Hanuman Chalisa Controversy

In viral videos, security staff seen telling right-wing group members that space is designated for prayers of all religions, but they allege stealth; mall later decided not to allow any religious activity

Two people were recently arrested after they entered the Lulu Mall on Saturday and started reciting the Hanuman Chalisa, police said. At least 15 others were detained for creating a ruckus while trying to enter the shopping mall.

Independent Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana on Wednesday filed a complaint with Delhi Police alleging that she received multiple life threatening calls.

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.

The controversy over the Azaan, revived by politicians in neighbouring Maharashtra, is the latest flashpoint of communal tension in BJP-ruled Karnataka.

The court while granting bail to the Rana couple had put the condition that they would not speak to the media regarding the case.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday hit out at MNS chief Raj Thackeray over his call for the removal of loudspeakers on mosques and said nobody should speak the "language of ultimatum".

Union Minister of State for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday launched a scathing attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The Independent MP from Amravati had earlier written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla claiming "inhuman treatment" in "Khar police station" after her "illegal arrest", where she said she was denied water to drink and faced casteist slurs.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today spoke up on the Hanuman Chalisa controversy, with a warning to the MP-MLA couple who have been arrested.

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed the writ petition filed by independent MP Navneet and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, arrested in connection with the Hanuman Chalisa controversy, seeking quashing of an FIR registered against them.

Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece 'Saamana' on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its desperation to oust the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is orchestrating the 'Hanuman Chalisa' row.

The Mumbai Police have shifted independent MP Navneet Rana to the Byculla women's jail in Mumbai, while her MLA husband Ravi Rana was taken to Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai amid tight security, an official said on Monday.

AMumbai court on Sunday rejected the city police's demand for the custody of independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana and remanded the couple in 14-day judicial custody, an official said.

RSS-linked student group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, or ABVP, has started a campaign to stop the Azaan (Islamic prayer) playing over loudspeakers in the city and has asked permission to play the 'Hanuman Chalisa'.

In viral videos, security staff seen telling right-wing group members that space is designated for prayers of all religions, but they allege stealth; mall later decided not to allow any religious activity

Two people were recently arrested after they entered the Lulu Mall on Saturday and started reciting the Hanuman Chalisa, police said. At least 15 others were detained for creating a ruckus while trying to enter the shopping mall.

Independent Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana on Wednesday filed a complaint with Delhi Police alleging that she received multiple life threatening calls.

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.

The controversy over the Azaan, revived by politicians in neighbouring Maharashtra, is the latest flashpoint of communal tension in BJP-ruled Karnataka.

The court while granting bail to the Rana couple had put the condition that they would not speak to the media regarding the case.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday hit out at MNS chief Raj Thackeray over his call for the removal of loudspeakers on mosques and said nobody should speak the "language of ultimatum".

Union Minister of State for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday launched a scathing attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The Independent MP from Amravati had earlier written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla claiming "inhuman treatment" in "Khar police station" after her "illegal arrest", where she said she was denied water to drink and faced casteist slurs.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today spoke up on the Hanuman Chalisa controversy, with a warning to the MP-MLA couple who have been arrested.

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed the writ petition filed by independent MP Navneet and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, arrested in connection with the Hanuman Chalisa controversy, seeking quashing of an FIR registered against them.

Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece 'Saamana' on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its desperation to oust the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is orchestrating the 'Hanuman Chalisa' row.

The Mumbai Police have shifted independent MP Navneet Rana to the Byculla women's jail in Mumbai, while her MLA husband Ravi Rana was taken to Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai amid tight security, an official said on Monday.

AMumbai court on Sunday rejected the city police's demand for the custody of independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana and remanded the couple in 14-day judicial custody, an official said.

RSS-linked student group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, or ABVP, has started a campaign to stop the Azaan (Islamic prayer) playing over loudspeakers in the city and has asked permission to play the 'Hanuman Chalisa'.