The relaxation, however, excludes liquor shops, bar permit rooms, hookah parlours and country bars, which will continue to face operating restrictions

Youth protests in cities across Morocco turned far more violent on the fourth night of unrest, with 263 members of the security forces and 23 civilians injured as demonstrators torched cars and ransacked shops.

The saga of self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati is getting ever murkier with the Delhi police recovering a sex toy and some CDs, suspected to contain obscene videos.