Banned From Buses

Kerala's Sabarimala temple opened its doors to women of all ages on Wednesday evening after much protest, violence and the final imposition of prohibitory orders that bans large gatherings. Through the day, protesters had been trying to enforce the centuries-old ban on the entry of women of reproductive age in the temple, which was scrapped by the ...

Protests intensified around Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple as the shrine to Lord Ayappa got ready to open its doors to women of reproductive age following a Supreme Court order overturning the centuries-old ban. Crew from four media companies was attacked and two women, who had started the 7-km trek towards the hilltop shrine, had to turn back. ...

Commuters on Madrid's buses have long been banned from putting their feet on seats or smoking, but from this week a new prohibition is in place, targeting male passengers: no 'manspreading'.

Cars and buses will not be allowed into Connaught Place, the heart of Delhi, for three months starting February. The ban will be part of a pilot smart city project that will be launched next month and will aim to reduce pollution and congestion in the area.

While Delhi Chief Minister Arind Kejriwal's Odd-Even-Rule might have faced a lot of criticism in India, it seems to have inspired Spain's capital city, Madrid, to follow suit. The Madrid's city hall has recently announced it had ordered half of most private cars off the roads to fight a particularly bad bout of pollution, which has happened for the...

The government today curtailed the use of old 500 rupee notes for purchasing tickets of railway, metro and state road transport buses till December 10, as against December 15 announced previously.

On July 15, the Madras High Court banned 169 service providers from making the film available illegally online. The court also ruled that cable TV operators, buses and taxis not be allowed to screen the movie

Amid rising concerns over pollution level in the Capital and other cities in India, the government plans to ban trucks and buses older than 15 years from plying on the roads across the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday ordered the suspension of a controversial measure banning Palestinians from riding the same buses as Jewish settlers when returning from Israel to the West Bank.

Amid an upsurge in separatist violence, a city in China's restive Xinjiang region has banned those in Islamic headscarves, burqas and with long beards from public transport.

A city in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has banned people with large beards or Islamic clothing from travelling on public buses, state media said, prompting outrage from an overseas rights group Wednesday.

Militants linked to terror outfit Al-Qaeda have banned "unrelated" Somalian men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together in public, said a media report. The militants said people who break the rules could be imprisoned, whipped or even executed, the Daily Mail reported. They have already banned women in the country from working in...

Kerala's Sabarimala temple opened its doors to women of all ages on Wednesday evening after much protest, violence and the final imposition of prohibitory orders that bans large gatherings. Through the day, protesters had been trying to enforce the centuries-old ban on the entry of women of reproductive age in the temple, which was scrapped by the ...

Protests intensified around Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple as the shrine to Lord Ayappa got ready to open its doors to women of reproductive age following a Supreme Court order overturning the centuries-old ban. Crew from four media companies was attacked and two women, who had started the 7-km trek towards the hilltop shrine, had to turn back. ...

Commuters on Madrid's buses have long been banned from putting their feet on seats or smoking, but from this week a new prohibition is in place, targeting male passengers: no 'manspreading'.

Cars and buses will not be allowed into Connaught Place, the heart of Delhi, for three months starting February. The ban will be part of a pilot smart city project that will be launched next month and will aim to reduce pollution and congestion in the area.

While Delhi Chief Minister Arind Kejriwal's Odd-Even-Rule might have faced a lot of criticism in India, it seems to have inspired Spain's capital city, Madrid, to follow suit. The Madrid's city hall has recently announced it had ordered half of most private cars off the roads to fight a particularly bad bout of pollution, which has happened for the...

The government today curtailed the use of old 500 rupee notes for purchasing tickets of railway, metro and state road transport buses till December 10, as against December 15 announced previously.

On July 15, the Madras High Court banned 169 service providers from making the film available illegally online. The court also ruled that cable TV operators, buses and taxis not be allowed to screen the movie

Amid rising concerns over pollution level in the Capital and other cities in India, the government plans to ban trucks and buses older than 15 years from plying on the roads across the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday ordered the suspension of a controversial measure banning Palestinians from riding the same buses as Jewish settlers when returning from Israel to the West Bank.

Amid an upsurge in separatist violence, a city in China's restive Xinjiang region has banned those in Islamic headscarves, burqas and with long beards from public transport.

A city in China's mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has banned people with large beards or Islamic clothing from travelling on public buses, state media said, prompting outrage from an overseas rights group Wednesday.

Militants linked to terror outfit Al-Qaeda have banned "unrelated" Somalian men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together in public, said a media report. The militants said people who break the rules could be imprisoned, whipped or even executed, the Daily Mail reported. They have already banned women in the country from working in...