Maharashtra Moral Policing

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigned today citing "moral grounds" hours after the Bombay High Court ordered a preliminary CBI investigation into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh's allegations of corruption against him.

Students of a medical college in Maharashtra have launched a protest after authorities allegedly asked them to not wear short skirts and sit apart from men during events.

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government why it has not allowed a single dance bar to operate and wondered if there was total moral policing in the state.

The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government why it has not allowed a single dance bar to operate and wondered if there was total moral policing in the state.

Police in Maharashtra's Thane district have been accused of moral policing after a video emerged showing a boy being beaten up allegedly for travelling in an auto-rickshaw with the girl.

A senior Maharashtra minister has rubbished allegations of "moral policing" by the Mumbai Police, which has earned widespread criticism for its heavy-handed action against couples who had checked into hotels that it raided last week.

After pledging an inquiry to determine if a roast of actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, employed obscene language and content, the Maharashtra government has said it will not exercise "moral policing."

A video has emerged of two alleged Shiv Sena workers purportedly threatening and slapping young couples in Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra, putting the party in an embarrassing position. The 'moral policing' incident is reported to have taken place a month ago.

Taking moral policing up several notches, a first-time woman corporator elected of a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) ticket has decided to 'discipline' sex workers by erecting a flex board in Mandai - the city's oldest vegetable market. The board erected on a pole in the market warns Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) against soliciting clients at the ...

Shocking images of a man and woman paraded naked by self-appointed moral police have appeared in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra.A 32-year-old woman was stripped and paraded on the streets of Nanded village. She was found in her house with the local veterinary doctor, by a vigilante mob, who accused them of having an extra-marital affair.The mob pl...

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigned today citing "moral grounds" hours after the Bombay High Court ordered a preliminary CBI investigation into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh's allegations of corruption against him.

Students of a medical college in Maharashtra have launched a protest after authorities allegedly asked them to not wear short skirts and sit apart from men during events.

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government why it has not allowed a single dance bar to operate and wondered if there was total moral policing in the state.

The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government why it has not allowed a single dance bar to operate and wondered if there was total moral policing in the state.

Police in Maharashtra's Thane district have been accused of moral policing after a video emerged showing a boy being beaten up allegedly for travelling in an auto-rickshaw with the girl.

A senior Maharashtra minister has rubbished allegations of "moral policing" by the Mumbai Police, which has earned widespread criticism for its heavy-handed action against couples who had checked into hotels that it raided last week.

After pledging an inquiry to determine if a roast of actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, employed obscene language and content, the Maharashtra government has said it will not exercise "moral policing."

A video has emerged of two alleged Shiv Sena workers purportedly threatening and slapping young couples in Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra, putting the party in an embarrassing position. The 'moral policing' incident is reported to have taken place a month ago.

Taking moral policing up several notches, a first-time woman corporator elected of a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) ticket has decided to 'discipline' sex workers by erecting a flex board in Mandai - the city's oldest vegetable market. The board erected on a pole in the market warns Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) against soliciting clients at the ...

Shocking images of a man and woman paraded naked by self-appointed moral police have appeared in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra.A 32-year-old woman was stripped and paraded on the streets of Nanded village. She was found in her house with the local veterinary doctor, by a vigilante mob, who accused them of having an extra-marital affair.The mob pl...