Dargah
- Hyderabad
Overflowing drain near dargah disrupts life in Ghazibanda
Hyderabad: Residents of Ghazibanda in Hyderabad’s Old City have been facing severe inconvenience for the past 15 days due to an overflowing drain near the Dargah Hazrath Syed Sadath. The water spread…
- Telangana
Man kills wife, dumps body at dargah in Sangareddy
Hyderabad: An alleged domestic dispute turned ugly in the Sangareddy district, where a man allegedly killed his wife and dumped her body at a dargah in the early hours of Tuesday, August…
- Hyderabad
Waqf Board seeks action over dargah land encroachment
Hyderabad: A large-scale alleged land encroachment racket on the Waqf properties of the historic Dargah Hazrat Baba Sharfuddin has come under scrutiny, with Survey No 96 in Mamidipally emerging as a major…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man disguises as ‘Peer Baba’ to evade arrest, caught
Hyderabad: A rowdy-sheeter wanted in a murder case, who had gone underground and disguised himself as a “Peer Baba” to evade arrest, was held by the police on Tuesday, July 14. The accused,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Rottela Panduga: The Nellore festival where rotis carry prayers
Hyderabad: Lakhs of devotees are expected to gather at the revered Bara Shaheed Dargah in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore for the unique celebration of Rottela Panduga, popularly known as Rotiyon Ki Eid, or the…
- Hate Crime
500-year-old ‘illegal’ shrine bulldozed in UP’s Sambhal
Sambhal: Authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Friday, June 5, razed an “illegal” shrine following an order by the revenue authorities, officials said. The shrine was located in Baghaun village of Gunnour…
- Delhi
Delhi officials demolish dargah locals claim was built over 100 years ago
New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) demolished a century-old dargah in Mangolpuri Industrial Area Phase-II early hours of Wednesday, May 6, with heavy police presence. While authorities claimed it was an illegal…
- Telangana
Dargah at Vemulawada temple already relocated, Telangana govt tells HC
Hyderabad: The Telangana government has informed the High Court that the historic Dargah Hazrath Syed Tajuddin Khaja Bagh Sawar has been relocated from the Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy temple in Vemulawada to…
- Chennai
Tirupparankundram Deepam issue given a mischievous political spin: Madras HC
Madurai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday, March 3, remarked that Minerals and Mines Minister S Regupathy had “given a mischievous political spin” to the Tirupparankundram issue when…
- Hyderabad
Telangana HC stops relocation of medieval-era Dargah from Vemulawada temple
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday, February 26, passed an order protecting the Dargah Hazrath Syed Tajuddin Khaja Bagh Sawar, which is believed to be a 12th Century heritage shrine situated…
- Hyderabad
United Muslim Forum flags rising communal tension in Telangana
Hyderabad: The United Muslim Forum (UMF) on Wednesday, February 25, raised alarm over the pattern of communal attacks targeting the minority community across Telangana, demanding that the state government take strict action against…
- Mumbai
Hindutva groups raise slogans at Haji Malang Dargah in Maharashtra
Thane: Hindutva groups on Monday, February 2, allegedly placed a saffron-coloured chaddar over a green one at Haji Malang Dargah and chanted religious slogans in Kalyan in Maharashtra’s Thane district. Historically a…
- Top Stories
Construction of ramp to reach Pahadi Shareef dargah in Hyderabad resumes
Hyderabad: The construction of the ramp to reach the Dargah Hazrath Baba Sharfuddin at Pahadi Shareef in Hyderabad resumed on Monday, January 5, after a long delay, even as it is close…
- India
HC stops new construction near dargah, graveyard in Yamuna floodplain
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said people cannot be allowed to make houses or sheds under the pretext of a graveyard or for any other purpose in the Yamuna floodplain…
- India
Explained: How a temple-dargah hill in Tamil Nadu became a bone of contention
Chennai: The centuries-old religious area of Madurai, with a temple and dargah resting in close proximity, has largely remained free of any communal tensions, with both coexisting in relative harmony Tirupparankundram in…
