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UP: HC pulls up authorities over noise pollution at religious, public plac
Updated : 8 years ago IST
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.
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Loudspeaker registration deadline extended to Jan 21 by Lucknow admin
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
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.
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'Bhajan mandalis' cannot be stopped from playing in Mumbai locals: Goyal
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan. 14 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday that the bhajan mandalis, groups of music artistes who play devotional songs in Mumbai trains, would not be banned even if they did create noise pollution.
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UP: Loudspeakers to be removed from religious places
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
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
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Firecracker ban: Tripura Guv asks to prohibit Azaan broadcast
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
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.
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Shiv Sena supports Sonu Nigam's Twitter rant against 'azaan'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 18 (ANI): Coming out in support of Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam's Twitter rant against 'azaan', the Shiv Sena on Tuesday evaded the topic of 'azaan' in the rant, but asserted that 'noise pollution was slow poisoning which should
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New Delhi amongst top cities where hearing is most degraded
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 5 (ANI): Urban noise pollution and hearing loss are closely linked, according to rankings of 50 large cities in both categories released on Friday.
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