Tag: Muharram

The procession has been held uninterrupted for 225 years except in the past two years due to Covid-19 pandemic. However, this year, it was likely to resume.

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of people from Muslim community across Odisha took out large processions, beat drums and thumped their chests on Sunday to mourn the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussain on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, the day of Ashura. Most from the community observed voluntary fasts, and were seen […]

Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday imposed strict restrictions in many areas across Srinagar to prevent a Muharram procession, police said. The police received intelligence inputs about miscreants trying to incite trouble during the procession scheduled for later in the day. “Keeping these inputs in mind, the District Magistrate Srinagar ordered the restrictions under section 144 CrPc […]

Islamabad: Mobile phone services have been partially suspended in Karachi and other parts of Pakistan’s Sindh province in view of strict security arrangements for Muharram processions. According to reports, the Sindh government had requested the federal government to suspend cellular services in Karachi from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday (8th Muharram), especially in […]

Kolkata: Urging people to ensure communal amity during the coming festival of Durga Puja and the observance of Muharram, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday warned that some vested interests could try to foment trouble to promote their political interests. Banerjee said with Muharram slated to be observed a day after Dussehra or […]

Bhubaneswar: Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, was observed with great reverence and solemnity by people of Muslim community across Odisha today. As per tradition, taziyas were taken out in different parts of the State in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad in the fierce Battle […]

Patna: India is a country where few generalisations can be made on the basis of single incidents or events. Though the temple-mosque dispute in the town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh is what grabs frequent media headlines over “Hindu-Muslim conflict”, not too far away in the village of Madhi, in Nalanda district of Bihar, there […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined permission to hold Muharram processions across the country during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. A bench comprising Chief Justice S. A. Bobde and Justices A. S.Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian said, “Cannot grant general directions….case different from Puri (Rath Yatra) or Jain temples, as they had identified areas of […]