Eid celebrated with prayers for peace, feasting (Roundup)
August 20th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) With feasts, warm "Eid Mubarak" greetings, and prayers for peace Muslims across the country celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr Monday, marking the end of the holy month of ... Read more...
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Peaceful Eid celebrations in Maharashtra
August 20th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated amid peace and religious fervour across Mumbai and Maharashtra Monday with Muslims offering special congregational prayers as thanksgiving to mark the end of ... Read more...
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Stray incident apart, Eid prayers offered peacefully in Kashmir
August 20th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Save for a stray incident of some youths torching a police vehicle in Srinagar, Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were offered amid peace and tranquility across Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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70,000 faithful throng Hazratbal shrine (With Images)
February 10th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) More than 70,000 people offered congregational prayers at the Hazratbal Shrine here on the last Friday of the 10-day long Milad-e-Nabi festivities.Files of devotees who gathered ... Read more...
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Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated with fervour in Lucknow
August 31st, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) The festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramazan, was Wednesday celebrated with traditional enthusiasm in this Uttar Pradesh capital amid ... Read more...
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Praying, feeding poor, Lucknow Muslims mark Eid-ul-Azha
November 17th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 17 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims converged at mosques and prayer grounds here to offer Eid-ul-Azha prayers Wednesday morning. And then it was time for merrymaking and feeding the poor.The biggest ... Read more...
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Curfew amid calls for peaceful protests in Kashmir
October 1st, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) As separatists Friday called for peaceful protests after the afternoon congregational prayers, authorities imposed curfew across the Kashmir Valley.Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, who heads the breakaway ... Read more...
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Muslims across India offer prayers on last Friday of Ramadan
September 3rd, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow/Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 3 (ANI): Muslims across India gathered in huge numbers at various mosques to offer the 'Alvida Namaz' on the occasion of the last 'Jumma' of the fasting month ... Read more...
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‘Why is Pakistan silent on genocide in Kashmir?’
July 18th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Why is Pakistan silent on the "genocide in occupied Kashmir" where Indian security forces are "brutally crushing the human, civil and political rights of the Kashmiris and even ... Read more...
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Separatists call for shutdown over death penalty to militants
April 22nd, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 22 (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leaders called for a shutdown Friday to protest the death sentence given to two local residents by a Delhi court Thursday in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar ... Read more...
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Eid-ul-Zuha celebrated with fervour in Uttar Pradesh
November 28th, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 28 (IANS) Muslims across Uttar Pradesh celebrated Eid-ul-Zuha Saturday with traditional fervour as thousands attended the special morning prayers in mosques amid heavy deployment of police and security personnel.
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On Eid, clerics appeal to Muslims to help eradicate polio
September 21st, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 21 (IANS) Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramzan, was celebrated with enthusiasm in this Uttar Pradesh capital Monday with Muslim clerics appealing to the community members ... Read more...
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Tens of thousands offer Eid prayers in Kashmir
October 1st, 2008 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety throughout the Kashmir valley Wednesday.Tens of thousands of Muslims offered prayers in Eidgahs, special prayer grounds for the occasion, across ... Read more...
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Muslim students in Australia want classes to fit in with prayer timings
February 25th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Feb.25 (ANI): International Muslim students, predominantly from Saudi Arabia, have asked universities in Melbourne to change class times so they can attend congregational prayers.
According to the Daily Telegraph, they also ... Read more...
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