Orchestra Bar

Thirty-six persons have been booked for alleged obscenity after an orchestra bar was raided in Panvel in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Sunday.

At least 23 people were arrested and 13 women rescued during a raid at an illegal orchestra bar in Worli area of central Mumbai on Saturday, police said.

At least 23 persons were arrested and 13 women rescued from an orchestra bar, which was allegedly being operated illegally in the eastern suburb of Mumbai's Ghatkopar, police said on Friday.

The Supreme Court has scrapped the condition imposed by Maharashtra authorities that limited the number of female and male performers in orchestra bars to four each, saying rules based on gender stereotypes have no place in the society.

Nineteen people were arrested after an orchestra bar was raided in Kashimira area in Thane district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) police said.

Police raided an illegal orchestra bar in Thane today and arrested 42 people, including its owner, manager and customers, and also rescued seven women, an official said.

Thane Police claimed to have rescued five young women after raiding a dance bar and a lodge on Sunday The raids were carried out on the intervening night of October 11 and 12 at Sea Magic Orchestra Bar and a lodge in the area, Assistant Superintendent of Police Atul Kulkarni said. Four men were arrested during the raids, he said.

A high-profile performance in Iran by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra was cancelled at the last minute because it was due to feature female musicians, its furious conductor said on Sunday.

Establishments serving liquor and entertainment in the form of live orchestras, bar dancers and other such activities have much more to worry about, after the commissioner of police issued a new set of stringent orders to his subordinates last week.

Though the Bombay High Court has allowed bars, pubs, party halls and orchestra bars to operate till 5 am on January 1, all these establishments will have to abide by the 1.30 am deadline for playing music. Failure to do so, will invoke stringent action against the owner. The issue came to light after the cops refused to grant permission to orchestr...

Thirty-six persons have been booked for alleged obscenity after an orchestra bar was raided in Panvel in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Sunday.

At least 23 people were arrested and 13 women rescued during a raid at an illegal orchestra bar in Worli area of central Mumbai on Saturday, police said.

At least 23 persons were arrested and 13 women rescued from an orchestra bar, which was allegedly being operated illegally in the eastern suburb of Mumbai's Ghatkopar, police said on Friday.

The Supreme Court has scrapped the condition imposed by Maharashtra authorities that limited the number of female and male performers in orchestra bars to four each, saying rules based on gender stereotypes have no place in the society.

Nineteen people were arrested after an orchestra bar was raided in Kashimira area in Thane district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday, Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) police said.

Police raided an illegal orchestra bar in Thane today and arrested 42 people, including its owner, manager and customers, and also rescued seven women, an official said.

Thane Police claimed to have rescued five young women after raiding a dance bar and a lodge on Sunday The raids were carried out on the intervening night of October 11 and 12 at Sea Magic Orchestra Bar and a lodge in the area, Assistant Superintendent of Police Atul Kulkarni said. Four men were arrested during the raids, he said.

A high-profile performance in Iran by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra was cancelled at the last minute because it was due to feature female musicians, its furious conductor said on Sunday.

Establishments serving liquor and entertainment in the form of live orchestras, bar dancers and other such activities have much more to worry about, after the commissioner of police issued a new set of stringent orders to his subordinates last week.

Though the Bombay High Court has allowed bars, pubs, party halls and orchestra bars to operate till 5 am on January 1, all these establishments will have to abide by the 1.30 am deadline for playing music. Failure to do so, will invoke stringent action against the owner. The issue came to light after the cops refused to grant permission to orchestr...