoon series to a list of banned toys in the country as it believes they promote Western culture. An Iranian newspaper reported that the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults took...
10:46 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Myanmar: Myanmar's new government has stopped blocking some foreign websites such as the BBC and YouTube in a gesture toward openness that is tempered by remaining harsh laws that still keep readers of such sites at risk of arrest. Once-banned websites that were opened this week for viewing include the Voice of America and the British Broadcasting Corp., as well the Democratic Voice of Burma, Radio Free Asia and the...
11:23 AM, Sep 18, 2011
London: Rock band Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album cover, which features a naked baby boy floating in a pool, has been banned from Facebook because it violates the webpage's terms of use. The American rock band comprised of singer Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic before the vocalist's death in 1994, reported Contactmusic. "Facebook does not allow photos that attack an individual or group, or that contain nudity, drug...
02:45 PM, Jul 28, 2011
London: A cosmetic advertisement featuring actress Julia Roberts has been banned in Britain after it was digitally altered to make her look flawless. The advertisement was banned after a Liberal Democrat MP, Jo Swinson, complained about the amount of airbrushing used on the image, contactmusic.com reported. Swinson claimed the commercial gave a "false impression of beauty". The "Pretty Woman" star appears in the campaign for Teint Miracle foundation by Lancome,...
02:38 PM, Jul 28, 2011
The book, 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India', by Joseph Lelyveld has found itself in a pool of controversy with state governments of Gujarat and Maharashtra banning it while the author himself is defending his book, saying that he never called the Mahatma a racist and a bi-sexual. ...
10:45 AM, Mar 31, 2011
London: Rihanna's racy new video 'S&M' has reportedly been banned by 11 countries and faces an age restriction on YouTube. The video, which depicts the 22-year-old popstar dressed in latex and whipping a man, has already been axed from the BBC's daytime radio playlist in the UK, reported Mirror online. "We are waiting for an edited version before deciding whether it will be played in the daytime," said a BBC...
11:22 AM, Feb 03, 2011
Detroit: It's official: Viral went viral, and now it's been virtually vaporized. Michigan's Lake Superior State University features the term linked to popular online video clips in its annual List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. The 2011 list, compiled by the university from nominations submitted from across North America throughout the year, was released Friday. Nominators did more than vanquish...
12:19 PM, Dec 31, 2010
New Delhi: You might want to rethink the advice that green vegetables are good for you. A new study by the NGO Consumer Voice on 35 different vegetables from potatoes to tomatoes, lady’s fingers to brinjals shows high doses of banned pesticides. Major quantities of pesticides that have been banned worldwide and here in India were found in bitter gourd and spinach with several other vegetables also contaminated. “We did...
09:52 PM, Nov 03, 2010
Bhopal: In provocative remarks, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday described the RSS as "fanatical", saying it was no different from banned terror outfit SIMI and that both hold "fundamentalist" views. "I know only that both SIMI and the RSS are fanatical and hold fundamentalist views," he said at a press conference here. When pointed out that the radical Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was a proscribed outfit, which was not...
04:04 PM, Oct 06, 2010
The state Home Minister says the law would also cover attempts to hurt caste and religious sentiments. ...
09:13 PM, Jul 12, 2010
The court said that Maharashtra government did not follow the proper procedure while banning the book. ...
06:35 PM, Jul 09, 2010
The singer is banned for calling Jesus 'gay' and promoting homosexuality ...
03:11 PM, May 03, 2010
Visuals obscene, denigrate women: I&B Ministry. ...
01:09 PM, Mar 11, 2010
Government will not interfere, says spokesperson. ...
11:51 AM, Jan 20, 2010
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