Eid-ul-Fitr festivities in full swing as people throng mosques, dargahs to offer Namaz

Eid-ul-Fitr festivities in full swing as people throng mosques, dargahs to offer Namaz

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) People across the country gathered at mosques on Monday to offer Namaz on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, celebrating the festival with joy and fervour. Eid-ul-Fitr is being observed across India after the Shawwal crescent moon was sighted in multiple states, including Assam, Manipur, Bengal, Bihar, … Read more

Cong slams UP Police’s Namaz rule, accuses govt of spreading hatred towards Muslims

Cong slams UP Police’s Namaz rule, accuses govt of spreading hatred towards Muslims

Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Senior Maharashtra Congress leader and former Member of Parliament, Husain Dalwai, strongly criticised the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government for its strict stance on ‘namaz (prayers)’ during Eid-ul-Fitr, claiming it reflects an underlying hatred towards Muslims. This controversy follows the Uttar Pradesh Police’s decision to take a … Read more

UP: Meerut Police warns of strict action against offering Eid namaz on roads

UP: Meerut Police warns of strict action against offering Eid namaz on roads

Follow Us on Google News Meerut, March 28 (IANS) Ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr and last Friday prayers of Ramzan, Meerut Police has issued strict warnings against people offering namaz on roads, saying violators will face strict legal action that may lead to their passports getting cancelled and driving licences revoked. Meerut Superintendent Police (City), Ayush Vikram … Read more

Robert Vadra on Sambhal’s namaz restrictions: People have their own ways of praying, like thousands at Kumbh Mela (IANS Interview)

Robert Vadra on Sambhal's namaz restrictions: People have their own ways of praying, like thousands at Kumbh Mela (IANS Interview)

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) In a candid conversation with IANS, Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, expressed his concerns over the growing trend of ‘divisive politics’ and the recent ban on offering namaz in public spaces in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. He brought up … Read more

Assam Assembly discontinues ‘namaz break’ for first time

Assam Assembly discontinues 'namaz break' for first time

Guwahati, Feb 22 (IANS) During the current Budget session, the long-standing Assam Assembly custom of taking a two-hour break to allow Muslim lawmakers to offer namaz on Fridays was abandoned for the first time. The House decided to eliminate the break at its most recent session in August in the previous year, but it went … Read more