A podcast tracing Mumbai’s last mujra performers offers a precious view of an all-but-vanished world. read more

On Sunday night, a special team, acting on a tip-off, raided a bar in Borivli and rescued around 12 women, who were later sent to a shelter home. read more

The women, from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, flew back to India after they were rescued, Gulf News reported on Friday. read more

Mumbai DCP Manjunath Shinde has confirmed that the police have issued a lookout notice and all airports have been alerted. read more

“We have detained 29 sex traffickers who carried out the flesh trade,” said a police officer. read more

“We have detained 29 sex traffickers who carried out the flesh trade,” said a police officer. read more

The raid was conducted at the Platinum Bar and Restaurant by a special team of additional commissioner of police South region, comprising local police around 12.30 am, an official said. read more

The SC, in its verdict, allowed payment of tips to performers (restricting showering of currency notes), serving of liquor and fixed the timing from 6pm to 11.30pm read more

On the subject of dance bars, politicians of all parties in Maharashtra seem determined to defy the Court. They may differ on everything else but when it comes to the right of adult women to dance in bars – and, remember, they do so fully clothed – Maharashtrian... read more

Maharashtra finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said the government was also considering a fresh provision that would make checking of identity cards of all people entering the bars mandatory. read more

It is the women, lending their bangles to further patriarchy, who should think again read more

However, officials said that since the SC has allowed most of the provisions in the 2016 act regulating dance bars, neither a review petition nor a fresh ordinance were likely to serve any purpose. read more

The BJP government in Maharashtra may go for review petition of the Supreme Court order on dance bars or issue a fresh ordinance for stricter norms, state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar indicated on Friday. read more

The Supreme Court’s order on Thursday brought reprieve to dance bar owners and employees by striking down rules that virtually prohibited their running. The court ruled that there could be ‘regulations’ but not ‘total prohibition’. read more

Although apex court paves way for reopening of bars, hoteliers unsure if they can go back to old times read more