Monday, March 27, 2023

Hanuman Chalisa

K’taka govt warns of action against violations of loudspeaker rule

With the Karnataka government issuing a circular regarding use of loudspeakers following the azaan and Hanuman Chalisa row, state Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Wednesday said its implementation will be strictly monitored and action will be taken as per...

Will end Shiv Sena’s corrupt rule: Navneet, Rana

Independent lawmakers Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana, facing sedition charges after a row over reciting Hanuman Chalisa, on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s stay on the controversial law and accused Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray of invoking the ‘British-era’...

Right-wing protest at Qutub Minar; 44 held

Members of a right-wing group on Tuesday recited the Hanuman Chalisa outside the Qutub Minar complex and staged a protest demanding that the iconic monument be renamed ‘Vishnu Stambha’.Police said no permission was granted for the gathering and 44...

MP Navneet Rana dares Thackeray to contest election against her

Independent MP Navneet Rana, who recently got bail after being arrested by Mumbai police last month over ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ recitation row, on Sunday challenged Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to contest an election against her.She also claimed that people...

No case for sedition against Rana couple: Mumbai court

In an embarrassment to Maharashtra’s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi, the Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court has observed that the Mumbai Police did not have sufficient grounds to invoke sedition charges against the independent politician couple, MP Navneet Kaur-Rana...

Loudspeaker row: Heavy security deployed in Mumbai, neighbouring areas

Heavy security was deployed at several places in Mumbai and adjoining cities on Wednesday, a day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray urged people to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers wherever they hear loudspeakers ‘blaring azaan’.The morning...

‘Hanuman Chalisa to be played till mosques use loudspeakers’

Maintaining his defiant stand, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday said his party workers will continue to play the Hanuman Chalisa at higher volumes as long as loudspeakers at mosques are not silenced.Speaking at a press...