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- News
Amid Holi-Jumma row, cleric calls for peace and harmony
Lucknow: With Holi and the second Friday of Ramzan coinciding this year, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, a senior Sunni cleric, has issued an advisory urging communal harmony and peaceful celebrations. The…
- Middle East
90,000 Palestinians attend the first Friday prayers of Ramzan in Jerusalem
In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces. Thousands made…
- Hyderabad
Foundation stone for new Osmania General Hospital to be laid today
Hyderabad: The foundation stone for the much anticipated new Osmania General Hospital (OGH) will be laid on Friday, by Telangana CM Revanth Reddy at Goshamahal. Spread over 32 lakh square feet, the…
- World
New York City allows mosques to broadcast ‘azaan’ without permit
In a first step of its kind, New York City has allowed mosques across the city to broadcast the call to prayer on Fridays and during the holy month of Ramzan over…
- Telangana
Bharat Jodo Yatra to take a break on Friday in Telangana
Hyderabad: The ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will take a break on Friday and will resume from Medak in Telangana on Saturday. “BharatJodoYatra will take a day’s break…
- India
Friday violence pre-planned, says Vijayan, Hemanta Sarma bats for ban on PFI
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said the violence during the PFI-sponsored hartal in his state was “pre-meditated” and assured strict action against the culprits while his Assam counterpart Hemanta…
- Telangana
PFI bandh: Telangana Police to take extra security measures for Friday
Hyderabad: The Telangana police will take extra measures for Friday in view of the raids of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate on the houses and offices of the…
- India
PFI calls for Kerala shutdown on Friday to protest arrest of their leaders
Thiruvananthapuram: To protest against the manner in which their top leaders were arrested by a joint team of Enforcement Directorate and NIA officials in the wee hours of Thursday, the Kerala unit…
- India
Bihar: BJP leaders raise objection to Urdu medium schools shutting down on Friday
Patna: Ideological fault-lines within the NDA in Bihar have once again come to the fore with a section of BJP leaders raising objections to Urdu medium schools in Muslim-dominated districts remaining shut…
- India
Jharkhand: Inquiry ordered against 33 govt schools for giving weekly off on Friday
Dumka: As many as 33 government schools in Jharkhand’s Dumka district have Friday as their weekly off instead of Sunday, apparently without any permission from authorities. District Education authorities have sought a…
- India
Shutdown in Srinagar, mobile internet suspended
Sringar: A shutdown was imposed in Srinagar on Friday and mobile internet services were suspended after a curfew was clamped in Jammu’s Bhaderwah town the previous day due to communal tensions. Most…
- Delhi
Mercury soars again in Delhi NCR, Friday may be bit better
New Delhi: The Safdarjung Observatory, the base station for Delhi, registered the maximum temperature at 43.6 degrees Celsius, but mercury at two of Delhi’s stations shot past 46 degrees Celsius on Thursday.…
