Ashura
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Rehearsal for Bibi Ka Alam elephant procession held
Hyderabad: A rehearsal with the elephant for the Bibi Ka Alam Muharram procession was held here on Friday. Members of the Shia Muslim community held the programme and followed the route from…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad CP reviews security, other provisions for Ashura
Hyderabad: City Police Commissioner CV Anand met with representatives of the Shia community at Salarjung Museum to coordinate preparations for “Yaum-e-Ashura,” which will be commemorated on August 8 and 9. He solicited…
- India
Sudha Rani, the Bonalu and Muharram elephant passes away
Hyderabad: The elephant Sudha Rani, who took part in Hyderabad’s Muharram and Bonalu processions in 2019, passed away on Monday in Karnataka. A number of villagers paid their respects to the animal…
- Pakistan
3 killed, 59 injured in explosion during Muharram procession in Pakistan
Lahore: A powerful explosion ripped through a Muharram procession in central Pakistan’s Punjab province on Thursday, killing at least three people, including a seven-year-old girl, and wounding 59 others, the local government and…
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Aza Khana-e-Zehra – With love from Nizam to Madar-e-Deccan
By Sana Sikander Hyderabad: Monuments always stand as an aide-memoire of history and Ashur Khanas in Hyderabad too marked their recognition. Soaked in the aura of Nizam’s magnificent dynasty and shaded with…
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Will COVID disrupt historic Muharram procession in Hyderabad?
Hyderabad: Will the historic annual Muharram procession of Hyderabad not happen for the first time in the history of the city? Things seem to be moving towards that direction, as the city administration…
- Middle East
Iraqi cleric Sadr joins supreme leader at Iran ceremony
Tehran: Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr joined Iran’s supreme leader during a rare visit to Tehran to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashura, state media reported Wednesday. The office of supreme…
