Despite efforts by Bangaloreans to remove the ban on discos and live music in public areas after 11pm, the home minister VS Acharya has rejected the plea.

The minister said the decision has been taken in the interest of maintaining law and order. Government says no liquor after 11 pm, but has allowed the serving of food 24/7, considering, that a major chunk of population in the tech capital work in night shifts and also the construction activities go on till late at night.

On Sunday, protestors from the arts and theatre fraternity staged a protest and demanded the same vibrant night life other metro and cosmopolitan cities in India have. This was not the first time that voices were raised for allowing night life to continue into the, err, night.

Yesterday, IT Examiner reported on the rave party that was busted last Saturday. The government said the owner of the resort where the party was going on had violated license conditions by allowing consumption of liquor and drugs. The police are investigating the case, reports Deccan Herald.

The action has also led to the shutting of 32 discotheques that violated the policy laid out by the government in 2005.

Almost two years ago, city of dreams Mumbai had shut the door on bar dancers by imposing a ban on dance bars. Karnataka government has gone a step further, saying the line between dance bars and discos is very thin. Dance bars in the city have been shut, despite a court order that allows them. The government says that dance bars should not threaten law and order.

Phew, does all this mean, that Bangalore is left with no place where its populace can unwind? We wonder what the government really finds objectionable, is it liquor, dance floors, artists who make their living through live performances or, err...

Never the less, soon,  annas,  who sell coffee and cigarette under the street lamp posts (which hardly ever works, because of power-cuts), will start making double the money by selling vodka and rum, and considering the good rapport they have with cops, techies can surely approach them for coffee-vodka and Darjeeling-rum.

Just keep quiet while you're doing it, OK? X