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Dance bars are legal again. The Bombay HC quashes the Bombay Police (Amendment) Act 2005, objects to Section 33B, which had exempted clubs, 3-star and above joints etc.

Fifty people including a main accused, Mohd Sayeed, get RIs of 2-7 years in the multi-crore Bihar Fodder Scam. The verdict was for the Chaibasa treasury case where Rs 16.33 crore was withdrawn fraudulently.

Non-bailable Warrants out for RJD MP Sadhu Yadav, rail minister Laloo Yadav’s brother-in-law, in the multi-crore flood relief scam. Kingpin Santosh Jha’s family also cornered.

At least 57 people are Killed in Karachi after two suspected suicide bombers strike at a Barelvi Sunni prayer meeting to mark the anniversary of the Prophet’s birth. The city is tense.

A foreign services Shake-Up. MEA special secretary Rakesh Kumar is nicked in a human trafficking case; Abu Dhabi envoy C.M. Bhandari plies personal cards with the Ashoka Chakra; our Kiwi man has his hand in the till.

In Islamic Indonesia, you can kiss but not for over 5 minutes. Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, passed the legislation banning couples from doing the lip-to-lip for over 300 seconds.