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A Delhi court on Friday directed Amnesty International India chair Aakar Patel not to leave the country without its permission, after CBI filed a revision petition against a magistrate court order to withdraw the lookout circular (LOC) issued against him in a money laundering case.

Special judge Santosh Snehi Mann also stayed the court’s direction to the CBI director on Thursday to give a written apology to Patel. “Respondent Aakar Patel is directed not to leave the country without permission of this court, till the next date of hearing,” the court said in its order. The matter is posted for further hearing on April 12.

Patel had moved court on Thursday seeking withdrawal of the LOC which was cited by Bengaluru airport authorities to stop him from boarding a flight to the US on April 6. He had also sought directions to allow him to travel to the US till May 30 to deliver lectures at various universities there.

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The use of loudspeakers during azaan in mosques should be banned across the country, Bihar minister Janak Ram said on Thursday.

Citing the Constitution of India, BJP leader Janak Ram said that restrictions are imposed on the use of loudspeakers and speeding vehicles during Hindu festivals like Holi, Diwali and Chhath.

But there is no such ban on the use of loudspeakers during azaan in mosques, which causes disturbance to other people.

"As per the Constitution, when there is a ban on the playing of loud music by a particular community, then there should be a similar ban on the playing of azaan in mosques also, particularly in those areas where people from other communities also live," said Janak Ram.

A post showing a group of men, including a journalist and theatre artists, stripped down to their underwears inside Kotwali police station in Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh has gone viral.

The incident allegedly took place on 2 April when local YouTube journalist Kanishk Tiwari, identified in the viral photo, went to cover the protest against the arrest of theatre artist Neeraj Kunder for making alleged indecent remarks against BJP MLA Kedarnath Shukla and his son Kedar Guru Dutt Shukla using a fake Facebook profile.

The alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal United (JDU) is all set for a big win in Bihar MLC Elections 2022, which held on April 4 across 24 local authority constituencies. Till now, the BJP-JDU combine has won 13 seats while candidates backed by the RLD have bagged five seats, according to Dainik Jagran.

The Bihar MLC Elections 2022 were held on April 4 and an overall 97.84 per cent polling was recorded with the highest in Gopalganj (98.98) and the lowest in East Champaran (91.7). For 24 seats, 186 candidates from different parties were in the fray.