Accra [Ghana], April 16 (ANI): The authorities of Ghana's capital Accra on Saturday ordered the mosques and churches to restrict the use of the loudspeakers and instead make use of the social networking application WhatsApp to initiate prayer calls to the people.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Lucknow division bench of Allahabad High Court has pulled up Uttar Pradesh Prinicipal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar for the unchecked noise pollution from loudspeakers at religious and public places.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The Lucknow administration on Thursday sent notices to 1,500 defaulters for using loudspeakers without permission at religious and public places.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): All loudspeakers in Uttar Pradesh which are being used without permission at religious places will be removed from today by the police.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): The Islamic Centre of India on Tuesday urged Muslims in Uttar Pradesh to take permission from concerned authorities in case they want to use loudspeakers.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday has been directed to remove all loudspeakers present in public places, religious and otherwise, that have been installed without appropriate permission being sanctioned towards the same, in a bid to curb nois
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 20 (ANI):The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench on Wednesday issued notice to Uttar Pradesh government and state pollution control board in connection with a plea seeking a ban on use of loudspeakers at places of worship.
Panaji (Goa) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): The City Corporation of Panaji (CCP) recently banned the recital of prayers via a loudspeaker/public address system at one of the largest Muslim burial grounds in the city.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Expressing discontent over firecrackers ban in Diwali in the national capital, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday questioned as to why there is no ban on the use of loudspeakers to broadcast Azaan to check noise pollution.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): A day after singer-actress Suchitra Krishnamoorthi labelled Azaan on loudspeakers 'uncivilised', the Samajwadi Party mocked the former saying her sleep is more important than the prayer.
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 17 (ANI): Disturbed by loudspeakers for playing 'suhoor' prayers at a higher volume than the permissible limits, several members of Hindus and Muslims from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district jointly raised complaint against the use of loud