Six nights a week, Aanam Khan (name changed) dresses in a ghaghra-choli for work. She is a bar girl based in Mumbai's Mira Road suburb, and also works in a bar in Mumbai Central on certain days.

Who says a great New Year’s Eve in Mumbai has to come with a scary bill? As 2025 winds down, the city is rolling out ...

The Bombay High Court has said that a performer at a hotel who had earlier been a bar dancer can be a '˜genuine artiste'. "Merely because these girls were performing in dance bars earlier, it cannot ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Out-of-job bar dancers in India's financial hub of Mumbai said on Friday they would contest elections to the city council in a bid to overturn a ban on their popular nightspots that ...

A night at Tryst is like attending a spectacular light show, where more than a million color-changing LEDs poke out of almost every corner and bright green absinthe potions swirl around in glasses. If ...

Flavia Agnes, a women’s rights lawyer argued, "The whole question of morality attached to bar dancers is unfounded. Society cannot be about middle-class morality. Why not hold the men visiting dance ...

It is an extremely good news one for those who thought that Mumbai’s night life is dead as a dodo. MUMBAI: Here s some bad news for deputy CM RR Patil, but then it is an extremely good one for those ...

The Bombay High Court ruled that mere presence at a dance bar doesn't constitute criminal liability, quashing charges against a customer arrested during a raid. MUMBAI: In a significant ruling that ...

These New Year parties in Mumbai are living rent-free in our minds, and we think you shouldn't miss them to ring in 2026.

Mumbai’s nightlife has always been iconic, but its latest wave of bars is doing more than just serving drinks; they're crafting experiences. From historic charm and inventive cocktails to craft beers ...