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Dance Bars

  • Maharashtra may introduce ordinance against dance bars, says state finance minister

    Maharashtra may introduce ordinance against dance bars, says state finance minister

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 18, 2019 · 03:29 pm
  • The big news: Centre curtails tenure of CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, and 9 other top stories

    The big news: Centre curtails tenure of CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, and 9 other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 17, 2019 · 08:47 pm
  • Reading list: Six articles on Maharashtra’s dance bar ban and its impact on dancers, business owners

    Reading list: Six articles on Maharashtra’s dance bar ban and its impact on dancers, business owners

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 17, 2019 · 07:31 pm
  • Dance bars: NCP accuses Maharashtra government of ‘nexus’ with bar owners after SC judgement

    Dance bars: NCP accuses Maharashtra government of ‘nexus’ with bar owners after SC judgement

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 17, 2019 · 03:38 pm
  • Top news: Supreme Court relaxes norms for dance bar licences in Mumbai

    Top news: Supreme Court relaxes norms for dance bar licences in Mumbai

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 17, 2019 · 10:18 am
  • Ban on dance bars: ‘It seems like total moral policing is going on,’ SC tells Maharashtra government

    Ban on dance bars: ‘It seems like total moral policing is going on,’ SC tells Maharashtra government

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 09, 2018 · 10:54 pm
  • Mumbai Police cancel licences of city’s three dance bars for not complying with fire safety norms

    Mumbai Police cancel licences of city’s three dance bars for not complying with fire safety norms

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 08, 2018 · 12:09 pm
  • No art in dance bar performances: Maharashtra government tells Supreme Court

    No art in dance bar performances: Maharashtra government tells Supreme Court

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 11, 2017 · 01:52 pm
  • Mumbai: Supreme Court permits three dance bars to operate under old law and serve liquor

    Mumbai: Supreme Court permits three dance bars to operate under old law and serve liquor

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 21, 2016 · 02:46 pm
  • Better to dance than to beg on the streets, says Supreme Court on Maharashtra dance bars

    Better to dance than to beg on the streets, says Supreme Court on Maharashtra dance bars

    Scroll Staff Scroll
    · Apr 25, 2016 · 06:50 pm
  • SC orders Maharashtra to give licences to dance bars, says no to CCTVs on their premises

    SC orders Maharashtra to give licences to dance bars, says no to CCTVs on their premises

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 02, 2016 · 01:48 pm