"Mamata Banerjee wants to create anarchy": BJP's Ram Kripal Yadav on chaos during rival rallies in BhabanipurTension flared in Bhabanipur as rival rallies by Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari led to a confrontation. BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav a...
26 Apr, 2026, 03.01 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi working for BJP, says TMC leader Kunal Ghosh amid political rowTMC leader Kunal Ghosh accused Rahul Gandhi of "working for the BJP" after the Congress MP criticized Mamata Banerjee and alleged corruptio...
26 Apr, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Showdown in Bhabanipur: Chaos erupts as Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari hold rival rallies 100 metres apartWest Bengal Elections: Tensions flared in Bhabanipur as TMC and BJP workers clashed after Mamata Banerjee accused BJP of disrupting her ral...
26 Apr, 2026, 12.17 PM IST
Sound of innovation: Mumbai mosques go digital with 'azan app' to overcome loudspeaker curbsThe app, Online Azan, has been developed by a Tamil Nadu-based company. Given the restrictions and sensitivities surrounding the use of lou...
29 Jun, 2025, 09.29 AM IST
Religious sites in Mumbai now 'loudspeaker-free', says police chief Deven BhartiMumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti announced that Mumbai is now free of directional loudspeakers from religious structures, following ...
28 Jun, 2025, 07.37 PM IST
Cleric booked after loudspeaker used without permission in mosque in UP's Pilibhit: PoliceA cleric in Pilibhit has been charged for violating loudspeaker use restrictions during 'namaaz' at a mosque. Despite being informed of the...
03 Mar, 2025, 12.01 AM IST
Use of loudspeakers not essential part of any religion, says HC; orders action against violationThe Bombay High Court ruled that using loudspeakers is not essential to any religion and directed law enforcement to act against violations...
23 Jan, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
Loudspeaker row: Karnataka govt submits report to HC, says license valid for 2 yrsAs per directions of the Karnataka High Court, the state government has submitted a report, saying that no permanent license -- allowing us...
20 Jun, 2022, 12.14 PM IST
MNS chief Raj Thackeray calls for Hindus to play Hanuman Chalisa in front of mosques on loudspeakersOn Tuesday Raj posted a three page statement on Twitter asking for Hindus across the country to put up loudspeakers outside Mosques. Raj in...
03 May, 2022, 09.54 PM IST
UP-like drive to remove loudspeakers sought in other statesWhile CM Yogi Adityanath reiterated that "ugly public display of faith to inconvenience others" is not acceptable, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav ...
29 Apr, 2022, 11.58 AM IST
6,000 loudspeakers removed from religious sites in last 72 hours in Uttar PradeshRecently, chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to ensure that the public address systems are not installed at religious sites ...
27 Apr, 2022, 06.34 PM IST
Set loudspeaker rules, there're no state laws: Maharashtra to CentreAddressing a press conference after an all-party meeting, state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and Environment and Tourism Minister Aadity...
26 Apr, 2022, 12.02 AM IST
Loudspeaker rules after consulting stakeholders, hints Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil"My personal opinion is that we should get the opinion of all political parties and religious organisations on the issue and then take a de...
20 Apr, 2022, 11.08 AM IST
Karnataka to implement high court order on decibel levelsBommai said there was an HC order, which prescribed decibel levels. HC had asked the state to install decibel meters in every district. The...
06 Apr, 2022, 12.26 AM IST
After campaign against halal meat, right wing outfits call for ban on loudspeakers in mosquesAfter the anti-halal meat drive, right wing outfits led by Bajrang Dal and Sriram Sena have now called for a ban on loudspeakers in mosques...
04 Apr, 2022, 06.31 PM IST
Hindus threaten to leave UP village over loudspeakersThe dispute in Jogirampura village of Najibabad tehsil started after loudspeakers were installed atop a Shiva temple on Wednesday on the oc...
09 Apr, 2017, 11.43 AM IST
- Does God only hear prayers when volume is pitched high?
“Religion is in the heart, not the knees,” the 19th-century English playwright Douglas William Jerrold wrote in The Devil’s Ducat.
22 Aug, 2012, 06.19 AM IST